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Fife News

There are seventeen different local newspapers in Fife Region with several publishers. The first link is to the main website covering most of the local newspapers including the Fife Free Press, East Fife Mail, Glenrothes Gazette and others. Sadly, it has been reported as 'slow' from time to time and patience may be needed. The second link is directly towards the Dunfermline Press. National News from the BBC on Option 3.

(1) Click Here to access most local newspapers.
(2) Click Here to access the Dunfermline Press.
(3) Click Here for UK National BBC News.

Fife Weather

This is a link to a really neat web site displaying local weather in great detail and accompanied by a web cam. Everything from local temperatures, wind direction and speed, cloud height and humidity is all displayed in real time. It's based in Lochgelly. The second link provides official Met Office Data, including severe weather warnings for East-Central Scotland and access to other for Met Office data and warnings.

(1) Click Here for realtime local weather data.
(2) Click Here for Met Office data and warnings.

Local Websites

As you'd expect in a place like Fife, there are many websites dealing with a wide range of subjects. The list below is hardly comprehensive but they rank highly in our opinion and are worthy of visiting.

(1) Click Here for Digital Fife.
(2) Click Here for Fife Direct.
(3) Click Here for the Fife Coastal Path Website.
(4) Click Here for The Fife Post.

Horoscopes

Although it's hardly proven as a science, horoscopes are read by millions of people across the globe each and every day. It's hard to believe how each twelfth of the population could possibly be experiencing similar events and circumstances at the same time! In the UK, the most read horoscopes are written by Jonathan Cainer and Russell Grant. Links to their respective web sites are presented below.

(1) Click Here for Jonathan Cainer's website.
(2) Click Here for Russell Grant's website.

Airport Information

The following links provide links to realtime arrival and departure data for major airports in Scotland and additional information concerning smaller airfields.

(1) Click Here for Aberdeen Airport.
(2) Click Here for Edinburgh Airport.
(3) Click Here for Glasgow Airport.
(4) Click Here for Inverness Airport.
(5) Click Here for Prestwick Airport.

(6) Click Here for Highland and Island Destinations.
(7) Click Here for Glenrothes and Dundee Aviation.

(8) Click Here for the Scottish Gliding Centre.

Rail Timetables

Since deregulation, and the swinging blind proposals by Beeching and Thatcher, rail transport has become more limited in terms of destinations and services. The rail network has become akin and competing with faster aerial links handled by multiple investors and contributors, and making overall planning of a long journey more complex than ever before. The link below has been chosen for inclusion on the basis of simpicity yet we freely admit better solutions may apply if there are time and cost considerations. In our examination, trying to book seats meeting our series of test proposals proved futile and infuriating. Where actually attained, at the price of £160, fares entered a realm of fantasy with cheaper options available to travellers.

(1) Click Here for National Rail Enquiries.
(2) Click Here for Virgin Train Services.

Ferry Connections

Scotland is a small nation yet surrounded by a coastline exceeding two thousand miles. Sea lochs dig deep inland and present difficulties for overland transport unless bridges are present. Where wider gulfs exist, many people rely on transport by ferry with most of the longer distances being undertaken by Caledonian MacBrayne.

(1) Click Here for Caledonian MacBrayne.
(2) Click Here for Pentland Ferries to Orkney.

Bus Schedules

Since deregulation, Fife has largely been dominated by omnibus services offered by Stagecoach, and in a similar way expressed above, it has become harder to plan journeys or make accurate comparisons. The link below takes you to the main Stagecoach website. At present, there are no real serious competitors or regular operators in Fife and hence the singular entry in this section.

(1) Click Here for the Stagecoach Website.