Politics · Roads
Residents Demand Public Consultation on Which Road Will Be Closed After Riggs Road
Bookmakers offer 3-1 on Glasgow Road, 'evens on all of them at once'.
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Politics · Council
Council Holds Emergency Meeting on Sunshine; Agrees to ‘Monitor the Situation’ Until It Goes Away
Officials praised for 'rapid response time of 47 minutes, exactly the duration of the problem'.
Local · Weather
Perth Bus Shelter Briefly Turns Into Sauna During Sunshine; Queue Asks for Eucalyptus
Glass shelter on Dunkeld Road reaches '19 degrees, which is basically Finland'.
Local · Gardening
Blairgowrie Marrow ‘Too Big to Leave Garden’ After Bright Spells Growth Spurt
Gardeners blame 47 minutes of sun; council asked whether it needs planning permission.
Local · High Street
High Street Pigeon Shop ‘Mr Gregor’ Opens Second Branch
Expansion into a second empty unit described as 'more than most chains managed this year'.
Local · Games
300 Million Games of Monopoly Reveal Best Strategy; Perth Version Players Still Fighting Over Who Gets Broxden
Study finds hoarding cash is a mistake; Perth players say 'aye, but what about the parking'.
Local · Leisure
After London E-Bike Jousting Craze, Perth Proposes a Fair Contest: Mobility Scooters at Dawn on the North Inch
Pensioners in armour 'very keen'; lances to be replaced by baguettes on health and safety grounds.
Local Characters
Coupar Angus Woman Has Written a Poem About Every Pothole on the A923 — All 412 of Them
Collection, 'Ode to a Dip', rejected by 14 publishers and one council.
Local Characters
Auchterarder Man Has Been Trimming His Hedge Into the Shape of the A9 Dualling Programme Since 2011
Topiarist Alasdair Pirnie-Rae, 66, says hedge is 'about 60% finished, which puts it ahead of the real thing'.
Local Characters
Bridge of Earn’s ‘Bin Day Oracle’ Has Correctly Predicted Every Collection Since 1997
Retired accountant Elspeth Garvie-Knox, 83, keeps 29 years of bin data in a shoebox and is never wrong about the blue one.