Securitytightened asvandalstargetsite
Security has been steppedup at a Blairgowrie construction site after vandals targeted fittings earmarked for new properties.
Police Scotland has said that damage was caused to kitchen worktops being installed in apartments at the McCarthy and Stone Darroch Gate development on the town’s Coupar Angus Road at some point on October 10.
Once completed, Darroch Gate will eventually comprise 36 one and two bedroom retirement flats. It is anticipated that the first homeowners will be welcomed to the site in the spring of next year.
Steve Wiseman, regional managing director for McCarthy and Stone in Scotland said: “We can confirm that minor criminal damage has been reported at our Darroch Gate development in Blairgowrie.
“This local incident will not affect our schedule to complete and open the development, or indeed any anticipated entry dates for purchasers.
“We’d like to reassure the local community, and indeed any purchasers at this development, that we have increased our security measures with immediate effect, and we are fully co-operating with Police Scotland.”
Anyone with information can contact Police Scotland on the non-emergency number, 101.
Alternatively, call the Crimestoppers hotline – where information can be given anonymously – on 0800 555 111.
Blairgowrie Parish Church Guild Ethel Dow welcomed members, guests and friends to the October 17 meeting. Following announcements, everyone was invited to sing the hymn ‘What A Friend We Have In Jesus’. Devotions included a reading from John ch 15, v 1-4, by Wilma Sievewright, followed by Margaret Conroy leading in prayer. Ethel then extended a very warm and friendly welcome to speaker George Milne, who shared his love of Perthshire flora and fauna. George reminded folks of ‘All Things Bright And Beautiful’ and its relevance to the Angus and Perthshire countryside. George’s interest in the subject was awakened by his father who regularly walked him up the Sidlaw Hills and sowed the seeds of the countryside in his life. He was also influenced by a teaching colleague from Dunkeld who was a bird ringer and keen photographer. Further to this, he was an avid watcher of the nature programmes by Tom Weir. George spoke about the variety in the part of the earth’s surface inhabited by living things. He then took the audience through the year’s calendar, relating to the four seasons, and used a variety of photographs to both enhance and permit observation of the natural beauty of Perthshire. Sheila Watkins then offered the vote of thanks, acknowledging and appreciating George’s knowledge and enthusiasm. The afternoon concluded with the singing of the hymn ‘Lord I Pray’. This was followed by the saying of the Guild prayer and Benediction. Teas, coffees and chat then followed. The next meeting is from 7.30pm on October 31 in the church hall. A talk titled ‘The Silver Screen’ will be delivered by Andy Patterson. The Guild coffee morning will be held from 10am in the church hall on Saturday.