Fire on Crieff Road
A farm building near McDiarmid Park went up in flames last night.Emergency services rushed to Newton of Huntingtower on Crieff Road after receiving reports of a fire.
Fire appliances from Perth and Dundee were scrambled, as there were concerns that diesel tanks were within the affected area. Fire-fighters had the blaze under control and extinguished within the hour and advised that a further inspection would be made in daylight hours
Universal Home Insulation Scheme
Residents of Highland Perthshire will have a chance to get their homes insulated free under a new initiative being launched by the Council and its partners. The Universal Home Insulation Scheme (UHIS) will begin following a successful bid for £590,000 of Scottish Government funding. The UHIS project will cover 6,000 homes in Aberfeldy, Blair Atholl, Dunkeld, Kenmore, Kinloch Rannoch and Pitlochry. Homeowners and private tenants in Highland Perthshire can get loft and/or cavity wall insulation installed through the scheme free of charge. Council tenants, or those living in a property owned by a housing association, can also be helped.
Any residents who think they are eligible can apply for free insulation. The scheme will end on March 31st 2011
Purse Bells
A new initiative in Perth that will use special bells to alert shoppers to bag and purse thefts will be launched on Friday. Funding from Perth Common Good Fund and St John's Shopping Centre has been used to buy a quantity of 'purse bells'. The bells can be attached to the purse of city centre shoppers, and any attempt to steal a purse will result in the bells ringing and attracting the attention of the purse owner and people nearby. Perth Safer Cities Initiative, in partnership with St John's Shopping Centre and Tayside Police will hand out the bells on Friday.
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