University contests new HMO fees scale
Fife Council’s fee structure has not been updated since 2006 and the council claims that, increasingly, fees have lagg...
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Albany Park: new plans submitted
The joint developers of the Albany Park site, St Andrews University and Campus Living Villages, have submitted amended p...
Curb on short-term lets: too little too late?
The Scottish Government announced this week that local authorities are to be given new powers to regulate short-term let...
Medieval prayer book restoration and the use of QR technology
An art historian’s detective work to restore a medieval prayer book has its foot in both old and new technologies with...
New Madras: Council pressed to reconsider hockey provision
Following last month's intervention by St Andrews Councillor, Brian Thomson, urging Fife Council to reconsider its plans...
Total knee replacement: in and out in 12 hours!
NHS Fife has become the first health board in Scotland to perform a successful total knee replacement with the patient, ...
School of Divinity awarded £3.4M grant
The School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews (St Marys) has secured its largest ever research grant of £3.4 m...
Out-of-hours service chaos at Victoria Hospital
High demand and staff shortages and staff shortages led to long waits for patients using Fife’s redesigned out-of-hour...
Albany Park: planning applicant responds to criticism
Campus Living Villages, the Albany Park student accommodation provider and planning applicant, has released a statement ...
Prominent Tory councillor resigns party membership
Linda Holt, who represents the East Neuk and Landward constituency in North East Fife, announced earlier this week that ...
State of the art orthopaedic centre moves a step closer
Fife Health Board approved the business case for a £33 million orthopaedic centre in Kirkcaldy when it met this week an...