Police arrest four drunk drivers in area
Fresh from success in an event judged by TV greenfingers Alan Tichmarsh, an award-winning care home is on course for another accolade.
Staff and residents at Balhousie Luncarty care home in Perthshire are in the running for a major award for the activities that take place at the home
Balhousie Luncarty has made the shortlist of the Meaningful Activity Award in the Scottish Care Awards, a major event in the care sector.
This is the second award recognition for Balhousie Luncarty in a matter of months. In September it was named winner of the Community Engagement category of Balhousie in Bloom, a gardening competition held throughout Balhousie Care Group and judged by TV gardener Titchmarsh.
“Inclusiveness and a sense of family is at the heart of what we do and we also make sure the Luncarty village community is involved where possible,” said Home Manager Cheryl Banks.
She added:“That’s why I’m delighted that our work has been recognised by Scottish Care.”
Activities at the 29-bed Luncarty home have included: a COVID time capsule event, where residents and community members were invited to bury mementoes of the 2020
Four people were arrested for drunk driving across Perth and Kinross over a period of five days last week, three of whom were arrested after being involved in a road traffic collision, police have said.
Local teams revealed this week that a 27-year-old man was arrested for being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle in Churchill Road in Kinross on Wednesday, October 27.
Two days later police arrested a 60-yearold woman for drink driving after a one vehicle road traffic collision occurred near Caputh.
Police then arrested a further two people for drink driving on Sunday, October 31, one a 47-year-old man after another single vehicle collision on the A90 near Kinfauns and the other a 36-year-old after a third one vehicle collision on the A85 near Crieff.
Officers confirmed in a statement issued this week three of the drivers arrested over the five day period had later been found to have been driving with no insurance and one had also been driving without a licence.