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THE ambitious plans to transform the former Dunfermline Fire Station into a major arts centre are set to go ahead.
Pregnant mum flees home after village gas leak
"IF there was no wind and the gas had stayed fairly low, someone could have had their gas fire on or been smoking a cigarette and half of Crombie's gone."
THERE were 41,000 working hours lost at NHS Fife's operational division in March, new figures reveal.
It's Provost Leishman as Labour returns to power
Dunfermline football legend Jim Leishman is elected the new Fife Provost as his party Labour takes control of the council.
CAMPAIGN: Dish the Dirt on Dunfermline
WE highlight a few of the areas where Dunfermline needs to clean up its act and we want Press readers to play their part.
£400k trucks stolen from mine site
TWO dumper trucks worth £400,000 have been stolen from the Muir Dean surface mine near Crossgates.
Scottish band We Were Promised Jetpacks are one of the latest additions to the bill announced for T in the Park today.
Anger as Pars fan taken out for throwing ball back
A PARS fan who became an emergency ball boy in Dunfermline's doomed fight against relegation was chucked out of Easter Road by high-strung Hibs stewards.
Family's debt after baby's tragic death
A GRATEFUL family say they will "always be in debt" to a Dunfermline psychic who helped fund-raise for their baby's headstone.
'Game, set and match' over cause of Bay contamination
THE danger of radioactive contamination at former military sites such as Donibristle was reported to the Government more than 50 years ago, it has emerged.
Bored patients complain about lack of TVs at Vic
BORED patients have been left staring at the walls at Victoria Hospital because of a lack of TVs.
No t-issue with staff toilets at Dunfermline hospital
NHS Fife has denied closing staff toilets because of a dispute over loo paper.
EMBATTLED MSP Bill Walker has put down a parliamentary motion at Holyrood praising Dunfermline snooker referee Michaela Tabb, after she officiated at her second world final at the Crucible.
Parents' anger over village school cutback
PARENTS in Culross have responded angrily to the news that the village primary school is set to lose a teacher and its three composite classes will be cut to just two.
Labour set to take power in Fife
After days of wrangling since the local election, Labour today took a huge step to forming the next Fife administration by gaining the backing of independent councillors.
Jim Leishman was elected as councillor for Central Dunfermline as Labour made big gains in the local elections in Fife and are now set to run the council.
Leishman elected as Labour councillor
PARS legend Jim Leishman has been elected as a Dunfermline councillor.
Police appeal after "suspicious" blaze in Halbeath
FIFE police are appealing for information following last night's "suspicious" fire at a derelict hotel in Halbeath's Main Street.
West Fife dad dies after crash
TRIBUTES have been paid to an Inverkeithing father-of-two who died after a road accident near Kirkcaldy.
Family's tribute to 'wonderful' mum
THE family of a "wonderful" Rosyth mum who died on Friday have paid an emotional tribute to her.
New peacock sanctuary as part of Glen plan
A NEW peacock sanctuary tops Fife Council's £1.6million major refurbishment of Pittencrieff Park.
London magazine's Dunfermline joke backfires
'THE Economist' magazine had been slammed for a sneering article which depicts Scotland as a poverty-stricken unemployment blackspot and a cheap jibe about Dunfermline.
Discarded needle was left by council for 18 hours
A DISCARDED syringe, found by worried parents in a busy Dunfermline street where children were playing, was not collected by the council for 18 hours.
Abbeyview is 'totally different' community
AN ABBEYVIEW-BASED community worker said fighting and drinking on the estate's streets is now a thing of the past.
Do or die for Pars after Highlands heartache
PARS will be relegated on Monday if they fail to beat Hibs after drawing a blank in the Highlands last night.
Burst pipe leaves 500 homes without water
THIS burst water pipe meant 500 homes were without water in Garvock Hill and Wellwood on Monday night.
