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Photo Credit: PX Fuel First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon announced that from this coming Monday, September 20, children aged 12 -15 will be offered a dose of the vaccine. They will be offered an appointment by letter form the NHS where they can get doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Scotland’s Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, said: “As …
“We are here to tell the stories that could not be told.To bear witness to the sorrow that could not be spoken.To find the words that could not be said.To celebrate the stories and lives of those we have lost.“– From The Covid Requiem by Jo Clifford and Lesley Orr As the summer season draws to a close, …
Set to be the biggest ETAPE Caledonia ever held, this Sunday (September 19), the cycle race is reversing its usual route with road closures planned throughout the day. Starting in Pitlochry, the race is moving clockwise throughout Highland Perthshire, first it passes through Aberfeldy, then onto Fortingall, around Kinloch Rannoch, through Tummel Bridge and finally …
LISTEN: The Aberfeldy Community Council discusses plans for a new clubhouse in the town Plans for a new sports clubhouse by the Highland Perthshire Sports Club are being backed by the Aberfeldy community council. In a meeting on September 7, the council unanimously agreed to back the plans after trustees presented their plans to run …
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NHS Tayside have now given out over 605,000 vaccines through their vaccination programme since December of last year. This means that 91% of over 18s have had their first jabs with the 84% having had both doses. COVID-19 Vaccination Programme Director Lynne Hamilton said, “I’m delighted that we’ve hit this milestone of delivering more than …
A yearlong campaign to prevent wildlife crime is now reaching its conclusion, finding ‘considerable success’ in deterring poaching and other rural crimes across Scotland. Operation Wingspan is a collaboration of multiple organisations such as the Partnership Against Wildlife Crime (PAW) Scotland and involves officers working on the persecution of crimes such as hare coursing. The …
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LISTEN: Breadalbane Academy pupils share why they’ve been enjoying counting up their active travel miles Pupils in Aberfeldy have accepted a challenge by an outdoors adventure group to match their miles as they take on the River Tay. Inspired by the mission undertaken by Adventure Syndicate, an outdoors collective, to find the source of the …
Photo Credit: The IQ Company Stricter rules on fire alarms are being introduced in Scotland which mandates that homes must have fire interlined alarms throughout the house. These are fire alarms that can communicate with each other so that when one goes off, they all go off. From February 2022 all homes must have these …
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NHS Tayside has delivered 600,000 vaccines and continues to reach out to more people across the area with drop-in centres and ‘grab a jab’ coming to small communities. This means that now 90% of over-18s have their first jab with another 83% having both of their jabs. A spokesperson for NHS Tayside said: “This huge …
Michael Byrnes has overcome traumatic life events such as witnessing his mother stab his father during a violent altercation, the violent murder of his father in 1996, losing twins through miscarriage, divorce, surviving the Clutha Disaster in 2013 and now he’s sharing the importance of opening up. This week marks suicide awareness week and now …
