Councillors give green light for new Perth primary school to be built
The brand new two-storey school - which has yet to be named - will accommodate pupils from Balhousie Primary and North Muirton Primary and be built to Passivhaus standards
North Muirton Primary will be demolished to make way for the new building (Image: Perthshire Advertiser)
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Call for more affordable housing is rural parts of Perth and Kinross
The renewed calls came at a recent planning meeting when a 55-home development in Alyth was approved without affordable housing because it was in a rural location
Cllr Richard Watters says he will write to the planning committee convener about the issue (Image: Perthshire Advertiser)
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Pitlochry train carriage restaurant plan back on track as councillors vote for approval
Planning officers at Perth and Kinross Council recommended refusal of the application but elected members voted by seven to five in favour of the application for the Thai-themed restaurant and takeaway in in the council-owned Rie-Achan Road car park
Fergus McCallum with wife Isara and daughter Mia, who are now looking forward to pressing ahead with the plan (Image: Perthshire Advertiser)
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Retirees Liz Miller and Lou Hoyos, of Long Branch, N.J., had planned to spend two weeks vacationing in Spain last April: Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo and Malaga. But like millions of others, the couple s plans got postponed, and then canceled, as the pandemic spread across the globe. But Miller isn t giving up on the dream.
Liz Miller and Lou Hoyos canceled their Spain trip but are thinking about trying again |
Credit: Photo courtesy of Liz Miller I had done everything and created this amazing trip for two weeks, she says. But now I m thinking, Nope, we re going to stay for a month, and I have twelve more places I want to go.
This is exactly what happens to your skin when you drink coffee Don t worry, it s not all bad Alice Cowling | Nola @drinkatnola | Getty Images
I can’t remember the last time I went without a takeaway coffee in the morning, and dread to think how much I’ve spent on my caffeine addiction over the years. But it s what wakes me up after a night of musical beds with two young children, and enables me to string a sentence together in early-morning meetings with my colleagues. It’s the reason I’m even able to write this feature. So why do I experience a niggling guilt every time I sup on my frothy flat white? And what