1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (105+ words) A 45-year-old woman died on Friday at Dunfermline’s Broomhead Flats. Emergency services were called out at around midday, the incident is being treated as “unexplained”. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 12.15pm on Friday, September 11, we received a report of concern…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (467+ words) POLICE were called to Blairhall Primary after a pupil brought a knife to school and "threatened" another child. No-one was harmed in the incident on Tuesday and headteacher Nicola Bow said a "prohibited item" was secured and appropriate action was…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (175+ words) A private hospital’s failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Sir Richard Branson’s wife, an inquest has concluded. Lady Joan Branson, 80, died on November 24 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the private Lister Hospital in Chelsea, west…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (607+ words) A 28-year-old man is behind bars after admitting a catalogue of violent behaviour towards his then partner. The woman suffered more than a year of abuse after starting a relationship with violent thug Jamie McGuigan. McGuigan, of High Street, Cowdenbeath,…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (609+ words) The sentencing of a Bulgarian man found guilty of assaulting a 12-year-old girl during an incident in Dundee last year has been postponed for a second time. Ilia Belov, 22, was also convicted of behaving in a “threatening or abusive manner…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (523+ words) The death of a student who was stabbed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane was potentially preventable if he had different medical treatment at the scene of the attack, a panel of experts found. Calocane was detained under mental health laws…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (472+ words) Abuse of RNLI volunteers is “wholly unacceptable in a civilised society”, the charity’s chief executive has said following anti-migrant demonstrations at the weekend. Peter Sparkes said recent protests had “generated deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding” about the charity, and condemned…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (134+ words) Dunfermline Press Tag for beggar who racially abused cabbie in Dunfermline A DRUNK street beggar staggered past a taxi rank shouting racist abuse at a cabbie and dropping his trousers to expose himself. Explained: What Exercise Kukri Dawn means for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (181+ words) A shoplifter who threatened a shop worker made a racist outburst when he appeared in court. Fraser, 40, of Oakley Road, Saline, was supposed to admit his offences and eventually did so. On February 4 at the Premier Store, Chapel Street, High…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (99+ words) A woman was grabbed and dragged out of her bed during a violent incident in Rosyth. The assailant was Steven Thomson, 36, of Brucefield Terrace, Lochgelly. At Dunfermline Sheriff Court, he admitted that on July 8 at Primrose Lane, Rosyth, he assaulted…...