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Met Office Says Weather Will Be ‘Changeable’ Until 17 November; Perth Asks What It Will Change To
Residents point out that 'changeable' implies there is something other than rain to change into.
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Weather
Tuesday’s Rain to ‘Turn Heavier and More Persistent’, Confirming It Has Been Practising
Forecasters say the rain 'has really been putting the hours in' ahead of its big day.
Weather
Yellow Wind Warning Issued for the South of England Only; Perthshire Feels ‘Overlooked, Frankly’
Locals who have endured 'a hundred unnamed gales' demand their own warning, 'even a wee one'.
Breaking · Transport
Perth Traffic Lights Confirm They Have Been Working a ‘Strictly Nine-to-Five’ Contract and Do Not Do Nights
Signals that stay red for empty streets, flash amber at nobody or simply go dark after midnight say they are 'entitled to a life'.
World · Travel
Gen Z Now ‘Lore-Tripping’ to Quirky Small Towns; Pitlochry Prepares by Becoming Slightly More Haunted
Global travel report says young people want 'local legends'; Perthshire towns rush to invent several.
World · United States
Salem Gathers Hundreds in Witch Hats for World Record Attempt; Perth Points Out It Has Had That Many Pointy Cones Since 2019
City of Perth 'happy to lend Massachusetts a few thousand traffic cones if it wants to make a proper go of it'.
World · United States
California Crowns 2,389lb World Champion Pumpkin; Perthshire Allotment Holders Say Theirs Would Have Won ‘If It Had Ever Stopped Raining’
Local growers claim a Scottish pumpkin is 'just as big on the inside, emotionally'.
Property
Former Aberfeldy Bank to Become Flats; Residents Hope They, Unlike the Bank, Will Be Open After 3.30pm
Building that closed in 2018 'relieved to finally have someone living in it who isn't a man in a suit asking about your overdraft'.
Local
Blairgowrie Granted Two-Day ‘Intermission’ Between Road Closures; Residents Use It to Drive Up and Down Weeping
Dunkeld Road reopens on Monday, Perth Street shuts on Thursday, leaving a narrow window that locals call 'the Blairgowrie Spring'.
Tourism
Hermitage ‘Car Park Full’ Sign Now Officially the Most Ignored Text in Scotland, Overtaking Terms and Conditions
National Trust confirms 'full' means 'full', not 'full, but you look nice'.