Scottish Conservative MSP Liz Smith has asked the Scottish Government how it is proposing to deal with the negative effects of social media on young people.

Scottish Conservative politicians have expressed their delight after it was announced that more than 100 local community groups will benefit from funding provided by Perth and Kinross Council.

At today's Budget, the administration set aside £30,000 to run a pilot in The Carse of Gowrie to assist in transport to health centres where health care has significantly changed.

Following on from the most recent fatal accident on the A90 near Glendoick, Cllr Angus Forbes has written to Transport Scotland for a meeting to discuss what safety improvements can be made to the A90.

Councillor Forbes said:

Perth and Kinross Council is set to have its budget cut by 2.6% in real terms next year as a result of underfunding from the Scottish Government.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP, Murdo Fraser, has called on bosses of the Perth-based utilities giant to offer assurances to their Perth workforce following news that SSE will no longer merge with Npower.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSPs, Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith, have called on Fife’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) to put forward a middle way that would achieve safe and sustainable out-of-hours healthcare in the region at next week’s critical meeting.

GP surgeries in the NHS Tayside region are having to deal with 11% more patients after new figures revealed that five practices have been lost over the past ten years.

A new report from Audit Scotland has said that urgent action is needed to turn around the financial and performance problems at NHS Tayside.

NHS Tayside met just seven from twenty national standards this March - two fewer than they achieved the year before.