More than 330,000 vaccines have been given out to people across NHS Tayside and now two-thirds of people have their first jab. Now two third of people have their second jab as the team at NHS Tayside continue through the ages groups. NHS Tayside COVID-19 Vaccination Programme Director Lynne Hamilton said, “Our vaccination teams have …
Photo Credit: Oleg Magni The UK’s digital divide narrowed during the coronavirus pandemic, as people have gone online to escape the lockdown, Ofcom research suggests. The proportion of homes without internet access appears to have fallen from 11% in March 2020, as the UK entered lockdown, to 6% of homes – around one and a …
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WATCH: Murdo Fraser speaks with Ramsay Beattie about why he’s running for the Perthshire North seat Our reporter, Ramsay Beattie, recently spoke to Murdo Fraser, about his campaign for the Perthshire North seat in the upcoming Scottish election. Some of the issues covered include independence, local recovery post-pandemic, the environment and international exports. Watch the …
PSR Scotland is the new initiatives from Scotland’s water and electrical distributors to prioritise the most vulnerable during an outage. This acronym stands for Priority Services Register, meaning people who are over sixty, people with children under the age of five, are disabled or have a chronic illness. Cath Marshall, from the Pitlochry Neighbourhood Watch, …
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LISTEN: Eddie Rose shares his memories of Jock Duncan Born in Aberdeenshire in 1925, Jock Duncan lived on to lead a life full of passion for music after growing up in a melodic household with his mother playing the piano. Later in his life, around the 1970’s, he began to perform more and more …
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NHS Tayside’s vaccination teams have now delivered over 300,000 COVID-19 vaccines – with 62% of Tayside adults having the first dose and 24% having their second dose. The next phase of the vaccination programme is now underway with the aim of offering a vaccine to everyone aged 18-49 by the end of July. In …
Photo Credit: Marcos Miranda A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam – temporary traffic signals on B867 at Bankfoot. We are advising road users that temporary traffic signals will be in place on the B867 near Bankfoot South Junction for three nights from Tuesday 4 May 2021. This is to allow Scottish Water to undertake …
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Hospitals across NHS Tayside are reopening their wards to visitors this week after the Scottish Government updated Scotland’s COVID restrictions. From Monday, NHS Tayside enters the first phase of reopening to visitors and reintroducing family support to their care. NHS Tayside’s Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Claire Pearce, said, “I am delighted to be able …
Photo Credit: Maria Lindsey Travel within Scotland for outdoor socialising, recreation and exercise will be allowed from Friday 16 April. People must continue to Stay Local for other purposes such as non-essential shopping, and public transport capacity will continue to be limited. Outdoor meetings in groups of up to six adults from up to six …
LISTEN: Ian Walker shares what the history project are getting up to A local history group is preserving the memory of Pitlochry throughout the pandemic by archiving memories from the lockdown. The Pitlochry COVID History Project is looking for donations of poems, diaries, paintings and more to record the pandemic for generations to come. Ian …
