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Councillor calls on health minister to set up Fife hospital complaints investigation

Fife Council Labour leader Alex Rowley has called on Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon to send a team of officials to investigate NHS Fife. (...)


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70-year-old osteoporosis sufferer judged too young for emergency boiler repair

A 70-year-old osteoporosis sufferer was told by Fife Council she was too young to be a priority to get her broken boiler fixed. (...)


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Council leader describes opponent's Kingdom Bakers comments as 'shameful'

Fife Council's leader has given his full backing to officers for their efforts to safeguard jobs at Kingdom Bakers in Kirkcaldy following criticism from his opposite number this week. (...)


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Labour group leader accuses Fife Council of being the 'catalyst' in Kingdom Bakers' demise

Fife Council has been accused of speeding up the demise of a crisis-hit bakery. (...)


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Strong local campaign defeats immediate threat to Queen Margaret Hospital hospice

A closure-threatened Fife hospice has been saved — for now. (...)


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Take a hike — Victoria Hospital chief suggests parking problems can be tackled with some simple steps

NHS staff have been told to get on their feet and walk following complaints about hospital parking. (...)


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Councillors claim vulnerable residents are being let down by Fife's use of private care staff

Vulnerable Fifers are being failed by private home care companies at weekends, it has been claimed. (...)


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Campaign group backs councillor's call for Fife to stop and think about its windfarm future

Calls for a moratorium on wind turbine applications in Fife have been backed by a campaign group. (...)


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Free school bus rules face review as Fife Council struggles to save £90 million

Free school bus travel for hundreds of Fife school children could be axed as the council faces a desperate struggle to balance the books. (...)


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Senior councillor says Fife has to take a more considered approach to wind turbines

Fife's main opposition leader has called for a moratorium on wind turbines following concerns about the number in the pipeline. (...)


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Decision to consolidate future of Madras College at Kilrymont provokes angry reaction

Fife councillors have voted to press ahead with a new £40 million Madras College at Kilrymont. (...)


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Madras College: councillors rule two-school plan is not deliverable

A bid for a two-school solution for Madras College has been shot down by a Fife Council committee. (...)


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Councillor accused of hypocrisy and double standards over Fife Council care homes

Fife's SNP social work spokesman has hit back in the row over the future of council-run care homes, accusing the main opposition party of "hypocrisy and double standards" by continuing to criticise the plans. (...)


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Council presses ahead with plans to privatise Fife's care homes

Fife Council is pressing ahead with controversial plans to privatise its care home provision by formally seeking interest from the private or not- for-profit sector. (...)


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Fife Council leader admits plan to axe 80 management posts will put more pressure on staff left behind

Fife Council is to cut around 80 management posts in a move which will save £3.2 million a year. (...)


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Former Brown aide urges Labour councillor to go as party in Fife continues to pick over election drubbing

A former aide to Gordon Brown has demanded the resignation of a Fife Labour councillor amid bitter in-fighting following the party's disastrous Holyrood election result. (...)


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Noise of Fife Ethylene plant flaring is 'frightening' for locals

A Fife councillor has called for an inquiry into incidents at a petrochemical plant near Cowdenbeath that led to hundreds of people being awoken in the middle of the night. (...)


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Fife Council urged to rethink private sector care homes plan in light of Southern Cross problems

Fife Council is coming under increased pressure to abandon its plans to privatise the region's care home services. (...)


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Campaign Against Charges and Cuts members banned from Fife Council meetings after birthday party stunt

A Fife Council meeting ended in chaos when disabled protesters held a birthday party in the public benches. (...)


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Lindsay Roy confident Labour can bounce back in Fife

A Fife Labour MP firmly believes his party can come back from their hugely disappointing showing in last Thursday's Scottish Parliament elections. (...)


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