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The National Lottery Heritage Fund have donated £4.2 million to NatureScot in relation to threatened species in Scotland.  The funding will support urgent action to save 37 of Scotland’s most vulnerable coastal and island species, including Great Yellow Bumblebee, Scottish Primrose, and the Little Tern. Of the 37 species targeted by the project, 19 are …

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Aberfeldy born Hollywood star Alan Cumming will be hosting the Perthshire Pride celebrations as the event returns after a Covid enforced absence. Mr Cummings who has stared in blockbuster movies including Goldeneye, X2 (X-Men 2), Garfield, Son of the Mask, Smurfs and Smurfs 2 as well as appearances in Taggart, The Good Wife, Doctor Who …

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Following the feedback session in April, the Pitlochry Community Action Plan group put together and finalised the action plan, with printed copies of the plan landing on doorsteps in Pitlochry this week. The action plan contains the six key topics raised by the community during the surveys and feedback sessions, with the priorities for each. …

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The number of people who successfully applied for and received the Young Carer Grant in the last year has risen by 200 people from the previous year with a total of 2,490 applications approved. With this increase in successful applicants, it means that since October 2019 until the end of April this year the Scottish …

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The two surviving osprey chicks at the Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Highland Perthshire have been ringed so that conservationists can track and monitor them once they leave the nest. A highly experienced and trained bird ringer took just a few minutes to place large blue Darvic rings around the birds’ left lower …

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Dunkeld residents Chris Claydon and her partner Scott Trotter have been served a Section 33 Notice to Quit from their landlords the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) for the residence they have lived in for the last 18 years.  The property in Dunkeld, was inspected by Strutt and Parker on the 15th of January 2020 …

Dunkeld Residents Facing Eviction After 18 Year Tenancy  Read More »