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• Published: 17 Mar 2010 13:43

  Divers un a mile for Sport Relief - underwater!

  DIVERS at Deep Sea World in North Queensferry will have good reason to complete their Sport Relief mile on Saturday - they'll be pursued underwater by "naturally curious" sharks!

• Published: 16 Mar 2010 15:32

  Woods eligible for Raith Rovers match

  Pars defender Calum Woods will be eligible to line-up in tonight's (Tuesday) Fife derby against Raith Rovers after the club were successful with their red card appeal.

• Published: 16 Mar 2010 13:47

  Bins lifted in Inverkeithing - by 'rubbish' thieves

  PUZZLED police in Inverkeithing are hunting rubbish thieves - who stole a number of blue wheelie bins over the weekend.

• Published: 15 Mar 2010 14:56

  Drugs worth more than £250,000 seized in police raids

  ILLEGAL drugs worth more than £250,000 were seized after Fife police swooped on 12 addresses on Friday.

• Published: 15 Mar 2010 14:28

  Fears grow for missing Dunfermline man

  Robert Kyle last seen walking onto the Forth Road Bridge earlier this month

• Last updated: 11 Mar 2010 08:57

  Motorbike blogger films West Fife mini-tours

  A FIFE video logger is offering a YouTube motorbike tour of Rosyth - using a camera attached to his helmet.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 08:00

  Dunfermline staring relegation in the face after humiliation

  DUNFERMLINE are staring relegation in the face after a humiliating 83-point defeat without reply against promotion-chasing GHA on Saturday.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 07:30

  When you think of Dunfermline what springs to mind?

  DUNFERMLINE residents are being asked to voice exactly what they believe the town needs to become a modern eco-city ready to embrace the future.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 07:25

  Louise battles back from two brain tumours to marry sweetheart

  A BRAVE Dunfermline woman left deaf after surviving two brain tumours has found more than puppy love as she gets set to wed the man of her dreams.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 07:05

  Council faces £1.5m winter overspend

  FIFE Council is facing a winter maintenance overspend of £1.553 million due to the prolonged spell of bad weather around Christmas and the New Year.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 06:58

  Plans for new Dunfermline High School unveiled

  THE new 'green' £40 million Dunfermline High School will be heated by the sun, use rainwater to flush loos and boast a wind turbine described as a "sculptural landmark".

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 06:55

  'A moment of madness 25 years ago put my family at risk from virus'

  A ROUTINE trip to a blood bank led to a diagnosis of hepatitis C for a mum-of-three from Dunfermline.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 18:14

  Join the Madness as new acts coming to T!

  SEVERAL more top names have been unveiled this week for this summer's sold out T in the Park Festival.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 16:06

  Police renew appeal for missing man

  FIFE police have renewed an appeal for witnesses to come forward following the disappearance of a Dunfermline man.

• Published: 8 Mar 2010 14:09

  Bell strikes for Pars to leave Diamonds cut-up

  STEVEN Bell was at the heart of Pars first home league win of 2010 after tumbling for a penalty and bulleting home a header for the killer second goal.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 14:40

  Tolson demands end to siege of Gaza

  DUNFERMLINE West MSP Jim Tolson has called on the Israeli Government to end the siege of Gaza after witnessing first hand the destruction caused to the Palestinian people.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 08:05

  Veteran of British music scene to play at Abbot House

  THE founder member of the Incredible String Band, Mike Heron, will be coming to Dunfermline on Thursday 25th March to perform a concert in the Long Gallery in Abbot House.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 08:00

  Moscow Ballet returns to Alhambra

  THE Moscow Ballet La Classique make a rapid return to the Alhambra next Wednesday after the success of their first visit towards the end of last year.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 08:00

  Popular group play Dalgety Bay Folk Club

  DALGETY BAY Folk Club welcome Tarneybackle, one of Scotland's most popular folk groups, on Friday 19th March at 8pm in the Woodside Hotel, High Street, Aberdour.

• Published: 2 Mar 2010 19:48

  Now West Fifers are told not to smoke in their own homes ...

  SMOKERS asked to pledge not to smoke in home.

• Published: 2 Mar 2010 12:12

  Bus subsidy is ideological idiocy

  UNSUSTAINABILITY is the hallmark of the thrice-weekly bus service on the 2.3 miles from Ferrytoll to Rosyth ferry terminal extolled by Councillor Tony Martin (Press, 11th February).

• Last updated: 25 Feb 2010 11:48

  West Fife pervert jailed for webcam offences

  A 45-year-old man who preyed on schoolgirls using internet chat lines and sent obscene images of himself via a webcam has been sent to prison.

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 08:00

  Dunfermline running out of time after heavy defeat

  "WE'VE got a game against Gala next week and it's fair to say last chance saloon is arriving very quickly."

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 07:10

  Geriatric geronimos take the plunge!

  SIX self-styled 'geriatric Geronimos' - with an aggregate age of more than 360 - will take a leap of faith on 22nd May over Perthshire's Strathallan Airfield in a team tandem skydive for three good causes.

• Published: 24 Feb 2010 12:29

  Police hunt Dunfermline flasher

  FIFE police are investigating a report that an early morning flasher exposed himself to a woman on Linburn Road in Dunfermline.

• Published: 23 Feb 2010 16:15

  Carstairs patients set to move in to new £2.65m Dunfermline unit

  SECURITY fences, alarm systems and "air locked" doors will be installed at the medium secure unit, along with reinforced safety glass and frames on all doors and windows, together with an alarm system which gives the exact location of staff at all times.

• Published: 23 Feb 2010 09:29

  Why should ordinary Fifers have to pay the price?

  I WOULD like to make comment about the fact that not only has Fife Council cut back on the rail concessions which undoubtedly have the implication that most disabled and pensioners will no longer use it, this council is also scrapping three vital services.

• Published: 23 Feb 2010 09:27

  Get real over rail concession

  I AM sorry that Mr Gunning and his wife feel hard-done-by due to the subsidised 50p rail ticket concessionary scheme now being restricted to journeys within Fife (and not for his outings to Edinburgh and possibly elsewhere).

• Published: 23 Feb 2010 09:25

  Celebrating Fife helps a host of organisations

  ON YOUR front page last week, the Fife Labour leader was complaining about Fife Council spending £30,000 on publicising this year's "Celebrating Fife 2010" which helps a host of organisations across Fife with local and wider cultural and sporting events.

• Published: 22 Feb 2010 16:20

  "Urgent" action demanded over hygiene at Dunfermline hospital

  NHS Fife bosses have been ordered to clean up their act after a damning report into hygiene and cleanliness standards at Dunfermline's Queen Margaret Hospital.