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Claire Baker MSP.

Call for action to secure future of Methil Yard

A Scotrail 158 train at Inverkeithing Train Station

Fife Greens blast SNP peak rail fares betrayal of workers and climate

Headteachers are to be able to decide whether mobile phones should be banned in their school. (Pic: Getty Images)

Headteachers will decide whether a mobile phone ban is right for their school

Debbie Lamb, Deputy Home Manager; Willie Rennie, MSP and Olga Jankovska, Home Manager

Rennie visits St Andrews care home

Jenny Gilruth MSP. Pic: Wikimedia.

Jenny Gilruth MSP: Summer Recess 2024

Claire Baker MSP with Fiona Sword Chief Executive of the Kirkcaldy YMCA Gallatown Hub and staff

Claire Baker MSP visits Kirkcaldy YMCA Gallatown Community Hub

A pavement parking ban has yet to enforced in Fife (Pic: Submitted)

Pavement parking ban: why Fife has not yet enforced new law

MSP David Torrance visiting Chapel Level staff and residents

MSP for Kirkcaldy enjoys ‘dancing together through the decades’ with local commu...

Claire Baker MSP with Bell Baxter pupil Leah McCusker

Fife Pupil Experiences Life as an MSP at Holyrood

The Kingdom Centre has new owners (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Fife’s biggest shopping centre sold - MSP seeks meeting with new owners

Jenny Gilruth has condemned the closure plan at TSB in Leven (Pic: Submitted)

TSB closure: MSP urges bank to re-think Leven branch closure plans

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Rail Fares Pilot Extension Underlines Need for Fairer Pricing, says MSP

Claire Baker MSP with Gayle Wilson of Leslie Community Pantry

Claire Baker MSP visits Leslie Community Pantry

Claire Baker MSP attending the Inquiry in February, with members of Sheku Bayoh's family

9 Years After Death of Sheku Bayoh - Hope That Inquiry Will Deliver Answers

First Minister Humza Yousaf arrives for a press conference at Bute House where he said he will resign as SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister (Pic: Andrew Milligan-Pool/Getty Images)

Fife MSPs differ over who to back in election for new First Minister

David met with the team at Rose Marketing recently. (Pic: submitted)

Small businesses from cafes to pet shops are beating heart of our community

This week I have been out and about visiting the beating heart of our community: our small businesses.

David Torrance MSP

The case for a station in Newburgh was described as "low cost, high impact" (Pic: John Devlin)

Slow pace on plans for Newburgh rail link – MSP raises concerns at Holyrood

Original station founders - Colin Johnston, John Murray, Graeme Logan taken 2014 (Inset: Wilf Parkinson taken 2014 in original station studios) (Pic: K107FM)

Award-winning Kirkcaldy community radio station set to celebrate 10 years

Claire Baker MSP with Malcolm Dick, Director GS Brown Precision Engineers

Claire Baker MSP visits GS Brown Precision Engineering in Ladybank, Fife on empl...

The aftermath and flood damage from Storm Gerrit in Cupar. (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Cupar floods: MSP blasts Scottish Government for treatment of flood victims

Graeme Dey MSP said that apprenticehips are "vital for supporting young people into valuable, rewarding careers" (Pic: Fife College)

Minister launches week highlighting ‘life-changing’ apprenticeship opportunities

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Robert the Bruce anniversary an opportunity to showcase Dunfermline

Homes and businesses in Cupar were flooded in December when the River Eden burst its banks. (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

MSP's growing impatience at silence over financial support for flood victims

Alex Rowley said services in Fife were beyond stretching point (Pic: John Devlin/TSPL)

Fife woman, 80, in five-hour wait for ambulance after fall sparks review call

Claire Baker MSP, with Pauline Grandison, Nicky Wilson, Bob Young, and Gary Porter.

Claire Baker MSP visits Coalfields Regeneration Trust Scotland Kincardine

Jenny Gilruth MSP presents a cheque for £210 to centre manager Yvonne Crombie

MSP and her team walked 836 miles in memory of Rose Duncan

How the new Lochgelly Health Centre could look - if the Scottish Government coughs up the funding

MSP wants meeting with Deputy First Minister over crumbling Fife health centre

The campaign to secure a replacement for the crumbling Lochgelly Health Centre could now land at the door of Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, Shona Robison.

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Flooding caused major problems in Cupar (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Storm Gerrit: MSP demands financial help for Cupar flood victims

How the new Lochgelly Health Centre could look - if the £13m funding can be secured (Pic: NHSFife)

Campaign to replace crumbling Fife health centre will go into new year

Kirkcaldy Rail station signage (Pic: Scott Louden)

Fife rail fares: rising tickets prices but services not improving – MSP hits out

David Torrance MSP with winner of his annual Christmas card design competition, Abbie Callaghan, a pupil at Capshard Primary.

Kirkcaldy pupil wins MSP's Christmas card design competition

David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, outside Kirkcaldy train station where the cherry trees previously stood. (pic: submitted)

MSP accuses Fife Council of 'environmental vandalism' after cherry trees removed

David Torrance MSP with Star Ross and her family members, John Ross, Kaydee and Rosie (Pic: Submitted)

Fife schoolgirl, 10, launches Christmas food collection for foodbank

Neale Hanvey MP and David Torrance MSP were given a tour of the facilities on Friday (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Kirkcaldy businesses encouraged to make use of Job Centre interview facilities

Local support for a train station is overwhelming (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Progress update hinted for hopes of train station in Fife town

David Torrance MSP (Pic: Submitted)

Fifers urged to be part of consultation on winter heating payments

Roz McCall MSP and Cllr Gavin Ellis outside the Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline (Pic: Submitted)

Dunfermline needs essential A&E and maternity services back in the city – column

David Torrance MSP with the charred remains of Kitty's in the background (Pic: Submitted)

Kitty’s fire: MSP calls for historic frontage to be saved ‘no matter the cost’

Alex Rowley addresses the meeting: Inset: John McKenzie, Scottish secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) (Pics: Danyel VanReenen)

Fife fire cuts: MSP urges Fifers to unite and oppose cuts at stations

Double track section on Levenmouth - part of the new £116m rail project (Pic: Network Rail)

Leven rail link: Network Rail face backlash over plan to close crossings

Jenny Gilruth with Andy (left) and Mike (right) at Glenrothes Men's Shed (Pic: Submitted)

MSP’s return visit to Glenrothes men’s shed she opened five years ago

Jenny Gilruth MSP with Duncan Mitchell from FEAT (middle) and representatives from Clark Contractors (far right and far left). The Silverburn Park Flax Mill is scheduled to open in Easter 2026. (Pic: Submitted)

Praise for team at heart of flax mill restoration at Silverburn Park in Leven

Pic: John Devlin

Fife fire cuts: MSP sets up meeting with Minister to try to save appliances

Barclays is set to close its St Andrews branch

Barclays announce closure of Fife branch - hours after Bank of Scotland closures

Pic: John Devlin

Meeting invite to campaign to open train station in Fife town

From left: David Frenz, Stagecoach operations director East Coast Scotland, David Torrance MSP, Lee Skinner, operations manager Aberhill Bus Depot. Centre, Lyall Allan.

Stagecoach pledge help for wheelchair users after hearing Fife man’s experiences

Megan Laird, from Kennoway, with Jenny Gilruth at the Scottish Parliament

Fife teen at Scottish Parliament to highlight education issues for deaf people

Consultation on the future of the service started before lockdown

Future plan for Fife’s palliative care to offer care at home and hospice

Yes Recycling Fife (Pic: Morrisons)

Redundancy fears and wages owed to staff at Fife recycling plant, MSP says

Lidl, Kirkcaldy

Children as young as 11 blamed for growing attacks on shop staff in Kirkcaldy

Tricia Marwick made a strong attack on party members leaking information

SNP turmoil: ex-MSP Tricia Marwick tells party moles to quit and ‘get a grip’

Tricia Marwick stood down after six years at the helm of NHS Fife's board (Pic: George McLuskie)

Tricia Marwick: tributes as Tricia Marwick steps down as chair of NHSFife board

The new online service was launched this week

MSP slams Fife Council’s bulky uplift booking crash a ‘shambolic mess’

The facility was moved from Queen Margaret Hospital to the Victoria Hospital 12 miles away

Community backs MSP’s petition to save west Fife facility

The funding is coming from the Scottish Government

Fife to get more than £3m funding to refurbish children’s playparks