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  • Fire at council depot destroys five vehicles

    EMERGENCY services raced to a fire at a Fife Council depot last night. Fire crews arrived at Halbeath Industrial Estate where they found five cars alight at around 8.30pm. A spokesperson for Scottish Fire and Rescue said: "We received an alarm

  • Fife lags behind in car-charging points

    THERE has been a significant increase in electric vehicles across Fife as new data reveals charging points are not keeping pace. Thinktank the Policy Exchange says there are still charging "blackspots" in regions across the UK, adding the speed

  • Fife family charity faces threat of closure

    A COUNSELLING charity set to lose funding from Fife Council faces closure if it cannot find an alternative source of cash, its manager says. Mieke van der Zjipp, manager of Couples Counselling Fife (RSCCF), says the £23,000 it receives from the

  • Kelty rum company enjoying taste of success

    THE journey of a premium rum from the Caribbean all the way to West Fife has seen it pick up two prestigious awards. Rumburra Scotland Ltd landed the Lux Life ‘Best Rum Award for 2020’ while the Kelty-based Company also scooped the organisation’