Perthshire

Last pupil gone, century-old school shuts

Published Date: 21 November 2009 A TINY village school closed yesterday after its last pupil moved to another primary. Lochearnhead Primary School in Perthshire had been open for 112 years, but this year only two children, from...

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Highland Spring become UK's largest bottled water supplier

HIGHLAND Spring have bought Dublin's Greencore Group's bottled water division for £17.5million. The move makes the Perthshire firm the largest bottled water supplier in the UK, with 400 staff, five bottling plants,12 production...

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Fear for the Tweed as rivers rise

The River Nith is just one of several rivers to have overflowed their banks There are fears for the towns of Kelso and Coldstream as the level of the River Tweed continued to rise. Experts from the Scottish Environment...

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2009 – Excellent year for wildlife tourism in Scotland

Wildlife tourism professionals are meeting for Wild Scotland's Annual Conference near Perth. This year, the conference will reflect on issues facing the sector. Many companies started this season with some trepidation owing to...

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Couple endure 'terrifying ordeal'

A couple from Perthshire have been attacked by three masked men who broke into their home in what police have described as a "terrifying ordeal". A 57-year-old man and his wife, who live within the Dalcrue Auto Salvage...

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NO0242 : The Atholl Memorial Fountain Dunkeld

near to Dunkeld, Perth And Kinross, Great Britain The Atholl Memorial Fountain Dunkeld Build in 1866 and paid for by public subscription in memory to the 6th Duke of Atholl. It was designed by C S Robertson and erected on the...

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Glendoe Hydropower Plant Offline Until 2011, an Industrial Info News Alert

GALWAY, IRELAND--(Marketwire - November 18, 2009) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY) (SSE) (Perth, Scotland) has announced that it may take two years to...

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NN7023 : Scree on the southern slopes of St Fillans Hill, Perthshire

Whilst one gets a first impression of natural scree on the hillside, this field of rocks and stones is, in fact, debris from a hill fort or similar structure which once occupied the hilltop and has since been destroyed or...

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NN8417 : Giant yew arch in the gardens of Drummond Castle, Crieff

near to Ochtermuthill, Perth And Kinross, Great Britain Giant yew arch in the gardens of Drummond Castle, Crieff Just one example of the magnificent topiary on display at Drummond Castle. These gardens are very well-visited and...

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Village school to be 'mothballed'

The school, which was first opened in 1897, is being 'mothballed' A tiny village school in rural Perthshire is to be mothballed after its pupil numbers dropped to just two. Lochearnhead Primary School, which was opened in 1897,...

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