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THE A9 INVERNESS to Perth road was closed to traffic north of Pitlochry yesterday after a “much-loved” lorry driver lost his life in a horrific crash.
Closer bonds must be forged between the fire service and alcohol and drug agencies in order to drive down the blaze death toll in Tayside, the Tele was told today (writes Graham Huband).
A BID by Carnoustie and District councillor, Helen Oswald, to bring to a halt the consultation process with regard to changes to manning at Balmossie Fire Station was unsuccessful at Monday\'s meeting of Tayside Fire and Rescue Joint Board in Perth on Monday.
MEASURES TAKEN by organisers of T in the Park have helped ensure that the festival will remain in Kinross-shire for at least the next three years.
A major gas alert was sparked today after a Dundee householder threw away a lit cigarette and caused a fire in his back garden (writes Graham Huband).
FIFE COUNCIL is facing a budget black hole of over £58 million by 2012-13, the authority’s finance chief has warned.
An Angus man was taken to hospital suffering from burns after a house fire at Brechin yesterday.
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The number of people who were victims of violent crime has fallen by 100 over the past nine months, a report by Tayside Police has revealed (writes Bruce Robbins).
A workman has died after a fall on the Tay Bridge this morning (write Debbie Kerr and Graeme Ogston).
A PAIR of young men involved in a failed cover-up plot which led to a £150,000 Angus garage blaze were each jailed for 12 months yesterday.
A depute convener of Tayside’s fire board has said she “didn’t see the point” of trying to stop fellow Dundee councillors opposing the removal of full-time night cover from Balmossie Fire Station (writes James Williamson).
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Several firefighters are facing arrest over a warehouse fire in Warwickshire in which four of their colleagues were killed, a union has said.
Tayside Fire and Rescue has been warned that it faces massive funding cuts in the next four years which could “drastically affect” front-line services (writes Alan Richardson).
DUNDEE AIRPORT operators last night defended their security measures after two drunks breached a boundary fence and discharged a fire extinguisher at five planes.