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All electric future (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Accelerating towards a petrol-free future!

How the park will look after a £5m transformation (Pic: Fife Council)

£5m ‘amazing transformation’ of Fife park on schedule to finish in two months

Emerency services were called to the scene (Pic: TSPL)

Pilot dead after aircraft crashes near Fife Airport

Councillors are pushing to save the funding (Pic: TSPL)

Fife Levelling up funds: pulling plug on £5m ‘a betrayal’ says councillor

Willie Rennie MSP

Protect agriculture funding, Rennie tells government

There will be some disruption right through to next March (Pic: Fife Council)

Riverside Park: car park closure and traffic plans as key work starts

The new look playpark at Riverside Park in Glenrothes (Pic: Fife Council planning papers)

Safari-themed playpark and new pump track get green light in revamp of Fife park

Approximately 300 children in Fife stood to lose their school clothing grant entitlement (Pic: klimkin/Pixabay)

Council protects hundreds of Fife children set to lose right to clothing grant

Glenrothes Hospital (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Crumbling RAAC concrete found in Fife NHS buildings after inspections

Kathleen Shields, from Kirkcaldy, has spoken of her time volunteering with UK-Med in Gaza. (Pic: Sean Sutton)

Kirkcaldy nurse treated war-injured patients in Gaza

The cameras are essential for autonomous cars because they provide the high-quality images needed for the vehicles to see and navigate their surroundings. (Pic: Submitted)

Fife business deal for cutting edge cameras for self-driving cars in Europe

The work is set to get underway at Riverside Park in Glenrothes (Pic: Fife Council)

Essential dredging work set to start at Riverside Park in Glenrothes

The Fife Partnership Board heard there is likely to be no more money coming from the governments to help with the housing emergency. (Pic: Danyel VanReenen)

Fife housing emergency: No more money from Scottish or UK governments

Four Dunfermline initiatives are to benefit from the UK Government's Levelling Up fund. (Pic: Fife Council)

Four Dunfermline projects to benefit from £5m Levelling Up cash

The money will help to transform the under-used park (Pics: Submitted)

£5m revamp to make under-used Glenrothes park a ‘must visit’ destination

The £5m funding is a huge boost for Dunfermline (Pic: Fife Council)

£5m Levelling Up funding for culture and regeneration projects in Dunfermline
Dunfermline is to get a £5m boost from the UK Government’s Levelling Up fund.
Allan Crow

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

New Lochgelly health centre plans hit again as all new health projects on hold

David Ross, leader of Fife Council (Pic: Submitted)

Fife Budget: Fife Council leader David Ross answers key questions

The course will continue to help people's confidence with maths and numbers (Pic: Submitted)

£800,000 funding for project to help Fifers with maths and numbers

Advertising boards promote vaping devices outside a shop in Manchester (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

UK to ban disposable vapes - but when will they be taken off shelves?

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

Fife ferry link: MP warns ’running of time’ to make Europe service a reality

Supporters of the XL Bully dog breed hold placards during a protest against the UK Government's plans to ban the dogs (Pic: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)

Fife dog group warns American XL Bullies being ‘let down’ by new ban

The rules would have had a significant on Danyel's life had they been in place at the time of her wedding (Pic: Sarah Wenban Photography)

New immigration rules would have taken everything away from me, overnight

Houses of Parliament (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Levelling Up: No cash for Fife in latest grants and not unexpected

Protesters outside the Scottish Parliament during a No to Self-ID protest (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Neale Hanvey: Equality Act must urgently be amended

Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Over 1000 COVID deaths in Fife, new figures reveal as UK inquiry underway

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero
A 50% uplift in the Government grant available for households to install air source heat pumps has taken effect
Will Millar

The plan to repurpose Buckhaven's Methilhaven Care Home - now an empty building - is too costly and too time consuming (Pic: Google Maps)

£5m costs rule out plan to convert former Fife care home for refugees

Bare Baked was founded in 2022 by Megan Murrie in her home in Leven (Pic: Submitted)

Healthy food business started in Fife kitchen now hits 30 outlets across UK

A photo issued by the Local Government Association showing damage to a school built with RAAC. Credit: LGA

RAAC in schools: Fife Council assurance as questions tabled over concerns

A photo issued by the Local Government Association showing damage to a school built with RAAC. (Pic: LGA)

RAAC in schools: Fife schools not at risk over crumbling concrete worry

More EV charging points could be coming to Fife Leisure Park (Pix: Pixabay)

Six new electric vehicle charging points approved for Dobbies’ Fife store

The Doubledykes crossing faces the axe as part of work on the new Levenmouth rail link

Call to use Levelling Up funding to save historic Fife rail crossing

Amazon will use AI to find fake reviews on the shopping site

Amazon to crack down on fake reviews with AI

A woman kisses a girl after arriving at an evacuation point for people fleeing Mariupol (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Former Fife care home set to become home to Ukrainian refugees fleeing war

Huge changes are coming to WhatsApp messenger app

WhatsApp now allows users to hide intimate chats - how it works

Rishi Sunak has declared his wife’s shares in a childcare agency set to benefit from budget amid investigation

Rishi Sunak declares wife’s shares in firm amid investigation

Suella Braverman listens on as prime minister Rishi Sunak announces the Illegal Migration Bill

Deportation flights to Rwanda could be started “by the summer”

Smoking is now at least 15% more expensive following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 - Credit: Adobe

Bad news for smokers: Cigarettes now cost more than ever

Michael Caine in Zulu

Michael Caine defends ‘Zulu’ following right wing incitement claim

The new vessel commissioned by Briggs Marine

Burntisland’s Briggs Marine orders new vessel

Neale Hanvey has raised concerns over the lack of support for chalet park residents in the House of Comnmons

Chalet owners in Fife to finally get energy bill support

Picture Michael Gillen

15,000 energy vouchers go unused in Fife

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Pro gender recognition bill supporters Scottish Trans hold a "Rally for Trans Equality" (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Section 35: the wrong issue for constitutional clash - Neale Hanvey MP

Energy bills are on the rise still across the country

Energy boss gives warning that higher bills are here to stay

People with prepayment gas and electricity meters have been reminded to redeem energy rebate vouchers

Don't miss out on energy rebate

Foreign Office issues Peru travel warning amid political protests

There will be no mandatory Covid-19 testing for passengers travelling to the UK from China

UK will not reintroduce covid testing for passengers from China

Deadline set for scrapping 100ml liquid limit and other airport security rules.

When 100ml liquid limit & more airport security rules will be scrapped

Millions of low-income households in the UK are set to receive an extra cash boost of up to £300 on top of the £650 cost of living package in November.

Millions set to receive £300 boost on top of cost of living payment

Gary Lineker at the FA Cup semi-final in April 2022

Gary Lineker slams James Cleverly comments on LGBT fans in Qatar

How long a fridge freezer will last during blackout power cuts

Town centre events will get priority in the new funding packages available in Fife

New funding support for event organisers in Fife is launched

National Grid Chief John Pettigrew has spoken out about the potential blackouts amid the energy crisis.

Will the UK see energy blackouts this winter?