Month: August 2018

17 AUG

Railways Must Be Brought Under Public Control

  Commenting on the latest rise in rail fares to hit Fife, MSP Alex Rowley is calling on the SNP Government in Edinburgh to bring Scotrail into public ownership and invest the profits into better services and affordable fares. Mr Rowley said: “We have spent the last year fighting for better services in Fife and […]

16 AUG

We All Have a Responsibility for the Planet

Mid Scotland & Fife MSP Alex Rowley is urging both the Scottish and UK Governments to be bolder when it comes to climate change. He also wants to promote more discussion and action at the community level stating that ‘people power is needed to achieve a sustainable future for the generations to come’. In Scotland […]

13 AUG

Lumphinnans Care Village Visit

  Scottish Labour Housing Spokesperson Pauline McNeill MSP visited Lumphinnans this week to see around the new care home, day care centre and sheltered housing complex which was officially opened earlier in the summer. Ms McNeill was accompanied by Mid Scotland & Fife MSP Alex Rowley as well as Council Leader Cllr David Ross and […]

12 AUG

Fife Times Column: July 2018

I want to put on record a very big thank you to everyone involved in the organisation of local events and galas that have and are being run throughout the summer months across our communities. These events happen because people give up their time and put in a lot of work and so far this […]

10 AUG

Future of Community Care in Fife?

Fife Health and Social Care Partnership is consulting on the options it has brought forward for the future of Out of Hours Care, the setting up of Community Health and Well Being Hubs and of Community Hospitals and Care Beds. It is important that local people take this opportunity to have a say in what […]

10 AUG

Planned Maintenance and Use of Flare at Shell Fife NGL Plant

Notice from Shell Fife NGL Plant: Thursday, 9 August 2018   Planned maintenance and use of flare at Shell Fife NGL plant   Dear Community members,   Next week we begin preparations for a planned ‘Turnaround’ at the Shell Fife NGL plant, which is when we purposefully reduce production operations over a few weeks to […]