Tag: Fife Council

Scots councils spend £1 million per year on bottled water

Deadline News Journalist - July 23, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie SCOTLAND’S local authorities are pouring £1 million a year down the drain buying in bottled water rather than using supplies from taps. Council...

New laws force council to buy ‘Porsche of lawnmowers’

Deadline News Journalist - July 9, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE HEALTH and Safety laws are forcing a cash-strapped Scots council to buy new lawnmowers which cost more than a top of the...

Ex-firefighter dies during cycling holiday

Deadline News Journalist - May 21, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE TRIBUTES have been paid to a super-fit fire hero who has died after collapsing with a heart attack during a mammoth eight-month...

Housing company in street name gaffe

Deadline News Journalist - April 23, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE DOZY builders have become the laughing stock of a new housing estate after putting up a street sign with glaring spelling mistakes. Persimmon...

Grieving couple threatens to exhume bodies rather than move mementoes

Deadline News Journalist - February 12, 2009

By Karrie Gillett A GRIEVING couple are prepared to exhume the bodies of their two sons after being ordered to remove their loving graveside memorials. Zander...

Mourners Slam Council ‘Graverobbers’

Deadline News Journalist - February 5, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie MOURNERS have slammed their local council in a protest at plans to remove touching tributes from gravesides. Fife Council have decided to impose...

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