Covid update 8th April: Fall in Fife infection rate stalls
In the 7 days ending on the 5th April, the overall infection rate in Fife was 43.3 per 100,000, compared with 43.0 sev...
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Fife Covid update 14th March: infection rate static but hospital admissions and deaths down
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Time for landlords to pay their fair share!
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