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Dog breeder who caused £3.5k of damage to Fife Holiday Inn Express is admonished

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Daniel Robertson trashed the room during a drunken rampage at the Holiday Inn Express in Dunfermline.

By Jamie McKenzie

EXCLUSIVE: Police investigate St Andrews Links Trust finance claims

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The charitable trust called police after discovering financial irregularities during an internal audit.

By Claire Warrender

Viewforth High School in Kirkcaldy is to get an extension

£4.4m extension mooted for under-pressure Kirkcaldy secondary school

Viewforth High School in Kirkcaldy opened in 2016 but has been over capacity for six of the last nine years as housebuilding continues nearby.

By Claire Warrender

Rail services were suspended to deal with the Carnoustie wall collapse. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

EXCLUSIVE: Carnoustie caravan owner admits ‘jumping gun’ in planning bid which caused rail line closure

The static caravan was towed onto the street in March after local resident Tony Lindsay lost a two-year planning battle with Angus Council.

By Graham Brown 12

Lillian Kelly, formner manager of Taypark House, has died days before her 92nd birthday. Image: Steve Bargeton/DC Thomson Design team.

Family’s tribute to ‘feisty’ Dundee woman Lillian Kelly who managed Taypark House with sharp wit

The Dundonian, who’s died days before her 92nd birthday, started work at her family's electrical business on Hilltown, later viewing Taypark House care home on Perth Road as her 'vocation'.

By Michael Alexander

Opinion is divided over whether dogs should be banned from our cemeteries. Image: DC Thomson

Owners rise to pets’ defence in cemetery dog ban debate

We asked if dogs should be kept out of graveyards and the response revealed both sides of the debate were at least united in one view on the messy issue of failing to pick up dog poo.

By Graham Brown 6