TIME is standing still at Dunfermline City Chambers – and it's set to do so until the spring.

The clock at the top of the building, visible from miles around and used by many locals to keep them punctual, has stopped with the hands stuck at 10.25 for what seems like an age.

And tick-tock fans will have to face up to the fact it won't be a quick fix and will even require a road closure.

Melanie Arthur, facilities management team manager with Fife Council, said: “We’re currently waiting on costs to repair the clock.

"Once we have these and have awarded the tender, we’ll then need to request a road closure.

"We’re hoping to have the clocked fixed by the start of spring.”

Press readers George Morton had said the City Chambers clock had become "a standing joke" and added "but at least it’s right twice a day".

Back in November, police closed the roads outside the City Chambers due to an "insecure clock hand".

The fire service had also been called to help make the area safe.

Dunfermline City Chambers, constructed in the style of a classic Victorian town hall complete with four-faced clock tower, is a category A listed building that dates back to 1879.

It was designed by James Campbell Walker, the architect who also came up with the designs for the world's first Carnegie library, which opened in Dunfermline in 1883.