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01/27/12--07:30: Police probe golf club break-in (chan 1376700)

FIFE police are appealing for help from members of the public for information following a break-in at Tulliallan Golf Club, Kincardine, in the early hours of this morning (Friday).


01/31/12--01:30: A fourth night added by Kevin Bridges (chan 1376700)

Comic Kevin Bridges has announced another night in Dunfermline. It's the hottest ticket in town with the first three shows quickly selling out.


02/03/12--00:21: Snobs 'badge of honour' for angry villagers in MP row (chan 1376700)

COMMUNITY leaders dismissed as "snobs" and "NIMBYs" by Thomas Docherty have hit back at the Labour MP.


02/03/12--00:25: Pensioner frozen out by council over fridge uplift (chan 1376700)

COUNCIL workers refused to uplift a fridge for a Dunfermline pensioner. The frail 78-year-old woman was expected to drag the heavy item outside her home for collection.


02/03/12--00:30: Dunfermline Delivers chief quits for Aberdeen (chan 1376700)

DUNFERMLINE Delivers chief executive Susan Hughes is leaving her job to take up a similar post in Aberdeen.


02/03/12--00:30: The Twilight Zone (chan 1376700)

There was no 'difficult' third album for The Twilight Sad...not when you have legendary DJ Andrew Weatherall as a creative catalyst in the studio. Frontman James Graham (right) told Matt Meade all about it.


02/03/12--00:40: Brave Lauren shrugs off pain from tumours to put others first (chan 1376700)

SHE already has 23 tumours all over her body and could now face chemotherapy and operations as the tumours might have spread to her organs. Yet a brave Cairneyhill teen who's on medication "all the time" due to a rare genetic disorder is ready to take on ghosts to help others in need.


02/03/12--00:50: Axing council bosses will save £11million (chan 1376700)

FIFE Council's decision to axe 300 management posts will save £11million per year.


02/03/12--01:02: Police hunt leisure centre spy-cam perv (chan 1376700)

A SHOCKED gym user found a pin-hole camera in a changing cubicle.


02/03/12--01:30: Big Country back on the road (chan 1376700)

Big Country kick off their UK tour in Manchester today and come to Dunfermline's Alhambra on Tuesday. Tony Butler has been speaking to the Press on the band's glittering past and high hopes for the future.


02/08/12--01:30: Woman fighting for life after horror smash (chan 1376700)

A CROSSGATES woman had to be airlifted to hospital after a horrific road accident left her fighting for her life.


02/09/12--01:30: Win Kevin Bridges tickets! (chan 1376700)

Kevin Bridges' four nights at the Alhambra sold out in record time but the Press has two gold-dust tickets up for grabs.


02/10/12--01:00: 'Limited evidence' that Dunfermline Delivers (chan 1376700)

THERE is "limited evidence" that Dunfermline Delivers is working, a new report has claimed.


02/10/12--01:11: Window of opportunity for lovestruck West Fife couples (chan 1376700)

A LEAP year is traditionally the time when women can pop the question and one has done just that - in a Dunfermline High Street window!


02/10/12--01:15: City centre set for new discount store (chan 1376700)

DUNFERMLINE could get a new discount store next to Tesco in the heart of the city centre if a major redevelopment gets the go-ahead.


02/10/12--01:30: Pensioners smoked out by care home (chan 1376700)

A ROSYTH woman fears her 83-year-old dad will be left out in the cold if a Dunfermline care home removes its smoking room.


02/10/12--01:37: Blair's 400-mile trek for a Stephens steak bridie (chan 1376700)

WITH Valentine's Day looming, a West Fife man has trekked more than 400 miles to be with the love of his life - the Stephens steak bridie.


02/10/12--01:40: Out in the cold - Vic bus travel misery (chan 1376700)

STAFF and patients alike have slammed poor public transport links between the Victoria Hospital and West Fife.


02/10/12--06:30: Five-in-a-row for Comic Kevin (chan 1376700)

Box-office sensation Kevin Bridges announces a further Dunfermline concert after the first four nights sold out in record time.


02/13/12--01:30: Sell-out No. 5 for red-hot comic Kev (chan 1376700)

Box-office smash Kevin Bridges again proves his popularity as all tickets for his fifth date in Dunfermline are quickly snapped up.


02/13/12--01:30: Jim Leishman to stand for Labour (chan 1376700)

Football boss Jim Leishman is to go into politics, standing as a Labour candidate in Dunfermline at the local elections.


02/16/12--01:00: Vote for your greatest 30 pars players of all time (chan 1376700)

VOTES are pouring in for the greatest ever Pars players with fans telling the Press about their favourites.


02/17/12--01:20: Man starts online petition to demolish Broomhead flats (chan 1376700)

A DUNFERMLINE resident has started an online petition calling for the decaying Broomhead flats to be demolished - although he doesn't live in the flats himself.


02/17/12--01:25: Skint Rangers owe the Pars £80,000 (chan 1376700)

FALL-OUT from Ibrox crisis reaches East End Park.


02/17/12--01:30: Pensioner's 'horrendous' 10-hour hospital ordeal (chan 1376700)

A ROSYTH pensioner has hit out at her "horrendous" 10-HOUR hospital ordeal in which she had a medical examination lying on an old leather couch.