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Councillors face some tough choices in the coming months (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Fife Council: £18m overspend warning – and this is why it could get much worse

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Jenny Gilruth MSP Column

Members of Unison have rejected the latest pay offer from Cosla, which could see strike action go ahead in future (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Threat of bin strikes remains as Unison members reject latest pay offer

The boardwalk at Beveridge Park's bog garden (Pic: Submitted)

£50,000 funding secured to replace boardwalk in Kirkcaldy park’s bog garden

Registered childminder Karyn McKay, from Glenrothes (Pic: Submitted)

New campaign launched to recruit more childminders in Fife

More carers in Fife now eligible for Carer Support Payment

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

Peak fares are set to return on ScotRail services after trial scrapping such fares comes to an end. (Pic: John Devlin)

Commuters face price hike as 12 month pilot scrapping peak rail fares set to end

Teenagers hang on to their smartphones (Pic: Niclolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)

When the schoolbell rings it’s time for pupils to put down their mobile phones

The Hospital At Home programme has had a funding boost (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Extra cash for Fife’s ‘Hospital At Home’ teams to get patients home quicker

Milton of Balgonie Primary School is currently 'mothballed' having had no pupils since 2019.

Mothballed Fife school closure decision gets Scottish Government verdict

A pothole in Lauder Road, Kirkcaldy - close to the town's Victoria Hospital - was just one to be addressed as the region's bill soared from £77,000 to £100,000 (Pic: Neil Doig/Fife Free Press)

Potholes: Fife’s roads ‘left to crumble’ as repair bill soars to over £100m

The proposed Glenrothes crematorium which councillors turned down has now gone to appeal (Pics: Submitted)

Developers appeal after crematorium and skills academy plan refusal

NHS Fife is facing major financial challenges

NHS Fife finances: things are getting worse with £55m budget gap early in 2025

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Accessib, reliable bus services vital for rural Fife areas - Willie Rennie MSP

Openreach are currently working to connect households and businesses in Fife to full fibre broadband. (pic: submitted)

More homes and businesses now connected to full fibre broadband

Over 5800 households and businesses in Fife can now get connected to full fibre broadband through the Scottish Government’s Reaching 100% programme.

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The initiative starts at the Adam Smith Theatre (Submitted)

New pop-up hubs to drive tech start-up growth in Fife

Children going to school (Pic: TSPL)

Fife parents can tap into school clothing grants ahead of new term

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

Cupar flooding: date announced for grants to help Storm Gerrit flood damage

The council is inviting people to have their say on Electric Vehicle charging in the region. (Pic: Fife Council)

Fife Council seeks public's views on Electric Vehicle strategy

Lesley Backhouse argues that a vote for SNP is a mandate to pursue independence bid (Pics: Submitted)

General Election, Kirkcaldy: ‘all to play for’ says SNP candidate

Fife College Kirkcaldy campus (Pic: Scott Louden)

Threat of docking Fife College lecturers’ wages is not acceptable in pay dispute

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Fife MSP Calls for More Support for Councils to Address Flooding Impacts

Mags Hall is standing for the Scottish Greens in the Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy constituency (Pic: Submitted)

Election 2024: Greens offer positive vision to 'despondent' voters in Fife

The victorious Glenrothes Strollers women's side celebrate winning the Scottish Cup in April (Pic by Jim Bonellie)

£134k boost for Glenrothes Strollers

The candidates and organisers at the Kirkcaldy hustings (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Election 2024: extra chairs at Kirkcaldy hustings but Tories' one stays empty

NHS Fife faces some tough financial decisions ahead. (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Cash-strapped NHS Fife outlines major review in bid to make savings of £25m

NHS boards across Scotland are struggling to make ends meet and Fife is no exception. The regional health board was forced to ask the Scottish Government for a £11 million loan to break even in March, but the troubles keep coming as its finance director is already forecasting a £29.8 million overspend for the coming year.

Danyel VanReenen, Local Democracy Reporting Service

NHS Fife's Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (Pic: Danyel VanReenen)

Scottish Government’s second bail out as NHS Fife faces £11m black hole finances

Fife councillors are seeking more money and help to cope with future flooding. (Image by Danyel VanReenen)

Fife Council to request more money and help for flood prevention

Màiri McAllan, cabinet secretary for Net Zero and Energy, called for climate action to be "locally appropriate and locally driven." (Pic: Submitted)

Fife climate action hub to receive share of £5.5 million government funding

Kirkcaldy Rail station signage (Pic: Scott Louden)

Fife commuters set to save as peak train fares on hold for further three months

Members of NHS Fife's workforce and chaplaincy teams with three of the Board's international recruits (Pic: NHS Fife)

NHS Fife’s award for the support it gives to international recruits

Work has started on the new homes in Kinglassie. (Pic: submitted)

Work starts on new affordable homes for social rent in Fife village

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

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

Wendy Chamberlain MP with Network Rail's Joe Mulvenna at the new Leven station (Pic: Network Rail)

MP welcomes £116m Leven Rail Link progress after visit to new station

Jenny Gilruth and David Torrance at East Fife FC's Community Club (Pic: Submitted)

MSPs visit East Fife FC to see work of its community arm

The former flaxmill at Silverburn Park, Leven

£1.9m funding for Fife projects including Silverburn Flax Mill

The team at Kingdom Housing Association has supported those with fuel debt during the cost of living crisis (Pic: Submitted)

Kingdom Housing Association provides £50,000 of help to fuel poor households

The floods caused significant damage to homes (Pic: Danyel VanReenen)

£5000 grants set to open to Fifers whose properties are hit by flooding

The dilapidated greenhouse at the walled gardens could be set for demolition (Pic: Submitted)

Kirkcaldy walled garden greenhouse facing demolition – ‘too far gone’ to save

Leven's MSP Jenny Gilruth with Councillor Stefan Hoggan-Radu on Leven's promenade which has areas fenced off due to storm damage to the sea wall. (Pic: Submitted)

MSP calls for "urgent action" to repair Leven's storm damaged sea wall

Fife councillors have expressed frustration after the Scottish Government has revealed a means tested roll out for 1:1 digital devices in schools. (Pic: Pixabay)

Councillors slam Scottish Government for digital device funding U-turn

Beath High School students Kate Dair, Hannah Malone, Ines Shearer, Emily Inglis and Aimee Anwender are campaigning for better portion sizes and better quality school meals.

Fife pupils take school meal concerns to Holyrood

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

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

In 2012 the Superfast ferry sailed from Rosyth on its first voyage (Pic TSPL)

Rosyth ferry: MP renews call for direct crossing from Fife to mainland Europe

The administrative building at Hayfield, Kirkcaldy, is one of three to be closed (Pic: Google Maps)

NHS Fife to close three admin buildings to save £650,000

The Scottish Government is bailing NHS Fife out of a £23 million blackhole this year with £10.2 million in additional money from the UK’s HM Treasury. (Pic: Scott Louden)

Bail outs plug NHS Fife £23m black hole – but it still won’t balance the books

20mph speed limits are common place across the country (Pic: TSPL)

20mph: lower speed limit for Leven roads despite community backlash

InTandem co-ordinator for Fife Dave Gillespie (Pic: Fife Photo Agency)

Appeal for more positive role models to join Fife-wide mentoring project

The work of Dr Alastair Lyndon and Matthew Abutunghe, an MSc student from Heriot Watt University forms part of the Restoration Forth project which will take three years.

Restoration Forth: 130,000 seeds added to Forth in important seagrass project

Patients face a difficult task finding a new dental surgery in Fife (Pic: drshohmelian/Pixabay)

Fife patients left to find another dentist as surgery set to close

The motion will be discussed at a meeting at Fife House, Glenrothes (Credit: Danyel VanReenen)

SNP hit back at Labour’s bid to declare housing emergency in Fife

Judy Hamilton, spokesperson for housing and building services (Pic: Submitted)

Fife set to become fourth Scottish council to declare housing emergency

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

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