Fife Council: Last News

A Scots mum who was left raging after a house was built so close to hers she could chap her neighbour's door from her bathroom window has been told by the council the property is 'closer than it should have been'.

Scots are facing various tax changes this year, from council tax to income, from national insurance to booze.

Joiners, plumbers and plasterers working for Falkirk Council are to learn some of each others' skills in a bid to get council house repairs done more quickly and efficiently.

Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods have been granted permission to turn an old cinema in St Andrews into a sports bar.READ MORE: Justin Timberlake – ‘Everything I Thought It Was’ review: sullied superstar gets trapped in the typicalT-Squared Social is set to turn the New Picture House Cinema into a luxury bar with sports simulators, duckpin bowling and darts, as well as retaining two cinema screens.Timberlake and Woods are shareholders in the real estate company Nexus Luxury Collection, which made the sports bar application, and Fife Council, which the Scottish town falls under, said that it would “protect and enhance the character and appearance of the conservation area.” Meanwhile, it’s expected that around 40 to 45 jobs will be created as a result.In planning documents, the cinema’s owners said they’d have to close the New Picture Hotel if there wasn’t a change to the site, as it “currently runs at under 10 per cent occupancy and is no longer a viable stand-alone cinema operation.”According to the documents, the plans will allow locals to “experience a broader range of cinema, dining and entertainment” and will be “crucial in helping to secure a cinema offering going forward.”The cinema first opened in 1930. Some of the building’s main features, like the ceiling, walls and stage, are set to remain.

Scotland has nearly 10,000 empty council houses - enough to end the child homelessness epidemic.

A Scottish Labour councillor accused of child sex offences in Fife has appeared in court for the first time.

A Scottish Labour councillor has been charged in relation to alleged grooming offences following a police investigation in Fife.

Thousands of homeless people owe more than £33 million towards the cost of being rehoused, says a legal firm.

indecent pictures of kids, with watchdogs warning he poses a 'high risk' of re-offending. Gavin Dunlop, who worked with Fife Council, was convicted of taking or making the pictures of children and also having possession of the images.

Conservative councillor for the Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch ward on Fife Council, has been charged with two offences.