By-election for Comrie Community Council on Thursday 12 August There are currently only four members elected to the community council from a maximum of 10 - which means there are up to six vacancies to be filled. If you are interested in making a difference to our...

Read the Funding Alert June 2021 from PKC (opens as a pdf) The 13-page newsletter offers a list of grant funding and assistance available from a wide range of sources for an equally wide range of projects, complete with links and contacts for more information. One or...

Wednesday 16 June 2021 Bogus Callers Bogus callers try to get into your home or obtain personal details by pretending to be someone they’re not, including council staff, charity collectors, meter readers and police officers. In reality, they are criminals trying to...

John Nicolson, Member of Parliament for Ochil and South Perthshire today called on constituents to be more vigilant with regards to the growing number of scams in the constituency. The National Cyber Security Centre has taken down more scams in the past year than in...

RoSPA ,the Child Accident Prevention Trust and others are worried about increasing reports of injuries from swallowing magnets, particularly among children and young people. High-powered magnets in products such as building toys, building blocks, jewellery beads and...

Wednesday 9 June 2021 Hare coursing Hare coursing is a UK wildlife crime priority and an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is committed by a small number of individuals, who travel far and wide to indulge in this illegal activity. It is...

Tactran, the regional transport partnership covering the Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross and Stirling Council areas, has started work on a new Regional Transport Strategy (RTS) and would welcome your views on the key transport issues in your area. The RTS provides...

Wednesday 26 May 2021 Motorcycle Safety Perthshire is blessed with beautiful scenery and roads that are favoured by motorcyclists but over the past few years this has not been without its tragedies. Previous years’ figures show that in Scotland motorcyclists account...

Local joinery firm Bacon & Crerar has put out a call for two more joiners to join their team on a self-employed CIS basis. "Skilled nail hands / joiners mate also considered," said the firm in a Facebook post. "Bacon and Crerar do jobs of all sizes throughout...

Blue bins are begin regularly "contaminated" by the wrong kinds of rubbish, and Perth & Kinross Council has launched a publicity campaign called "Stick to the Six" in a bid to raise awareness of the types of recycling that should be going into blue bins. "Over the...

Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust (PKHT) have launched a new Community Heritage Grant Fund and are inviting applications from local groups. The aim of the Fund is to support community projects which conserve or enhance the historic environment of Perth and Kinross. The...

Doorstep Peddlars In Tayside Division, we have received recent reports of a group of males going door to door offering household items such as cleaning products, small garden tools for sale. The group claim to be on probation, and have authority to be conducting this...

Wednesday 12 May   Moving to Level 2: What You Can Do Currently all of Scotland is at Level 3 however from 17th May, mainland Scotland will move to Level 2. At Level 2: you can meet socially in groups of up to: 6 people from 3 households in your home or theirs –...

Good day to everyone receiving this alert. For those of you who are not aware Police Scotland Tayside Division will be providing a monthly update around the most common current scams in the Tayside area and how to avoid becoming a victim. We will also release alerts...