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Developer offers £1 for £174,000 Dunfermline site
IT SOUNDS like a Bargain Hunt that David Dickinson would be proud of - a developer has offered £1 for a site Fife Council wants £174,000 for.
Forth Road Bridge anchor fears unfounded
FEARS that extensive corrosion would be found in the anchorages of the Forth Road Bridge have proved unfounded.
Fans writing Dunfermline Athletic book raise £8000
A BOOK about the Pars penned by nine fans has raised £8000 - and that's before they've even sold a copy.
£24m flood scheme to be finished this summer
DUNFERMLINE'S controversial flood prevention scheme is now £20million more costly than first estimated but will finally be completed this summer.
NHS Fife chief's fears over smoke signals
AN NHS chief said plans to stop people smoking at hospital entrances won't work unless there's a sanction.
'It's an emergency, I've got a verruca'
UNDER pressure A&E staff have had to deal with time-wasters who turned up with hangovers or were suffering from a verruca.
Jags are latest club to help the Pars
PARTICK Thistle are the latest club to help the Pars by offering to hand over gate money from next month's clash.
Saturday is Pars' biggest ever match -Jefferies
THE PARS' match against Dumbarton is bigger than any promotion showdown or cup final according to Jim Jefferies.
THE future of the Pars will be determined in days as a group of unnamed fans tries to agree a rescue deal with Gavin Masterton.
PARS chairman John Yorkston said the club had requested that their Hampden hearings be postponed.
PARS ALIVE gave £10,000 to the staff support fund last week and Margaret Ross backed calls for fans to turn out in huge numbers on Saturday.
COMMONWEALTH Games hopeful Connor Law will bid to give his Glasgow chances a boost by landing the Scottish belt.
Derby will be Pars' great escape says Gerry
THE PARS are hoping to complete a clean sweep of wins over their 'friendly' neighbours Raith in today's derby (Saturday).
£2.7m cash injection and 30 more docs after Vic complaints
NHS FIFE is investing £2.7million and recruiting 30 more doctors and nurses after a flood of complaints about the Victoria Hospital.
Cowden and Accies report Pars over non-payment
COWDENBEATH and Hamilton have reported the Pars to the SFA and SFL for non-payment of cash owed from matches this month.
Joy of six for Child in West Fife's sports 'Oscars'
LONDON Olympian Eilidh Child has won West Fife's top sporting honour for an unprecedented sixth year in a row.
West Fife's sports 'Oscars' set to be handed out
WEST FIFE'S sporting stars of 2012 will be crowned at the region's annual sports 'Oscars' on Wednesday.
THE PARS share issue - due to be launched yesterday (Wednesday) - has been delayed by a few days because of "one or two minor amendments".
Jobs and a 'Motor Mile' planned for Halbeath
PLANS to establish a car sales area "similar to the Motor Mile in Perth" are being revived at Kingdom Services in Halbeath.
Pars backers pledge £250,000 to give fans control
WEALTHY backers have pledged £250,000 to help turn the Pars into a fan-owned club.
