Dumfries

Stuart McMahon, director CAMRA Scotland presents the 2024 Pub of the Year award

Fife pub celebrates back to back CAMRA Pub of the Year awards

Howe of Fife players celebrate scoring in last weekend's big win over Dumfries Saints (Pic by Josh Whitelaw)

Howe of Fife thrash Dumfries Saints 67-12

Nazra Alam co-managed to Sanquhar Post Office since 2015 (SWNS)

World's oldest Post Office is saved

The top ten ‘most affordable’ places to buy a house in the UK have been revealed in new research by Halifax.

Revealed: Top 10 most affordable places to buy a home in the UK

Scott Henderson in action against Belfast Giants (Pic: Jillian McFarlane)

Fife Flyers forward Scott Henderson set to focus on home town team Solway Sharks

Bari McKenzie is the second British skater to depart the club this summer (Pic: Derek Young)

Fife Flyers’ forward Bari McKenzie returns to home town to join Solway Sharks

The group of Kirkcaldy youngsters who will be representing Scotland this summer (Pics by Derek Young)

Kirkcaldy Ice Hockey Club youngsters gain Scotland recognition

East Fife losing 2-0 to Stranraer in February (Pic: Bill McCandlish)

East Fife hoping for first win of season versus Stranraer

Bari McKenzie (Pic: Derek Young)

Fife Flyers: Bari McKenzie celebrates 700th game and looks ahead to his 800th

The MoT failure rates were revealed this week

Fife town revealed for one of UK’s highest MoT failure rates

Service disruption is expected to continue for Fife rail passengers until Tuesday. Pic: Michael Gillen.

Rail disruption for commuters expected until Tuesday after strikes suspended

Derek Marshall

Derek Marshall: Police trace man reported missing in Dumfries last seen in Fife

Level 2 neonatal ward of a hospital, weighing a premature baby.

Fife mums more likely to have ‘super sized’ babies that weigh 8lb 13oz

UK areas most and least ready for an electric vehicle future

Raith and Inverness will meet for the fifth time this season. (Pic: Fife Photo Agency)

Let's look forward after league win, says Raith Rovers boss John McGlynn

Kirkcaldy hope to be back at Beveridge Park this weekend. (Pic: Michael Booth)

Kirkcaldy out for revenge at Beveridge Park

Kirkcaldy RFC hope to be back in action this Saturday after almost two months of inactivity.

Paul McCabe

Kirkcaldy were too good for third-placed Dumfries (Pic: Michael Booth)

Kirkcaldy keep best of the season for Dumfries

Jamie MacDonald makes one of his string of saves against Queen of the South. (Pic: Dave Johnston)

Raith keeper MacDonald is content to help team

Paul Smith and John McGlynn applaud the travelling fans at Dumfries (Pic: Dave Johnston)

McGlynn: Raith need wins not draws at top end of the table

Brad Spencer of Raith Rovers evades Queen of the South scorer Max Johnston as Ethan Ross, right, watches on (picture by Dave Johnston)

Superb display by stopper Jamie MacDonald helps Raith Rovers leave Dumfries with...

Frankie Musonda, centre, in previous action for Raith at Inverness (picture by Peter Paul)

Musonda returns to Raith Rovers' starting line-up

Kirkcaldy were victorious in their opening game of the season. (Pic: Michael Booth)

Win for Kirkcaldy in first game since March 2020

The Kaiser Chiefs could play at Latitude Festival in Suffolk - but their festival appearance in Scotland ended when the event was scrapped (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Column:  Yes sir, why can we boogie at football – but not music festivals?

Ricky Wilson, lead singer Kaiser Chiefs. (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Second Scottish music festival cancelled at last minute

NHS Fife, along with health boards Arran & Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway, has been chosen to pilot Scotland's first Early Cancer Diagnosis Centres.

Fife chosen as one of sites for new Early Cancer Diagnosis Centres in Scotland

The site is home to Eurospray

This industrial site in Glenrothes has been bought

Catherine Salmond

Former Fife Free Press reporter is new editor of Scotland On Sunday

Former Fife Free Press reporter Catherine Salmond has been appointed as the new editor of Scotland on Sunday.

Allan Crow

Coronavirus in Scotland: interactive map shows vaccination rates across the country

New interactive map shows vaccination rates across Scotland

New interactive map shows vaccination rates across the country

New interactive map shows vaccination rates across Scotland

New road safety signs set for Fife roads

New road signs to target tailgating drivers on busy Fife road

Thornton's Nicky McGowan

Thornton awarded walkover after Wanderers stay at home

Poundland

Poundland to temporarily close its Kirkcaldy store

This video shows how coronavirus spread across Scotland throughout 2020

New Year’s Day weather forecast where you live - and if it will snow

Queen's goalkeeper Charlie Cowie punches clear at a corner.

Poor decision making to blame for Raith Rovers defeat says assistant Smith

Storm Bella: Met Office warns of high winds and icy conditions in Scotland

Storm Bella: Met Office warns of more rain and icy conditions in Scotland

Ross Matthews opened the scoring at Palmerston on Saturday after just 50 seconds

We're not getting carried away but it's been a brilliant start says Raith Rovers...

Geek Retreat plans to open 100 more shops in the UK - here’s what it sells

Combined home insurance has gone up in most areas during lockdown.

Home insurance combined premiums at their highest since 2013

McCaig's Tower in Oban is one of the thousands of venues across the UK raising awareness tonight of the entire live events supply chain and the Scottish jobs at risk. Photo: © James Hearton - geograph.org.uk

Scottish arts venues on red alert over job losses

On their bikes...more people in Scotland than ever before are cycling and the government wants to keep it that way, via its free bike repair scheme. (Pic: Andy Catlin)

Scottish bike shops offer repairs of up to £50 – free of charge

The five-mile travel ban has been lifted (Shutterstock)

These are the latest lockdown rule changes in Scotland - including lifting of 5 ...

Kirkcaldy lockdown online discussion led by Greener Kirkcaldy

Join online debate on how to bring Kirkcaldy out of lockdown

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Revealed: Where Fife sits in coronavirus hotspot table

Scotland recently experienced bright skies and warm temperatures, with highs of 23C in some parts of the country (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when heavy rain will hit Scotland as temperatures set to fall after mini-...

Kirkcaldy and Newton Stewart last met at Beveridge Park back in August. (Pic by Michael Booth)

Kirkcaldy ready for battle as Newton Stewart come to Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy suffered a tough loss in Dumfries on Saturday (stock image). Pic: Michael Booth

Kirkcaldy promotion hopes suffer a setback after defeat in Dumfries

Jacob Ramsay, Kirkcaldy v Whitecraigs - Match 3, Tennent's National League Division 2, 21st September 2019. Photo by Michael Booth

Kirkcaldy confident ahead of trip to ‘awkward’ GHK

Jacob Ramsay on the attack for Kirkcaldy v Dumfries (All pics by Michael Booth)

Loss for Kirkcaldy in league season opener

A therapeutic gardening scheme for people with dementia was launched at HMP Dumfries last August. An innovative joint venture between the Scottish Prison Service and Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership, it was also supported by Trellis.

Trellis supports therapeutic gardening projects across Scotland

Postcodes across the UK with the with the highest rate of car theft have been revealed (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the postcodes with the highest rate of car theft in the UK

Bari McKenzie Fife Flyers (Pic: Steve Gunn)

Fife Flyers unveil first player signing of summer

Queen of the South v Raith Rovers, Palmerston Park, Dumfries on Saturday, May 18. Picture: Fife Photo Agency.

In pictures: Play-off final agony for Raith Rovers in Dumfries

Raith players applaud the fans who had travelled to Dumfries (Pic: Fife Photo Agency)

Raith Rovers will come back fighting next season - McGlynn

Ross Matthews makes a challenge during the 1st leg at Stark's Park. Pic: Fife Photo Agency

Queen of the South 0 (3) Raith Rovers 0 (1): Play-off 2nd leg as it happened