Black Watch Soldiers destroy insurgent stronghold
The Black Watch, on deployment in Afghanistan, has destroyed an insurgent stronghold.
The troops, which include many from Tayside, uncovered an array of narcotics and Taliban weapons during a three day mission in the Helmand Province. Joined by an Afghan counter narcotics team and US bomb disposal experts they also discovered bomb-making equipment that included ingredients for making home made explosives.
MSP hails new provisions to be made to Housing Bill
MSP Roseanna Cunningham has hailed new provisions to be made to the forthcoming Housing Bill in the Scottish Parliament. The Crieff Branch of the Royal British Legion had written to Ms Cunningham about concerns they had about how former service personnel were treated by the current housing rules. At present, if a household becomes homeless the local authority must consider them for rehousing if they have lived or worked in an area. However it does not extend to thr armed services.
Ms Cunningham wrote to the Housing Minister and has been informed that the new Bill will remove the discrimination.
Scam postal mail warning to Perthshire residents
Perthshire Residents are being urged to be vigilant over scam mail cons. Perth and Kinross Trading Standards is backing a new national poster campaign which warns against the dangers of postal scams. According to research by the Office of Fair Trading, 350 millions pounds is lost by UK consumers every year to prize draw, lottery and clairvoyant scams. Perth and Kinross Trading Standards have uncovered several shocking local cases in recent years, including an elderly lady in her nineties who sent 4,000 pounds to bogus clairvoyants and a 55-year-old local man who sent around 29,000 pounds to a Costa Rican based lottery scam
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