M90 Car Fire - Perth

Pictures here from the scene on the exit of the Friarton Bridge onto the M90 where a car had caught fire. The car had caught fire shortly before 6.45pm, yesterday, Friday 4th March. These photos were taken shortly after 6.50 by which point the fire had been extinguished. There were no injuries and the car was recovered a short time later.

Three appliances from Perth turned out to the fire along with two police vans.

Amateur Football - Letham vs Arbroath, St Johns vs Coupar Angus

Pictures here from Perth's North Inch and Amateur Football action. In the North of Tay Cup Quarter Final, Letham took on Arbroath and won 7-0, with Arbroath reduced to 10 men in the second half. In Perthshire Amateur Football League action, St Johns beat Coupar Angus 5-0.

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River Tay Search Operation Perth

Pictures here of the search operation on the River Tay at Perth following reports a woman was spotted in the river. Fire Crews from Perth, Dunkeld and Dundee - including the Command Support and Water Rescue Units were joined by police, coastguard and the Special Operations and Resiliance Team of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

 

 

 

 

Perthshire 2ND XV vs Arbroath

Pictures here from Perth's North Inch as Perthshire Rugby 2ND XV took on Arbroath. Perthshire won the match 39-8 and in doing so clinched promotion from RBS Caledonia League Division 4.

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Perthshire Amateur Football - 8th March 2014

Pictures here of Perthshire Amateur league and cup action on Perth's North Inch. In league action, the top of the table clash in Division 1 saw Letham take on Ballinluig and win out 8-1. In the Quarter Final of the Perth & District Cup, Perth United beat St Johns 201.

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Northern Lights Over Perth

On Thursday 27th February a strong solar storm, combined with a weak Earth magnetic field allowed a fantastic display of the Northern Lights. The Aurora could be seen from the south of England.

These pictures are taken overlooking Perth and despite the strong street lights, a band of green can clearly be seen. Unfortunately, it took some time before the cloud cleared, and a lot of the reds and pinks were not visible / too weak to be seen over the street light pollution.

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The first test shot for settings and location picked up a good amount of green, and off to the left, some red.

It took about an hour before the cloud fully cleared to allow this view.

Video: River Tay Body Search Perth

Video here from the scene on Perth's Tay Street as a large-scale search of the River Tay got under way.

River Tay Body Search Perth

Pictures here from Tay Street in Perth, where a large-scale, multi-agency search operation was underway following the sighting of a body in the River Tay.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews from Perth were joined by colleagues from Dunkeld, Coupar Angus and Dundee - including specialist water rescue teams and a command support unit. Scottish Ambulance Service deployed its Special Operations and Resilience Team, along with the Police Scotland Search and Rescue Team and their helicopter. Further support came in the form of the Coastguard and the RNLI lifeboat from Broughty Ferry and a Seaking search and rescue helicopter.

The search was stood down at 9.30pm, and would resume again the following morning.

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Video: Perth Flat Fire

Video here from the scene of a flat fire in Perth. Please see the post below for the pictures.