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A free family fun session at Loch Leven Community Library is on this weekend.

The event, arranged in partnership with Friends of Loch Leven Community Library and the Scottish Women’s Institute, takes place on Saturday, February 23, 1pm- 2.30pm.

The community learning and development team is running a family crafts session. And visitors can also find out more about library services as well as information on other local groups, and meet their local learning and development worker.

Another session takes place in the library on Saturday, March 2 ,1pm2.30pm.

A spokesperson said: “All activities are safe, simple and fun. Why not bring your kids?

For further info contact Tracey Ramsay, of community learning and development, on 01577 867124 or email tramsay@ pkc.gov.uk A man who walked into a Perthshire health centre then took out an axe and threatened to chop people’s heads off was jailed for a year this week.

Christopher Connor Adam Gallagher (26) uttered the threats at Alyth Health Centre awhen he was asked to attend there after contacting NHS 24, Perth Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday.

A doctor managed to convince Gallagher, who formerly lived in Smith Lane, Blairgowrie, to hand over the axe after making the chilling threats on October 23, 2017.

But the court heard Gallagher