Power lines look set to be approved
Reports that the Beauly to Denny Power line looks set to be approved by the Scottish Government has raised concerns for a local politician. Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife Liz Smith thinks other alternatives may not have been given full consideration and is also worried about environmental and health concerns. The necessary upgrade to the lines will see 600 pylons, each 200 feet high built between Inverness and Falkirk, passing through rural Perthshire. The proposals prompted the biggest public inquiry since devolution and received more than 18,000 objections.
3SCOTS return home next month
The Blackwatch 3rd battalion the royal regiment of Scotland are due to return from Afghanistan in November. 3 SCOTS are currently based in Kandahar where they took over as the Regional Battle group in April. They also have soldiers deployed across the Helmand Provice and have been involved in a variety of operations.
New community campus keys handed over to PKC
Loch Leven Community Campus in Kinross was today the first of the four 'hub' community campuses to be handed over to Perth & Kinross Council as part of the 136 million pound Investment in Learning Programme. Leader of the Council Ian Miller received the keys to the campus, which will be the new home for Kinross High School from Thursday. The hub campus brings together state of the art facilities for school pupils and also the Kinross-shire community include a outdoor football, rugby, and hockey pitches, meeting rooms, drama and recording studio and a hall with cinema-style projection. In addition a brand new community library will be open from the end of November.
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