Proposed core paths for Strathmiglo, Ladybank, Gateside, Falkland, Auchtermuchty and the Lomond Hills have been drawn up after two years of consultation. Fife Council invites your comment re major omissions or errors prior to the formal statutory consultation stage which will probably take place from the beginning of April 2008. See web link below for more.

JANUARY arrived with a vengeance this week as winds of up to 80mph battered north east Fife, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

Fife Council is currently carrying out a study to identify areas of landscape which should be recognised, celebrated and protected by a local landscape designation.

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Pedestrian dies in collision - police call for witnesses

FALKLAND man Keith Jackson has been appointed chairman of the Beautiful Scotland campaign group.

FALKLAND woman Fiona Lawrenson is at the forefront of reminding older and disabled people in Fife not to miss the bus on a free Scotland-wide travel scheme.

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Healthyliving award

Grants for craft workers

Falkland woman working as volunteer in Namibia

Big Tent Festival 08 shaping up to be bigger and better.

Falkland fights to save village loo

Headline acts of King Creosote and the Fence Collective and the Peatbog Faeries have just been announced

St Patrick's Day celebrations

Revised plans drawn up for Edward House, Falkland

Scott Robb gets to regional finals of L'Oreal Colour Trophy

Iain Smith, North East Fife MSP gets guided tour of SCF web portal

New web portal launches officially today in Freuchie

New Forth bridge ‘ready by 2016’

Falkland local history exhibition open and free

Funding for Fife Food Tourism Network announced

Relaunch of VisitScotland.com tourism website

Volunteers wanted

Falkland’s Big Book formally handed to Stewards

Venison writer wins top award

Ten Fife Craftspeople Awarded Grants

Bus routes from Edin to Fife to become carbon neutral in next 5 years

Eco campsite at Big Tent

North Fife artists open their studios

FifeSINg gets great performers

Falkland Village Hall AGM - Urgent appeal for new committee members

A Fife MSP has said it would cost £20m to put trains back on the railway line between Leven and Thornton.

Today Fife's First Outdoor Access Festival was given a boost with the announcement of funding from the Fife Events Strategy Group and Scottish Natural Heritage.

Have Your Say on Howe Bus Services - Auchtermuchty & surrounds

Thousands of people are expected to arrive at Fife's biggest agricultural show, organisers have said.

Falkland safety measure has created lorry 'danger'

Fife Show success

Big Tent seeks old curtains and sofas!

Wildflower Meadow at Big Tent needs your help!

Any live performance of James and the Giant Peach needs certain ingredients to be a success - great sets, outlandish costumes and over-the-top performances - and the Falkland Youth Theatre Group didn't disappoint during their take on the fantasy adventure.

WANTED: 2 bed property to let in Freuchie/ Falkland area

Italophiles delight now open in Falkland!

Four more bands have been added to the line up of the Falkland Traditional Music Festival.

A TINY orphan roe deer found curled up on the Lomond Hills near Falkland is now well on the way to recovery in the tender care of the Scottish Deer Centre near Cupar

Demolition of historic Falkland house to go ahead

Balmblae grassland now safe Water vole habitat

Complimetary Health expert to visit Falkland in July - tickets available

If you're a keen photographer, why not enter the Rural Gateway website's photo competition? Following the success of their 2007 competition, this year's is bigger and better.

PROVIDING real solutions to real world problems is one of the key aims of the Big Tent. Scotland's Festival of Stewardship takes place at Falkland Estate on July 26 and 27.

On 5&6 July trains from the north and Fife will terminate at Dalgety Bay Station with Rail Replacement Bus Services providing connections to Inverkeithing, North Queensferry, Dalmeny, Haymarket and Edinburgh.

The service on Sunday 6th July, will be a joint service with Falkland church members and will be held in Freuchie church at 10-30 a.m. On Sunday, 3rd August, there will be a joint service in Falkland church.

There will be no train services between Inverkeithing and Edinburgh on Saturday 5 July or Sunday 6 July 2008, due to the closure of rail lines between Edinburgh and Fife for essential Tram engineering work.

Visitors and residents in Falkland enjoyed all the fun of the fair on Saturday as the village's annual festival drew to a close.

Falkland's fish pond is cleared and restored to its former glory.

TIME IS running out for individuals or groups hoping to have their events featured in the next edition of the Events In Fife publication.

Come along to our introductory night to Slow Food in Fife on Tuesday 5th of August at 7pm at the Fisher and Donaldson's bakery and restaurant at 1 Ceres Road, Cupar, KT15 5JT. Reserve your place asap.

An online car-sharing scheme in Fife has reached a significant milestone by signing up its 1,000th member.

Falkland's huge success in floral competitions could be emulated by communities across Scotland. Thanks to the Falkland in Bloom committee, 28 communities stretching from Crail to Coupar Angus took advantage of a 6000 plant giveaway.

This year's festival runs from the 1st to 10th August and, as always it's jam packed with community and traditional music events.

Grassroots Zimbabwe will be bringing its Zimbabwean experiences to share with the audience and participants this weekend at the Big Tent Festival in Falkland.

The third Big Tent festival of stewardship, Scotland’s largest eco-gathering, came to an end last night at Falkland after two days of activity.

An entire cul-de-sac in Freuchie has been devastated after heavy rain hit Fife again. More than a dozen homes in Freuchie Mill were flooded, with furniture and possessions ruined, and at least 20 cars have been destroyed.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) warned yesterday that the weather forecast for the next few days indicated more rain and possible outbreaks of thunder and lightning on the east coast, with the risk of further flooding.

Fifers are being invited to gve their views on proposed core path routes over the next 12 weeks as part of the draft core path plan public consultation process.

Thanks to the Howe's floral volunteers and an update on Scotland and Britain in Bloom competitions.

Congratulations to Falkland, which has been names as a finalist in the Scottish Calor Village of the Year Awards 2008.

Council update on industrial action disruptions Wed 20 Aug

Britain in Bloom judges visit Falkland after the floods

Plans are going ahead to bring a fast ferry crossing to Fife by the end of next year.

Details of Door open events in east Fife on 21 Sept