Fife in 2020: The biggest stories we've covered on the Fife Today website this year

It's been a year like no other for all of us.

How do you produce newspapers and run websites from kitchen tables and spare rooms? That was the question we asked ourselves in March.

This year we locked the office with no idea how, or even if, it would work and a concern over whether we would even survive.

We did, thanks to the creativity and commitment of everyone on the team who, week in, week out, produced newspapers which knocked it out of the park.

There has been a willingness to work differently, and support each other.

Yet working from home means less escape from your laptop as the two worlds collide long-term, the impact has yet to be fully understood - just because we can work from home, doesn’t mean we should.

I remain hugely proud of the Fife Free Press’ coverage throughout 2020.

We launched several appeals to ‘save’ local organisations and delivered every time, including £20,000 to ensure our Maggie’s Centre was able to carry on, and championed local businesses events and the community response every day.

Our series of Civic Conversation articles has brought many new voices to the table and helped shape a major online debate.

Thank you to all of our readers who have bought the paper and visited our website. Without your support we wouldn’t still be going.

Here are some of the most read stories on the Fife Today this year and the headlines which defined it.

JANUARY

Plan to build 100ft whale sculptures and pier in Fife town takes step forward

Plans have been submitted for a major housing development in Aucthermuchty.

FEBRUARY

Retail park in Fife sold in £400m deal

Man, 36 found guilty of simulating sex on a taxi bonnet with his trousers at his ankles in a Fife street

MARCH

Coronavirus: Fife positive cases confirmed

Changes to Fife Council bin collections due to coronavirus