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Community power wins battles
COMMUNITY power in Benarty has again come to the fore to eradicate the damage caused by the fireraisers which threatened to have the area's gala day cancelled. The portable toilet block, set up in the car park at Lochore Meadows Country Park, was
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Disabled woman robbed of almost £10,000 by her home carer
A VULNERABLE woman was robbed of almost £10,000 by a carer who was supposed to helping her cope with daily life. Instead, 23-year-old Kirsty McQuade, who worked for the charity Scottish Autism, repeatedly took the victim’s bank debit card from her
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'DEVASTATING' FIRE HITS TAXI FIRM
A FIRE that was described as "devastating" and reportedly caused explosions and houses to shake, has hit a Cowdenbeath business. Emergency services raced to Woodend Industrial Estate, Broad Street, on Tuesday morning after the blaze broke out at
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Running can be of benefit to mental health
A FULFILMENT Assistant Manager for Lloyds Banking Group, from Cardenden, is advocating the benefits of running as a way to tackle mental ill health. Lisa Richie (42), has experienced serious mental health issues in the past but since starting a
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Village groups could benefit from Postcode Lottery
CARDENDEN and Kinglassie MP Peter Grant is reminding local charities and good causes not to miss out on the chance to get a share of £3 million of funding that is available for the People’s Postcode Lottery. Applications opened on Wednesday July
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Local families helped by care fund
THE Scottish Welfare Fund made 1,840 payments to people in Fife in the last financial year, new figures show, with many of the recipients coming from the Cowdenbeath-Lochgelly area. A total of 1,840 Community Care Grants and 14,310 Crisis Grants
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Ballingry man on sex offenders register after bus incident with schoolgirl
A BALLINGRY man engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old schoolgirl on the upper deck of a service bus. The girl was still wearing her school uniform at the time. Connor Wilson, 20, of Kirkland Avenue, appeared in the dock at Dunfermline
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Driver cut through park in police car chase through Ballingry
A BALLINGRY man ignored the blue lights and sirens of a police car chasing him through his village then drove on pavements and through a park in his bid to escape. William McAleese drove at close to twice the speed limit through Ballingry, cut corners
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Fanciers' Berwick and Roye returns
LOCHGELLY Homing Society sent a good number of birds to the Berwick race at the weekend. Returns were, W. Stark 1343.68, 1343.38, 1343.09, 1342.50, 1342.50, 1317.81; D. Hunter 1325.72, 1303.47, 1299.61; J. Walton 1217.89; J. Beveridge 1130.75; H
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Gas plant experience is big boost to students
PICKING up valuable practical experience and applying what they have learned at university in real life situations are the key benefits that Industrial Placement students, Elise Kupiec and Ewan McLachlan, have learned over the past year at ExxonMobil
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Community council praised for tackling thorny issue of Health Centre
GOOD to see that the new Community Council is taking up the issue of Lochgelly's inadequate health centre. It seems a long time since the suggestion was made that the green area in Francis Street would be a good site for it. It seemed at that
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Woodend Road to close for £273,000 upgrade
FIFE Council will invest £273,000 improving the road network in Cardenden this month. The Roads Department of the local authority will be carrying out carriageway resurfacing on the B921 Woodend Road, from Monday August 26 for up to four weeks and
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Top of the table clash
THE Gardiner Pairs competition was held at Cowdenbeath Bowling Club with Jim Watson and Eddie Hastie winning in the final against Isabel Drysdale and Lindsay Black, writes Jack High. Tuesday night hat night winners this week were Jim Watson and
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Nutcracker tickets up for grabs
A NUTCRACKER who may just be a handsome prince in disguise – prepare to enter a magical new world. The Russian National Ballet will be putting the famous ballet on at Dunfermline's Alhambra Theatre, on Friday October 11, and we have a pair of tickets
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Hearts' sweet Tunnock's debut as Killie Colts are swept aside
Kelty Hearts 4, Kilmarnock Colts 0. THEIR debut in the Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Cup last night was a sweet one for Kelty Hearts. Hearts used their experience well to leave the Killie Colts chasing shadows at times. Kelty took the lead in 25
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WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
INSIDE THIS WEEK'S TIMES EXPLOSIONS HIT TAXI FIRM FUNERAL DIRECTORS IN LINE FOR GOLDEN CHARTER DROVE AT 120MPH ON A92 COMMUNITY POWER WINS BATTLES ROCKORE 2019 IS SOLD OUT FINS OUT HOW COMMUNITY FUND BENEFITS BENARTY EVERYTHING
