Council plans to divert Pupil Equity Funds to cover Covid-19 costs
Councils have been given the go ahead to use some funding given directly to all schools by the Scottish Government to he...
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Students to get consent training following sexual assault claims
Students are to receive consent training following a report in The Telegraph earlier this month of at least nine rape...
Support for Madras 2G hockey pitch grows
A petition started by Willie Rennie MSP calling for Fife Council to reconsider its decision not to install a 2G pitch as...
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...
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...
Fierce backlash against plans to reduce East Sands Leisure Centre opening hours
Fife Sports and Leisure Trust has announced reduced opening times by nine hours at the East Sands Leisure Centre in St A...
Concern at increase in prostate cancer waiting times
With around 50,000 new cases every year, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in males in the UK - accounting for a...
Families First St Andrews faces continued funding uncertainty
QV has previously reported on the precarious funding situation for the St Andrews branch of Families First which was p...
Universal Credit causing severe hardship in Fife
At a meeting organised by local Labour MP Lesley Laird, volunteer groups, including Kirkcaldy Foodbank and Citizens Advi...
Option to keep open St Andrews Out of Hours service moves a step closer
The consultation undertaken by Fife Health and Social Care Partnership on the reorganisation of the Out of Hours service...
Council tax avoidance may be costing Fife Council up to £900,000 a year
It has been estimated that the impact of two perfectly legal mechanisms for avoiding council tax may be costing Fife Council substantial sums in lost revenue.
The first, involving second home owners switching from council tax to non-domestic rates, has been highlighted by Fife Liberal Democrats w...