Martin Kennedy, who runs his farm in Aberfeldy, is taking over as the president of the National Farmers Union of Scotland after standing as vice-president since 2017. As part of taking on his new role, Mr Kennedy highlighted three key priorities in the years ahead for Scottish farming. He said: “Obviously with so many things …
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Photo Credit: Ninian Reid The Scottish Conservatives, backed by the Scottish Liberal Democrats, are announcing their plans to lodge a vote of no confidence against, local MSP, John Swinney. Perthshire North’s MSP could face the motion from the opposition parties after the Scottish Government refused to publish legal advice from the Alex Salmond case on …
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After a year spent on developing the programme, NHS Tayside is releasing ‘Living Life Well’. Their new approach aims to strengthen the mental health provision across Tayside by linking partners together. Mental Health Minister Claire Haughey said, “I welcome the publication of the Tayside Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Living Life Well, and I am …
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The West Stormont Woodland Group (WSWG) is being offered two forests in Highland Perthshire from Forestry and Land Scotland as part of an initiate from the Scottish Parliament. Both the Taymount and Five Mile Woods are being offered to the groups as part of a scheme which allows local groups to make an offer to …
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LISTEN: James Robinson explains why Limelight Sports decided to postpone Etape Caledonia 2021 The May 16 2021 Etape road race running through Pitlochry is being postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the race is now set to take place on September 19 of this year when everyone is hoping that the nations health crisis …
The Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service (PKAVS) Minority Communities Hub is encouraging ethnic minorities to register to their local GP. Now they’ve developed registration forums in multiple languages to help make signing up more accessible. A spokesperson said: “Learning both locally and nationally indicates that GP registration levels are lower in some demographics …
LISTEN: Lesley Williamson shares her optimism for brighter future by the end of the year The Enchanted Forest has drawn in crowds for coming up to two decades, raising Pitlochry’s profile and supporting local groups and businesses through grant funding. Now that lockdown restrictions are set to ease with the widespread roll out of the …
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NHS Tayside is moving onto the next priority group in their vaccination programme after they vaccinate more than a third of adults in Tayside. Now the Tayside teams are vaccinating 16-64-year olds who have ‘underlying health conditions and adult unpaid carers’. Dr Daniel Chandler, Associate Director of Public Health with NHS Tayside, said, “We are …
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LISTEN: John Swinney explains how the lock down measures are planned to change in the coming months The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has announced the gradual steps Scotland will be taking in the coming months to ease out of lockdown. These steps include reintroducing children back into school, opening religious worship, lowering lockdown restrictions down …
LISTEN: Denise Reed dives into what the Beavers mean for Tayside, how they’re counted and how to spot them – Photo Credit: Neil Mitchell A survey from Nature Scot, who worked in partnership with Exeter University, finds that the number of beavers is growing in Perth. They’ve found evidence of beaver numbers increasing on the …
