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Blairgowrie Recreation Centre plans back on track but Perth pool plans paused due to rising costs

Perth and Kinross Council's SNP administration has pledged to fund the new facility and have it built "as soon as possible"

Daily Record

Penrhos College drama teacher Jay Walsh convicted of sexually abusing students

Jay Walsh was a drama teacher at Penrhos College, one of Perth's prestigious private schools, when he abused five students, with a District Court jury convicting him late yesterday.

ABC News

‘How quickly can we come?’ Western Australia police swamped with enquiries at UK recruitment day

A delegation from Perth is in London asking Brits to ‘come join us’ – and police are on their wish list

Evening Standard

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Perth family facing deportation as son's Down syndrome diagnosis deemed taxpayer burden

A young family from India who migrated to Perth faces deportation because their son Aaryan, who has Down syndrome, has been denied permanent residency.

ABC News

Businesses close in Western Australia's south west due to staff shortages

WA's worker shortage has pushed cafes and restaurants in regional areas to shut up shop completely. But an industry body says there are signs things will get better.

ABC News

Banned drinkers register expanded to Carnarvon in effort to reduce alcohol abuse

The Gascoyne town, 900 kilometres north of Perth, has been dealing with high levels of crime, with the new measures allowing police to put people on a list restricting their access to alcohol.

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Security guard tends to man’s injuries after vicious assault outside Perth city centre supermarket

David Irvine repeatedly punched and kicked his victim outside Tesco in South Street then scarpered on realising police had been contacted

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Fridges banned at Scots recycling centres after man died in fatal explosion

Emergency services rushed to the Friarton Road site following a huge blast and raging blaze around 12.45am on Tuesday.

Daily Record

St Johnstone fan fighting cancer thanks captain Liam Gordon from the bottom of his heart for special video message

Phil Heller said the kind gesture from the Perth skipper gave him a massive boost

Daily Record

ANZ bank apologises after customers' personal information found in Perth skip bin

One of Australia's biggest banks investigates after customers' personal data is discovered "floating down the street" after being dumped in a skip.

ABC News

ANZ bank documents found dumped in suburban skip bin

A Perth man found dozens of dumped ANZ bank documents, some of which were blowing down the street, while walking near a recently-closed branch.

The New Daily

Young families fuel rural renaissance as inland migration boosts regional towns, data shows

Australians are moving further inland and further away from coastal capital cities, creating a rural renaissance in some "unusual" places, internal migration data shows.

ABC News

Australia's summer of extremes ends after cooler temperatures, below-average rain

The low temperatures are abnormal as climate change now ensures the vast majority of seasons are warmer than past years, even when the cooling influence of La Niña is present.

ABC News

Explosion that killed man in Perth is 'third fire at recycling plant in two years'

Wishart, MP for Perthshire and North Perthshire says this is the third blaze at Frairton Road site to occur in the last two years and 'we cannot let this happen again'.

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Man, 46, dead after explosion and fire at recycling centre in Scotland

Emergency services rushed to the fire at the Shore Recycling centre on Friarton Road in Perth in the early hours of Tuesday morning

Daily Record

Man dies after explosion at Perth recycling centre as second casualty rushed to hospital

A huge explosion took place at the Shore recycling centre on Friarton Road on Tuesday morning.

Daily Record

One casualty rushed to hospital following 'explosion' at Scots recycling centre

A huge blast rocked the Shore Recycling Centre in Perth at around 12:40am this morning, February 28.

Daily Record

Perthshire MSP calls for parliamentary inquiry into lack of progress on A9 Dualling Project

Conservative Mid Scotland and Fife representative Murdo Fraser spoke out after a motion was passed to set out a revised timescale for completion of the £3 billion programme

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Daily Record

Reinvest teacher strike savings John Swinney tells Perth and Kinross Council as parents voice concern

The saving to Perth and Kinross Council of from eight days of school closures in February and March triggered by teachers striking should go towards study hubs to help those sitting SQA exams advises Perthshire North MSP John Swinney in a response he made to concerned parents.

Daily Mirror

Huge explosion as fire shuts down bridge causing commuter chaos as M90 remains closed

Six fire engines and other specialist teams are tackling a large fire in an industrial recycling centre after being called shortly after midnight at the M90 Friarton Bridge in Perth, Scotland

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross Council agrees to stop buying Chinese surveillance cameras after security risk warning

The local authority was made aware of issues around the Hikvision tech via a security briefing

Daily Record

Big day looms for number of Perthshire-based Scottish Wedding Awards finalists

More than 20 elite wedding specialists and businesses from the area are in the running to return with well-deserved prizes

ABC News

Perth goes through entire summer without recording 40-degree day

Perth's summer has been described as one to "savour", making it through the full season without hitting 40 degrees, but the heat isn't over just yet.

Daily Record

Police lock down busy Scots motorway bridge after explosion as locals urged to avoid area

The M90 Friarton Bridge, Perth, has been shut off following the blast at a nearby industrial estate.

Daily Record

Perthshire treated to stunning Northern Lights display

Residents across the region were delighted when glancing above on Sunday evening

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