The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)

Locker room row ‘took over my life’

NHS Fife nurse Sandie Peggie says she thinks constantly about the Kirkcaldy hospital changing room row with trans doctor Beth Upton that sparked the high-profile employment tribunal. Both lives have been turned upside down by the bust-up at Victoria...

Fife designer styles singing star Harry

A Fife fashion designer has gone from graduating to dressing Grammy-winning pop star Harry Styles for his latest music video. Kate Dewar, a former Bell Baxter High School pupil from Newburgh, runs menswear brand Keogh Dewar alongside fellow designer...

‘Vindictive hoax’ over body on farm rumour

A farmer believes he is the victim of a “vindictive” hoaxer linking him to the disappearance of Fife man Allan Bryant after another anonymous note was sent to The Courier. A third letter was sent to our Meadowside office in Dundee claiming the missing...

Wellness hub to go ahead on mine site

A multi-million-pound eco-wellness centre at a former opencast coal site has been hailed as “ambitious, exciting and overwhelmingly positive” for Fife and Scotland. Plans to transform the old mining site at St Ninian’s, just off the M90 at Kelty, were...

Charity funded despite ‘abysmal’ performance

An organisation set up to improve Kirkcaldy will continue to be funded by taxpayers – despite there being “precious little evidence” it has delivered any benefits to the town. Love Oor Lang Toun was launched six years ago and is supposed to act as a...

Legionnaires’ leaves dad seriously ill in hospital

A father from Fife is stuck in hospital in Turkey after falling seriously ill with Legionnaires’ disease. Kyle Matthew, 30, flew to the Turkish resort of Icmeler for what should have been a dream family holiday with his fiancee Staci Wilson and their...

Police watchdog to probe fatal crash

A police watchdog will investigate a crash that killed two men near Kinross. Emergency services were called to a serious collision on the M90 near Milnathort at around 11pm on Friday. A grey Ford Kuga was seen driving northbound on the southbound...

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Inside £7.4m affordable homes transformation

A £7.4 million project to bring a prominent Dunfermline city centre building back into use as affordable housing is close to completion. New City House is a regeneration project transforming former council offices into high-quality, energy-efficient...

Hospice charity’s £20m fundraiser

A children’s hospice charity has launched a £20 million fundraising appeal that it says will help “reimagine what children’s palliative care can be”. The More than a Hospice appeal launched by Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (Chas) aims to...

Heartbreak and hope for couple in donor appeal

A Fife couple have spoken of their heartbreak and hope as they back a campaign calling for more people to consider egg and sperm donation. Natasha and Callum Ferguson, from Rosyth, are on the waiting list for an egg donor after Natasha was diagnosed...

Beach polo returns to Elie

Beach polo returned to Elie on Sunday, when dozens of players and spectators gathered on the sands. It was the second tournament to take place on the beach beside The Ship Inn. Three teams – the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, St Andrews University and...

Wheelchair user stuck on buses amid failures

A Fife wheelchair user has slammed Stagecoach for constant failures resulting in her being “held hostage” on buses. Rusted and broken equipment is often rendering buses inaccessible, Isabelle Gaim-Marsoner, pictured, has said. Classed as mechanical...

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Friend to walk 10 miles in memory of tragic Charlie

The best friend of a Fife boy who died months after a brain tumour diagnosis is walking 10 miles in support of a childhood cancer support group set up in his name. Charlie Melville died at his Tayport home on March 2 of a childhood brain cancer and...

Police seal off woodland after man’ s body found

Woodland in Leven was sealed off by police yesterday after the discovery of a man’s body near Bawbee Bridge. It was shortly before 9am when officers attended the scene, pictured, after a man was found to be unresponsive. At least six police vehicles...

Roadworks defended amid Fife disruption

Fife Council has defended the way it manages roadworks following months of disruption in Guardbridge, pictured. For more than a year now, motorists have been forced to endure heavy congestion due to a £20 million energy project. And their woes were...

Two towns in region bid for culture title

Two Perthshire towns are vying to be crowned the first ever UK Town of Culture. Building on the success of the UK City of Culture, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport launched the UK Town of Culture 2028 competition in January. Towns have 31...

Partner’ s death leaves footballer heartbroken

Rachel Borthwick, the partner of Dunfermline Athletic player Graham Carey, has died from cancer at the age of 36. The midfielder revealed yesterday Rachel, pictured, died on Sunday with her parents by her side. She received a fourth breast cancer...

Showjumper in coma after competition fall

The family of an international eventer from Kinross say they “remain positive” after a fall during a competition left her in a coma. Louisa Milne Home, 46, fell at a British Showjumping competition at Bogenraith Equestrian in Aberdeenshire on February...

Hero brothers ‘never thought of the danger’

A man who battled a gang of crowbarwielding thieves alongside his brother says the pair never thought for a second about their own safety as they foiled the attempted break-in. Euan and Scott Waddell fought off the shop raiders – who twice tried to...

Fife leader’ s ‘bizarre rant’ in teacher row

The leader of Fife Council has called on the first minister to sack Scotland’s education secretary over her handling of the proposed teacher strikes. David Ross, pictured, has accused Jenny Gilruth of excluding councils from discussions with teaching...

Staff member dies on college campus

scene, paramedics attempting to save with the man. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 11.10am on Friday March 20, we were made aware of a medical matter at a college in Dunfermline. “Emergency a services attended; however, 65-year-old a man...

Heroic residents hailed for foiling crime gang

A gang of thieves were said to be foiled in their attempt to break into a Fife shop after being confronted by brave locals. Officers were called to the Leslie Mini Market on the High Street shortly after 2am yesterday. Shop owner Sahid Houssain said...

Fife pupils’ performances fill audiences with Glee

Hundreds of primary school choirs took to the stage for the opening night of the Glee Challenge 2026 Fife sectionals at Alhambra Theatre in Dunfermline on Tuesday. Over three nights, schools from across Fife will perform to packed audiences,...

Water level at site of tragedy ‘borderline’ too high, FAI hears

A countryside ranger described water levels being “borderline” too high on the day a Fife man died while leading a canyoning group in Dollar Glen, an inquiry has heard. Ruaridh Stevenson, 39, from Cupar, pictured, got into difficulties attempting to...

Cafe boss ‘gutted’ over complaint against dog

A Fife cafe owner has been left “a wee bit disheartened” after a customer reported her to environmental health officers for letting her wellloved dog off its lead at the venue. Nichola Bruce, who runs One Two Three Cup of Tea in Tayport, says her...

Driver, 87, dies after two-car Fife crash

A driver has died following a two-car crash on the A92 in north-east Fife. The 87-year-old man died in Ninewells Hospital after the collision near Rathillet, close to the turn-off for Gauldry and Balmerino, at around 10.40am on Saturday. He was...

Fife terror suspect given life sentence

A terrorism-obsessed man who claimed would make the 9/11 attacks “look like episode of the Teletubbies” will remain supervision for the rest of his life. Curtis Ross was arrested after posting a clip online of him blowing up two gas canisters near the...

‘Heroic’ fire rescue brothers ran drug dealing crime gang

Two brothers once hailed as heroes for a life-saving rescue mission during a Kinross building blaze were in reality leading members of a crime mob planning to flood Fife and Central Scotland with drugs. Aaron and Kieran Miller, pictured, were praised...

Nurse’ s ‘joke’ is not one of mine, insists Gervais

Ricky Gervais has denied ownership of an “inappropriate” joke after a St Andrews nurse was suspended for saying it. James Murray, then a senior nurse at St Andrews Community Hospital, appeared before a Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing for his...

Teenager in hospital after scaffold accident

A teenage boy has been hospitalised after being injured by scaffolding at a block of flats in Fife. Emergency crews were called to Park View in Kirkcaldy just after 11.30am yesterday. A 16-year-old male was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for...

Call to probe councillor conduct as he quits SNP

Fife Council is being asked to investigate complaints about a councillor’s conduct after he quit the SNP and pulled out of the upcoming Holyrood elections. The Courier revealed yesterday that Cupar representative Stefan Hoggan had been made aware...

Fife teen ‘always smiling’ before his disappearance

The former boss of a Glenrothes man missing for nearly 28 years has remembered how the teenager was “always smiling” before his mystery disappearance. Kenneth Jones, pictured, was last seen at his Ancrum Court home on the morning of November 3 1998,...

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Parents hail ‘brave’ son as he loses cancer fight

The parents of an “amazing and brave” young boy from Fife have described the poignant final months they shared with him after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Charlie Melville, 11, pictured, died at his Tayport home on Monday. Football-mad...

Terminally-ill gran in assisted dying protest

A terminally-ill gran from Fife has taken part in a “living statue” protest in support of plans to legalise assisted dying in Scotland. Tish McEwan, a 73-year-old grandmother from Glenrothes, was one of three women standing on plinths, with Tish...

Fife leader backed in handling of sex scandal councillor

Fife Council handled staff complaints about a jailed ex-councillor “proportionately and appropriately”, an independent review has found. Former Labour councillor David Graham was jailed in August 2025 after he was convicted of sexual activity with a...

Town BrewDog bar to shut as firm taken over

BrewDog will close 38 bars with immediate effect – including St Andrews – after the firm was sold to a US cannabis firm in a multi-million-pound deal. US brewer and cannabis firm Tilray Brands completed a deal to buy most of the north-east craft beer...

Developer defends choice of site for Fife care home

A new luxury care home planned for a former school playing field in St Andrews would include a cinema room, hair salon and Champagne bar. Morrison Community Care Group believes its ambitious plans could provide much-needed accommodation for elderly...

Fife residents fight care home bid at beauty spot

Residents are preparing to fight plans for a new luxury care home at a St Andrews beauty spot. A planning application for a 60-bed home on the playing fields of the former New Park School is expected to be lodged by Morrison Community Care Group this...

Apology to villagers after six power cuts

An energy firm has apologised after six power cuts in a Fife village in just two months. Residents of New Gilston, near Largoward in north-east Fife, have been hit by power outages since December 30. Resident Neil Mckeown, pictured, says the...

Police search Fife garden in historic missing man case

Detectives investigating the unsolved disappearance of a Fife teenager, pictured, yesterday descended on his family’s former home. Officers were at Kenneth Jones’s old house on Ancrum Court in Glenrothes. Kenneth was 18 when he went missing from the...

Fife jobs charity unfairly sacked disabled workers

A Fife charity aimed at supporting people with mental health issues into work has been ordered to pay almost £100,000 to two former employees who were unfairly dismissed and discriminated against. Fife Employment Access Trust (FEAT) was ordered to pay...

TRIAL:

A Fife church elder has been cleared of causing a serious crash with a professional racing driver on the A9. Shirley Nawrot, 66, had always insisted she was fully within the central reservation when her Mazda MX-5 and an Audi R8 being driven by Dundee...

Trial told victim would have died ‘in minutes’

A pathologist has told the High Court how she escalated the post-mortem examination of Brian Low after spotting signs he had been shot. Dr Tamara McNamee of Dundee University gave evidence on the ninth day of David Campbell’s trial in Glasgow. She...

Trans medic quits NHS Fife following tribunal

Trans doctor Beth Upton has quit NHS Fife following the major changing room row with nurse Sandie Peggie, the health board has revealed. Born male, Dr Upton, pictured, had been embroiled in a costly employment tribunal after an altercation with Ms...

Inspectors criticise ‘chaotic’ care home

Inspectors have condemned a Dunfermline care home as “chaotic” and “disorganised”, revealing some residents were left wearing the same clothes for days. A new report by the Care Inspectorate has criticised Pitreavie Castle Care Home. The home,...

Taxi drivers object as Uber seeks Fife licence

A taxi association has raised “serious concerns” after Uber revealed it has applied for a licence to operate a booking office in Fife. An application for a 24/7 licence for Unit 18 at Rosyth Business Centre by Uber Scot Limited was lodged on January...

Man is charged over historic abuse at school

A man has been charged as part of a police probe into allegations of historic child abuse at a residential school in Fife. The 65-year-old is charged with assaulting children during his time as an employee at Ovenstone School. The alleged crimes...

Teachers at risk due to ‘unsafe’ staffing levels

Budget cuts in Fife schools are so bad they can’t provide jotters or adequate classroom seating, teachers have claimed. Shocking results from a survey conducted by teachers’ union EIS also found a majority of staff do not think schools in Fife have...

Raith chief rubbishes administration claim

Raith Rovers director Ruaridh Kilgour has rubbished speculation the club is on the brink of administration, insisting instead the board is “in control of the finances”. In a wide-ranging interview on the club’s TV channel, Kilgour, pictured,...

Rare sighting of walrus off coast

A walrus made a visit to the coast of Fife in what marine experts have described as a rare sighting. The mammal, pictured, was spotted resting on rocks by a member of the public near Elie. Walruses are an occasional visitor to UK and European shores,...

Village turning into winter ‘ghost town’

A popular East Neuk village is in danger of becoming a winter ghost town due to the high number of holiday lets, locals have warned. The communities of Elie and Earlsferry have 124 homes with short-term let licences, out of a population of 710...

Head says sorry for sex offender book decision

The head teacher at the centre of a controversy over pupils being given a book written by a sex offender has apologised for her “poor decision”. Lucy Jess, pictured, faced criticism after a book authored by Eppie Sprung, who had a sexual relationship...

Call for public input on Fife nuclear subs plan

A formal call for a public consultation on plans to dock nuclear submarines in Rosyth is being made by Fife councillors. Rosyth Dockyard will provide a contingency dock for HMS Dreadnought, the next generation of the UK’s independent nuclear...

Fire chiefs accused of cover-up amid death probe delays

The widow of a Fife firefighter killed in the Jenners fire three years ago has revealed her children still talk about their dad daily. Barry Martin, of Rosyth, pictured, died on January 28 2023, four days after he was injured while fighting an inferno...

Fife pupils offered book by teacher in school sex scandal

Fife school staff were “taken aback” after their head teacher, whose husband is a convicted sex attacker, offered a book to pupils written by a struck-off teacher who had sex with a pupil. Wormit and Balmerino primary school teachers have been given...

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Ex-teacher guilty of abusing pupils

Saturday, January 31, 2026 Fife edition Rearing to go as bull sale season approaches A former Fife headmaster has been convicted of abusing pupils and causing them “years of hell” as he dished out punishment beatings. Alexander Cameron beat six boys...