Perth is preparing to go back in time on Sunday when it marks the 750th anniversary of the Treaty of Perth. Music, dance and a medieval fair have been ... the heart of the city will witness ...

Late in September the pair left Dundee and Errol behind them and made their way to the Fair City. They passed the signs flagging they were entering the University City of Perth on September 25.

A year on from having its city status restored, Perth is doing all it can to make the most of its fantastic natural attributes, writes David Littlejohn When you think of Perth, what springs to mind?

"Even although city status was summarily removed when local government was reorganised, Perth has continued to be known as the 'Fair City'. Full restoration of its ancient dignity is long overdue." ...

Perth has launched its bid to become the UK's 2021 City of Culture. The fair city was classified as a town in 1975 during a local government shake-up and did not regain its city status until 2012.