Category: Letters to Editor

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Council approves modern lamposts for The Scores

Sir, I have recently been advised by Fife Council that they have approved the replacement of the lampposts in the central section of The Scores with shiny aluminium poles with flat modern tops (just right for seagulls to sit on?) in an important part of the town's conservation area. In spite of t...
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Return South Street to its pre-Covid state

Sir, I write in support of recent correspondents who have urged Fife Council to return the pavements of South Street to their pre-Covid state, in other words, to discontinue the use of tables, chairs and in some cases large tent-like structures which encumber considerable stretches of the pavemen...
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Pavements are for pedestrians!

See below definitions. So who are responsible for enforcing this clearly explained standard by way of the increasing allowance of wheeled vehicles such as e-scooters and bicycles  to be annexing pavements to the disadvantage and danger of the pedestrians these pavements are clearly there for the...
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Confusing advice!

Last week’s Citizen had an interesting article about when to access A & E  “Those with life-threatening conditions including suspected heart attacks or strokes, severe breathing difficulties, severe bleeding or severe injury should continue to go straight to A & E”. It then continues ...
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“Disgusted by the state of the streets”

Having just walked around St Andrews I am disgusted by the state of the streets.  Market Street is particularly dirty.  Outside Sainsbury the pavement is filthy; outside Cromars Chip Shop the pavement has a layer of grease; outside Dominoes Pizza the drain is blocked and there is stagnant water in...
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Time for Fife Pension Fund to go green?

Dear Editor, In 2019 Fife Council made a declaration of a Climate Emergency thereby acknowledging that carbon emissions must be reduced to net zero.  However the council’s pension fund remains partly invested in the fossil fuel industry and thus in greenhouse gas emitting activities. Mark Carn...
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Time for landlords to pay their fair share!

Note from the Editor: this letter from the General Secretary Chester Community Voice will resonate with many in St Andrews. Sir, Despite repeated requests from many town and gown groups, local authorities and university community groups over many years, the UK Government has persistently refused...
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The threat of unregulated movement of students at Christmas

This covid-19  year, before leaving for a Christmas at home students have been no more than encouraged to have two tests three days apart but don’t have to have taken a test as a result of lax Government Guidance and University management. The so called "travel window", in which students are e...