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Developers behind a plan to build 1,400 homes, a primary school and leisure features to the west of Perth have been forced to withdraw the initial application due to a “procedural” planning issue. The Almond Valley project was to be built on land between Ruthvenfield and Huntingtowerfield but mi

Local authorities in Scotland are taking years to honour some of their debts, according to latest data. The revelations show that charities, companies, other councils and even the TV Licensing Company have been left waiting extraordinary lengths of time for their money.

Louise McCarthy ANCHO’s first ever theatre production summer school is being supported by several big names from the theatre world.

clockwise from left: Siobhan Fairhurst with Labrador cross Marley, Jane Cook with Pug Freddy, Bridget Martin with her Sprollie Maximus and Marshall McDowall with his Hungarian Vizslas AnneCa and Willow It’s not every day you get to take your pet to work – particularly if it’s a Royal Python.

Paul Gray An independent advisory committee has called for an urgent and robust review of the UK government’s benefit sanctions regime amid concerns that it is failing to help jobless claimants.

A social enterprise scheme in Glasgow is giving current and former offenders the chance to help build 40 affordable homes as part of their rehabilitation. The project, a partnership between Triodos Bank and Glasgow Together Community Interest Company, will see homes built on two initial plots in Bai

Angela Currie Blackwood has announced the appointment of a new housing and care director to its Edinburgh headquarters as it continues its plans to revitalise the social housing sector.

Graeme Brown As many as 1,000 young Scots will be forced into homelessness as a result of the “catastrophic” impact Tory welfare cuts could have on our most vulnerable 18 to 21-year-olds, Shelter Scotland has warned.

Alex Neil Around 120,000 children will be cast adrift if the UK government changes its definition of child poverty, social justice secretary Alex Neil has claimed.

Vaughan Hart Decision times for major planning developments need to improve to prevent hampering economic development, the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has warned.

Andrew Kerr The new chief executive of City of Edinburgh Council is set to begin work today.

Typical giant hogweed Muir Homes have admitted responsibility for the 10ft poisonous giant hogweed that is encroaching on worried Perth residents’ homes.

Amber Rudd The UK government's flagship ‘Green Deal’ home energy efficiency programme is to fold as ministers announced they were pulling its funding.

Homelessness levels in Scotland could rise as part of a Scottish Government drive to crack down on overcrowded houses, charities and housing chiefs have warned. As reported in The Scotsman, the concerns have been prompted over the introduction of Overcrowding Statutory Notices (OSN) aimed at guardin

Paul Brewer The average house price in Scotland could exceed a quarter of a million pounds by the end of the decade, economists have predicted.