An ambitious 40 million pound complex at Alyth has taken it's first steps.
An outline planning application has been lodged with Perth and Kinross Council for a tourist and residential development in east Perthshire. Developers Deveron Glenisla want to build a 40 bed hotel, business units, nursing home and 216 residential units in Alyth. A golf course upgrade is also proposed. Glenisla golf course director Nick Somerville says the area struggles to attract overnight visitors and they hope to pull in tourists to stay and play.
Local conservatives are calling for a Scottish Parliament Inquiry into the Scottish Whisky industry.
The whisky industry has been hit hard in recent months and the Conservatives are concerned that the remit should examine the issue of minimum pricing. Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser believes an inquiry is the only way to have a full debate on the issue. Perthshire is the home on many of the world's most famous distilleries and attract tourists from around the world each year.
Salesman could have been targetted by thieves
It's thought the salesman who had 600 thousand pounds worth of jewellery stolen from him in Perth – was being targeted. A woman was seen in Timothy Hardie's jewellers when the salesman visited – and later in Oxfam in South street – where the bag was taken. She was later seen with two men – they got into a black car and drove off. POlice are currently lookign through CCTV footage.
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