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Fife secondary students enjoy success at national STEM competition
Pupils from Levenmouth Academy are celebrating after enjoying success in a national STEM competition.
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Take a look inside the festive Fife flat vying to be crowned Scotland's Christmas Home of the Year 2025
A cosy Fife flat which is transformed into a winter wonderland every Christmas is in the running to be crowned Scotland’s Christmas Home of the Year 2025.
Fife charity launches festive appeal to tackle isolation and loneliness
Fife sight loss charity, Seescape, has launched a Christmas fundraising appeal to tackle isolation and loneliness this winter.
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‘Plan ahead’ call to Fife drivers as festive road safety campaign launches with warning
Fife drivers have been urged to plan safe homeward journeys in advance ahead of the festive season.
Councillors back campaign to change train station name which confuses visitors
Councillors across Fife have thrown their weight behind a campaign to rename a train station.
Fife councillors review how mobile phones are managed in schools
Fife Council is to look at it mobile phone usage in school policy.
Kirkcaldy serious sexual assault: ' no crime established' as police drop investigation
Police have dropped an investigation into a report of a serious sexual assault in Kirkcaldy.
Demolition work starts to tear down Kirkcaldy town centre’s ‘ugly sister’ car parks
Piece by piece, brick by brick, Kirkcaldy town centre’s ugly sister multi-storey car parks are slowly disappearing from the landscape.
What's on: your guide to gigs & shows across Fife
The Fife Free Press supports our live venues by featuring listings of gigs and shows coming up over the next few weeks.
Mossmorran: more than half of workforce is local as council fears impact on towns
More than half of workers affected by the shock news of the closure of ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant live in the local area.
Fife near top of Scottish table for vehicles striking rail bridges
Fife has one of the highest rates in Scotland for vehicles striking rail bridges.
Extra parking in Burntisland street after council tweaks restrictions
Additional parking is set to be created on a Burntisland street after amendments to local restrictions were agreed.
Kilt shop set to open in former St Andrews bank
Edinburgh-based kilt manufacturer Kinloch Anderson is eyeing a move into Market Street.
EXCLUSIVE: Fife woman wins £200k from NHS Tayside after claims delay in treatment ‘significantly’ affected her eyesight
Shanna Pitbladdo, from St Andrews, received the settlement figure after threatening to take the health board to personal injury court.
The two Fife areas set to receive up to £20m from UK Government's Pride of Place fund revealed
Two areas of Fife are set to benefit from up to £20 million of UK Government funding to restore pride and open doors to new opportunities.
Dalgety Bay beach radiation: councillors welcome progress as numbers fall
The number of radioactive particles detected in Dalgety Bay in the first half of this year fell to below ten.
East Neuk town tops list of most expensive Scottish coastal settlements
Several Fife towns feature in research showing rising tide of house prices on the coast.
Bob Mitchell: tribute to man who created St Andrews’ Botanic Garden
Tribute has been paid to Bob Mitchell MBE whose lasting contribution to St. Andrews is the creation of the Botanic Garden.
Kirkcaldy town funding: we need town centre board to make local voices heard
The decline in Kirkcaldy town centre has been an issue for years.
Kirkcaldy rail line work causes ‘completely unacceptable’ impact on residents
Residents in Kirkcaldy have spoken of windows and doors vibrating as a result of major work which has begun ahead of electrifying the rail line between the town and Thornton.