Academics from around the world have converged on St Andrews for first UK conference on the boy wizard

St Andrews University Principal Professor Louise Richardson is to ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange today with Sir Sean Connery.

FIFE Council’s waste management performance has taken another leap forward with the announcement that over 55 per cent (140,000 tonnes) of household and business waste was recycled in the financial year 2011/12.

A SUMMER Fair at Warout Primary School, Malcolm Road, Auchmuty, Glenrothes is taking place this Friday, May 18 from 1-3pm.

THE future of another of Leven High Street’s shops has been plunged into uncertainty after Clinton Cards was placed in administration.

VISITScotland proudly proclaims: “We’ll point you in the right direction” in a new promotional map of Scotland.

“A LOAF of bread with margarine and a tin of Princess treacle, the cheapest you could buy, that’s what we’d have to keep seven children from going hungry.”

The future of a Glenrothes card shop is uncertain.

NORTH Glenrothes Community Council have set up a group to focus on the proposals to build up to 200 homes in Cadham, reports KEVIN QUINN.

Tullis Russell re-iterated its claim that it will listen to the concerns of locals worried about plans to build 200 homes in Cadham.

SCHOOL children in Leslie are to be presented with a souvenir to commemorate the Queen’s 60 years on the throne reports, NEIL HENDERSON.

OUTSIDE of cities Glasgow and Edinburgh, Fife has been ranked as having the most addresses in the country where ambulance crews need to have police protection due to the threat of violent incidents.

LABOUR looks to have reeled in enough support this week to lead Fife Council in a new minority administration.

PLANS to transform Anstruther’s Murray Library into an upmarket backpackers hostel are continuing to move forward with its owners now looking for an operator to run the accommodation unit, when it opens.

THE Kirkcaldy office of Fife Women’s Aid may have closed earlier this year.

THE Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) and the Red Arrows will provide pageantry and panache to the skies over Fife on September 15 as part of the flying display programme for this year’s RAF Leuchars Jubilee Air Show: A Diamond Celebration

A DRIVE to discourage alcohol consumption in public is being stepped up by police in Leven.

A fundRAISING initiative in support of exciting plans to restore the historic 18th century stables and coach house at an East Neuk estate is set to be stepped up.

BURNTISLAND Fabricators’ (BiFab) Methil yard is on the brink of landing a large new contract for work in the North Sea.

FIFE Council has set a new record for the percentage of its household and business waste being recycled.