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Sep 21, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Claire Thomson

    Traffic chaos in Perthshire villages after Google Maps glitch (opens the original)

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    A Google Maps glitch has caused chaos after traffic was mistakenly diverted from the A9 to a single-track road between Dunkeld and Pitlochry. The issue - which was first noticed on Friday - saw vehicles, including campervans, leave the trunk road and travel through the Perthshire villages of Ballinluig, Tulliemet and Guay. On Saturday Transport Scotland posted on X on that Google Maps was falsely reporting the A9 as closed and was recommending an "inconvenient alternate route" when it remained o

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Claire Thomson

    Minister defends MSP colleague after Transport Scotland blunder (opens the original)

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    Energy Minister Stephen Gethins has defended his MSP colleague Collette Stevenson after she asked whether the government body Transport Scotland was a registered charity. Stevenson, who has been the SNP MSP for East Kilbride since 2021 and is a transport committee member, made the blunder during Wednesday morning's committee meeting. Transport Scotland director Graeme Cook had to explain government agency operations to her before the meeting drew to a close. On BBC Radio, Gethins stood up for St

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Claire Thomson

    'Ghost' golf course near Gleneagles up for sale (opens the original)

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    A Scottish golf resort located next to Gleneagles, which has been shrouded in secrecy, has been put up for sale. The gWest course in Blackford, Perth and Kinross, was designed by architect David McLay Kidd and completed in 2009 - but never officially opened to the public. Very few people are thought to have played it. It is currently owned by Mahdi al-Tajir, the owner of mineral water firm Highland Spring who was previously Scotland's richest man, and his family. The 639-acre estate includes an

  4. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Claire Thomson

    Baby Tommy's our 'light', say grieving family of newborn whose mum died in childbirth (opens the original)

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    The family of a first-time mum who died in childbirth say her newborn son is the "light" that's keeping them going through their grief. Chelsea McGillivray suffered an unknown cardiac event during labour last Monday after what was believed to be a textbook pregnancy. The 31-year-old, from Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire, received CPR but doctors were unable to resuscitate her. Her son Tommy was taken to the neonatal intensive care unit where he was monitored after the traumatic birth, but got ho

  5. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Claire Thomson

    Solar eclipse glasses 'sold out everywhere' as people look for alternatives (opens the original)

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    People across Scotland have been frantically scrambling to find the right kind of protective eyewear as the UK prepares for the best view of a solar eclipse in nearly three decades. Up to 95% of the Sun will slowly disappear behind the Moon on Wednesday evening, in the most dramatic partial eclipse visible from the UK since August 1999. It is important never to look directly at the Sun as even brief exposure can cause lasting damage. But most high street stores have sold out of eclipse glasses a

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