Fife Council is warning of another day of disruption to services on Wednesday, 24 September, including some school closures, due to industrial action called by trades unions UNISON, Unite and GMB.

Sharon McKenzie, HR Manager said: "Once again we're working with the trades unions to ensure that essential services, protecting the most vulnerable people in Fife, continue wherever possible.

"We hope the unions will agree to maintain holiday levels of cover for critical services as we had on the day of industrial action in August. These services included home care, residential and day care and transportation officers on emergency standby to deal with issues such as floods."

The majority of services will be affected and it is likely that many council-owned buildings will be closed to the public, including Local Services Centres across Fife.

Schools and nurseries could be forced to close but, to avoid closing all the Kingdom's schools, local decisions will be taken by head teachers. James McKinstry, Senior Manager Education Resources explained: "It's very hard to predict what impact the strike will have and it will be up to each head teacher to make a decision about whether their school can remain open, based on their expected staffing levels.

"We have asked schools to send a letter home to parents by Monday 22 at the latest to let them know whether the school expects to be open on Wednesday or not. Schools will also use the fifedirect closures system to send text and email alerts to registered parents in the event of a closure."

The council apologises for any inconvenience and normal services will resume from Thursday morning. More information about service disruptions across Fife and registering for closure alerts will be available on www.fifedirect.org.uk/closures