59 min ago | Arbroath Herald
Happy 65th anniversary for couple
The McEwan couple at their home Blairbank Farm on Tuesday celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
2 hrs ago | IcDumfries
Labour accused of tax 'hypocrisy'
Labour has been accused of hypocrisy by criticising Scottish Government grants to companies who "dodge tax" and plans to cut corporation tax at Holyrood while praising grants and tax cuts elsewhere.
2 hrs ago | Linlithgow Today
Pottery Antique Roadshow in Bo'ness
ARE you potty about pottery? Wrap up your wares and bring them down to the 'Pottery Antique Roadshow', a new attraction for this year's Victorian Street Fair in Bo'ness. Experts will be on hand to advise on the history and value of your items and there is a chance to find out more about the town's pottery heritage too.
5 hrs ago | Fife Now
Baby blackbirds hitch a ride across the border
The Scottish SPCA is caring for four blackbird chicks who hitched a ride from Cumbria to Fife in a tractor.
5 hrs ago | Fife Now
Pictures of the people at Kirkcaldy Galleries
Michael Clark from Kirkcaldy, winner of the Fife Free Press competition 'The People's Pick' and the winning picture 'The Queer-Like Smell'. IT's just over a week until the opening of the refurbished, and re-named, Kirkcaldy Galleries - with its first exhibition chosen by the public! 'The People's Pick' is made up of pictures chosen by art lovers ... (more)
7 hrs ago | The Daily Record
Sharkey murder trial: Accused told a friend Thomas Snr 'got what he deserved', a jury hears
SIMON Fraser told the court he met accused Scott Snowden for dinner and was shocked to hear him say Thomas Sharkey deserved what had happened to him.
7 hrs ago | Fife Now
Fife weather fan Mark is in his element
Former Levenmouth man Mark Vogan, and fellow forecasters from Lochgelly, are to be featured next Friday in the BBC Scotland programme 'Landward'. Mark, a former Buckhaven HIgh School pupil, lived in Leven and Kennoway in the 1990s when his father, David, was a leading figure in Buckhaven Baptist Church and the Salvation Army.
8 hrs ago | Fife Now
Five star praise from special guest of historic Dysart home
Kaye Bachelard, who is the great, great, great, grand-niece of John McDouall Stuart, with Christine May & MSP David Torrance DYSART'S latest tourist accommodation - the converted birthplace of explorer John McDouall Stuart - opened last week with the help of one of his descendents.
9 hrs ago | Cumbernauld Today
Fire crews put out blaze at home
Crews from Kirkintilloch, Kilsyth and Cumbernauld arrived to find a two-storey terraced home on Ben Nevis Way well-alight. A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Firefighters immediately began searching for anyone inside the house but thankfully no-one was present.
10 hrs ago | Fife Now
Planners blasted for holding up flats plan
A PROPERTY tycoon looking to redevelop the former Station Hotel site in Kirkcaldy has blasted Council planners for delaying his application.
10 hrs ago | Forfar Today
Quiz night at the Plough for Relay for Life
Lynne Tyrie and some of her team who are taking part in the Relay for Life in Kirriemuir on 10/11 August.
10 hrs ago | Fife Now
West end traders disappointed by delay to revamp plans
NEWS that the improvement works for Kirkcaldy High Street's west end have been put on hold have been greeted with dismay.
12 hrs ago | The Daily Record
Victims of bungling surgeon Colin Mainds slam 'ridiculous'...
MAINDS was described as a "greedy disgrace" by one victim after he gave information to a medical tribunal which showed he could have made quarter of a million pounds in a year.
Scotland warned independence could cost billions in renewable subsidies
Ed Davey tells conference that more than one-third of the UK's subsidies for wind, wave and tidal energy is spent in Scotland Ed Davey , the UK energy secretary, has warned that Scotland could lose billions of pounds in subsidies for renewable energy projects if it voted for independence, putting its green energy revolution at risk.
Fire victim 'devastated' by earlier pub blaze
A businessman who died along with his two children following a fire at the family home was left "gutted, devastated and speechless" when a pub he was renovating was burned down, a court heard.
Man in serious condition in hospital after being rescued from Dalkeith river bank
FOUR fire crews were called to rescue the man who was trapped 30m down a bank of the River Esk in Dalkeith.
Wife's tribute at soldier funeral
The wife of a serviceman killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan has told mourners at his funeral he will live on through their unborn son.
By-election fever about to hit Glenrothes
ELECTION fever is about to grip Glenrothes with the announcement of the candidates for the forthcoming Ward 15 by-election on June 20.
Parking an issue as Tesco get go-ahead
A MAJOR hurdle in the redevelopment of the town centre has been overcome with the granting of planning permission to build a new Tesco.