http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:54:34 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 14 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/cf_logo_500x75.png http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/ THE former opencast mining site at Westfield could become a green business park, Cowdenbeath Area Committee heard. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/396600-westfield-green-plan-could-create-new-jobs/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/396600-westfield-green-plan-could-create-new-jobs/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:10:37 +0000 News A MAN appeared on a petition alleging murder at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Monday, following a weekend incident in Cowdenbeath. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/396598-man-appears-on-murder-charge/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/396598-man-appears-on-murder-charge/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:07:07 +0000 News TWO businesses in Cowdenbeath are the first to be signed up to the Fife Council's Comfort Break Scheme. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/396597-businesses-sign-up-to-comfort-break-scheme/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/396597-businesses-sign-up-to-comfort-break-scheme/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:02:53 +0000 News TO improve their engagement with the public, the local police officers based at Cowdenbeath are looking for members of the community to come forward and tell them about their policing concerns within their local communities. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/396335-police-aim-to-improve-links-with-the-public/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/396335-police-aim-to-improve-links-with-the-public/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:09:13 +0000 News THE Lochgelly Centre Women's Group has received a major boost from the National Lottery Awards For All scheme. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/396334-lottery-boost-for-centre-womens-group/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/396334-lottery-boost-for-centre-womens-group/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:04:26 +0000 News While seeking out a new challenge in life, 24 year old Cardenden Sapper Craig Mellon saw that the army ticked all the boxes for what he saw was a new direction in his life. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/396333-craigs-new-challenge-is-building-bridges-under-fire/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/396333-craigs-new-challenge-is-building-bridges-under-fire/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:02:15 +0000 News A CLEAR sense of direction and the capacity to keep moving is what has made all the difference at Benarty Primary School in the last year. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/22/396265-school-impresses-inspectors/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/22/396265-school-impresses-inspectors/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:11:46 +0000 News FIVE local residents have been celebrating after it was announced that their Jamphlars postcode had landed the People's Postcode Lottery's weekly £30,000 street prize. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/22/396264-postcode-lottery-boost-for-residents/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/22/396264-postcode-lottery-boost-for-residents/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:05:50 +0000 News A KEY part of the Lochgelly regeneration programme is nearing completion and will soon be open for business. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/395848-key-element-in-regen-story-nears-completion/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/395848-key-element-in-regen-story-nears-completion/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:16:58 +0000 News Cowdenbeath councillor John Simpson has written to Fife Council transportation boss Dr Bob McLellan asking for immediate action to be taken to address the condition of the road surface on Cowdenbeath High Street. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/395846-holes-of-concern-for-councillor/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/395846-holes-of-concern-for-councillor/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:13:34 +0000 News The Scottish SPCA is seeking the owner of an ever-increasing group of ducks, all found separately over the past two weeks in Cowdenbeath. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/395845-feathered-visitor-turned-up-at-nitespot/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/395845-feathered-visitor-turned-up-at-nitespot/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:09:08 +0000 News 2010 promises to be a memorable year for Cowdenbeath's Beath High School as it celebrates its centenary. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/395627-beath-will-be-100-yearsold-in-2010/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/395627-beath-will-be-100-yearsold-in-2010/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000 News FIFE Council Labour leader Alex Rowley has said there must be an internal public inquiry into the failings of the local authority in dealing with the winter weather over the festive period. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/395625-call-for-inquiry-into-freeze-failings/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/395625-call-for-inquiry-into-freeze-failings/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000 News THIS is a view of Lochgelly Loch in its current frozen state. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/395622-loch-can-be-a-dangerous-place/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/395622-loch-can-be-a-dangerous-place/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000 News LITTLE Keaghan Adamson made a dramatic entry to the world on Christmas morning. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/31/395467-baby-keaghans-dramatic-arrival/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/31/395467-baby-keaghans-dramatic-arrival/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000 News A LEADING vet has hailed the dramatic rescue of a dog from a frozen loch as a "Christmas miracle". http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/31/395466-man-braves-freezing-meadows-to-rescue-dog/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/31/395466-man-braves-freezing-meadows-to-rescue-dog/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000 News MORE than £56,000 of cash seized from law breakers across Scotland is being pumped into Fife to encourage young people to get involved in free activities in their local area. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/31/395465-cash-back-scheme-benefits-young-people/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/31/395465-cash-back-scheme-benefits-young-people/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000 News COWDENBEATH will be hoping its is third time lucky when they take on Clyde at Central Park in the New Year game this Saturday. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/31/395464-cowden-desperate-to-host-bully-wee/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/31/395464-cowden-desperate-to-host-bully-wee/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000 News St Patrick's Primary School pupils, in Lochgelly, will wait a further four months for a new £850,000 gym hall to open because contractors have built it in the wrong place, Fife Council admitted this week. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/24/395297-school-extension-faces-delay/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/24/395297-school-extension-faces-delay/ Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:45:48 +0000 News TOT Idol winner 2009 is Lochgelly youngster Rocco Leslie. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/24/395296-rocco-is-tot-idol-2009/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/24/395296-rocco-is-tot-idol-2009/ Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:42:42 +0000 News THERE was a special visitor to Monday's Christmas party organised by Fife Day Care Services for senior citizens from Cowdenbeath, Hill of Beath, Crossgates and Lochgelly. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/24/395295-pm-calls-in-on-senior-citizens/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/24/395295-pm-calls-in-on-senior-citizens/ Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:40:06 +0000 News A LOCHGELLY teenager, who is a full-time carer to his dying mother, has won a runners-up prize of £200 in the Buchanan's of Scotland Young People of the Year awards. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/24/395294-special-son-rewarded-for-looking-after-ill-mum/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/24/395294-special-son-rewarded-for-looking-after-ill-mum/ Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:37:55 +0000 News St Patrick's pupils will wait a further four months for a new £850,000 gym hall to open because blundering contractors have built it in the wrong place, Fife Council admitted this week. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/17/395215-blundering-builders-delay-school-gym-project/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/17/395215-blundering-builders-delay-school-gym-project/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:34:07 +0000 News The owner of a derelict pub in Lochore has pledged to pull the building down if Fife Council refund cash he paid to the local authority when a planning application was submitted in October 2007. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/17/395214-meedies-neuk-solution-sought/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/17/395214-meedies-neuk-solution-sought/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:32:35 +0000 News Councillors have backed a plan which will see a new-look Cardenden Primary School take shape. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/10/394968-school-plan-gets-green-light/ http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/10/394968-school-plan-gets-green-light/ Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:46:55 +0000 News