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Three years on and cycle path in Dunfermline is going nowhere fast
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (587+ words) THE controversial cycle path on Aberdour Road appears to be going nowhere fast as, three years on, the "700, 000 project is still not complete. Work on the 'active travel scheme' began in January 2023 and it was supposed to take six months…...
'We've got "20m for the West Fife villages, do you want to help us spend it?"
11+ hour, 10+ min ago (543+ words) A MAN who helped deliver the two aircraft carriers at Rosyth Dockyard is the new chair of a board that will decide how the West Fife villages spends "20 million. Graham Walker, a senior programme director at Babcock, has urged more…...
Starmer condemns "disgraceful" attacks on police over Henry Nowak case
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (806+ words) Attacks by protesters on police near where teenager Henry Nowak was stabbed to death were "disgraceful, Sir Keir Starmer has said after eleven officers and a police dog were injured. The unrest came amid an outcry about the policing response…...
Trump administration scrapping 1. 8 billion-dollar compensation fund " Blanche
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (611+ words) The US acting attorney general said the administration was "not moving forward with the fund, period" (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) The Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a 1. 8 billion US dollars fund (1. 3 billion) meant to compensate allies of the Republican…...
MPs urged to examine "systemic failings Murrell exploited" to embezzle "400, 000
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (665+ words) A Westminster committee is being urged to investigate the "wider institutional questions" arising from Peter Murrell embezzling more than "400, 000 from the SNP. Shadow Scottish secretary Andrew Bowie said with First Minister John Swinney refusing to support an independent inquiry into…...
Scottish Secretary urged to quit over "sycophantic" messages to Mandelson
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (540+ words) Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander is being'urged to quit over his links with Lord Peter Mandelson " with the SNP accusing the Labour MP of showing "appalling judgment" and having "brought shame on Scotland". SNP MP Kirsty Blackman issued the demand in…...
Cairneyhill double garage plan refused over size and garden space
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (286+ words) Plans to build a two-storey double garage at a Cairneyhill property have been thrown out by Fife Council planners. Mr Anthony Mitchell had applied to erect a domestic double garage with ancillary accommodation above at 107 A Main Street, but the…...
Swinney fails to win majority, but says SNP "emphatically" won Holyrood election
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (785+ words) John Swinney declared the SNP has "emphatically" won the election, and a fifth term in power in Scotland, as Labour and the Tories look to have recorded their worst results" at Holyrood. With Labour also suffering losses south of the…...
Fife pupils bullied online, contacted by strangers and exposed to harmful content
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (742+ words) A "deeply troubling" report into the impact of social media found widespread evidence of Fife children being bullied online, contacted by strangers and frequently exposed to harmful content. Melanie Ward MP, who represents Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy, said the results showed…...
Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon kill 10, including child, officials say
1+ week, 6+ day ago (428+ words) Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Friday killed 10 people, including six paramedics and a Syrian girl, Lebanon's Health Ministry said, the latest in near-daily attacks from both sides that have not stopped despite the fragile, US-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah…...