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Strong winds and torrential rain have hit Tayside, Angus, Fife and Perthshire as Storm Gerrit continues to affect the region.

Former Perthshire cricket professional Bob Ratcliffe, who bowling exploits thrilled fans on the North Inch, has died aged 71.

Sexual predator Kyle Laing had been out of prison just 6 months when he passed the note to the woman he attacked in Perth six years earlier.

Hundreds of hardy Parkrun participants turned out for a 10th anniversary gathering at the North Inch in Perth.

The wife of Perthshire Flooring owner Garry Cumming has paid tribute to her "amazing husband" who has died of cancer at the age of 53.

A local council has admitted it left floodgates open for too long during last month’s storms that caused millions of pounds’ worth of damage to properties in Perthshire.Perth and Kinross council left

Four gates beside the North Inch in Perth remained open for a time during heavy rainfall in October.

Councillors have met to review the authority's handling of October's heavy rain on the city.

The failure of an SNP-led local authority to close floodgates ahead of the heaviest two-day deluge to hit Scotland in more than 130 years may have caused millions of pounds worth of property damage, it has admitted.

Perth and Kinross Council is examining its much-criticised handling of the flood defence fiasco in October.