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Police in the Kingdom are urging people to be vigilant as winter approaches, by keeping opportunistic criminals at bay.

There are calls for St Andrews university to scrap plans to build a windfarm near Boarhills.

The danger of diabetes is being highlighted with a memorial game at Stark's Park.

Plans to ban parents in Scotland from smacking their kids are being criticised by a group of parents claiming it is 'criminalising' them.

Parents of disabled children are welcoming plans for care workers on 'sleepover' shifts to get the Scottish living wage.

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There are worries that high levels of deaths from pollution are going to put people off walking.

Fife's PKD festival Is moving to a new two day event in Edinburgh.

There are calls for the government to step in to give police more powers to fine people driving off road vehicles illegaly.

Police in North East Fife are issuing a security warning after a number of thefts and housebreakings over the past month.

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Increasing numbers of teenage girls asking their GP for mental health help could be a sign that the stigma is beginning to disappear.

Care workers in Scotland are being given more money for 'sleepover' shifts.

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A Fife businessman is trying to track down a student who paid his bus fare when he was short of cash.

Fife Council says a lengthy legal battle over the future of the former Blair House opencast coal site has seen a 'significant step forward'.

Police inquiries are still ongoing to trace a teenager who racially abused a young boy outside a school in Fife.

A major workers union is warning wages are in a 'downward spiral' as unemployment rises in Scotland.

Police are searching for a man who indecently exposed himself to a woman at a bus stop in Kirkcaldy on Friday morning.

Six of the biggest names in darts are in Fife next week to help raise money for Scottish veterans.

Unemployment in Scotland has increased during the three months to August - but it is down by 15,000 on last year.

The number of older people dying in Scotland during winter could be reduced, if fuel poverty is taken more seriously.

Forty-five organisations in Scotland have signed a letter calling for a freeze on working age and child benefits to be scrapped.

Proposals to cut the size of the House of Lords have been leaked, in a move that is being praised by campaigners.

Fife Council is promising to look into the cost and feasibility of providing free sanitary products in secondary schools.

Police in Fife are praising the courage of victims who have helped convict a 'dangerous and predatory' sex offender.

Police are warning thieves who stole a defibrillator in Leven that their actions could have killed someone.

MPs across Scotland are calling on the UK Government to scrap its proposed changes to electoral boundaries.

Proposals for changes to parliamentary constituencies have been published, with some affecting Fife.

There are plans to create more jobs in Fife, to help boost the economy.

The number of young Scots contacting Childline for suicide councelling has risen by almost 20%.

Campaigners calling for changes to how missing people in the UK are searched for say more should have been done to the family of a missing Fife man.

People who are taught how to perform CPR are three times more likely to use it in an emergency, according to a new study.

There are calls this afternoon for Westminster to release what one Fife MP is describing as an 'alarming' new study on Brexit.

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A charity boss in Fife says she has never, ever, witnessed the levels of poverty, hardship, deprivation and angst that she is seeing now.

Fife Council are urging people across the Kingdom to provide their views on a new partnership vision, aiming to improve the area's economy.

History buffs in Fife are looking for actors to help them take Cellardyke back to 1948.

The old round pound coin goes out of circulation today

Police warning St Andrews students to drink responsibly

People in Fife under the age of 25 are getting caught watching TV without a license.

People in Fife are being told to get the flu jab early to make sure they are covered

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Attitudes need to change to prevent further damage to historically significant caves on the East coast of Fife.

The First Minister is being asked to step in, after it emerged 12 Scottish care homes are closing down in the next year.

Scottish Labour claims there is a huge gap in the levels of physical activity between the richest and poorest in Scotland.

At the High Court in Dunfermline, a 17 year old boy was convicted of the culpable homicide of 30-year-old Shaun Woodburn.

Three Bield care homes in Fife are among 12 which will be closed across Scotland next year.

Two thirds of Scottish tourist information centres are closing down, including one in Dunfermline.

A rural Fife foodbank has been telling Kingdom FM News that demand is rising, while donations are falling.

Gordon Strachan's tenure as Scotland manager has ended 'with immediate effect'.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a spate of thefts across St Andrews.

Hate crime is still a serious concern for many LGBTI people in Scotland, according to a report out today.

A man has been charged following recent indecent exposures in the East Neuk of Fife.

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Business leaders in Fife say more needs to be done to take unemployed people to parts of the Kingdom where there are vacancies.

Planning permission is being sought to build shops on an estate in Inverkeithing that is in the process of being redeveloped.

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There are calls this morning for more to be done about animal poaching across the planet - including in Scotland.

Fife Council is planning to give teachers guidance on weapons in schools by the end of the year.

The Scottish Economy Secretary says the new Queensferry Crossing is already delivering benefits for the economy.

The First Minister has closed the 2017 SNP conference with the promise of a not-for profit nationalised energy company by the end of this parliament.

NHS Fife has launched a guide to help Fifers who have had a stroke

Food Standards Scotland issues new advice on eating eggs

More than 300 young people in the UK have contacted Childline since April because they are anxious about world events.

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The SNP has condemned the UK government's roll out of universal credit on the final day of the party's conference in Glasgow.

The number of people killed unlawfully in Scotland has risen for the first time in seven years. 

Holyrood is being urged once again to ban supermarket special offers on unhealthy food and drink, because too many Scots are overweight.

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Union bosses say industrial action is 'inevitable' if the public sector pay cap is not lifted in Scotland.

An extra half a million pounds is being given to NHS24, so they can help more people who are suffering from mental health problems.

Police in Fife are appealing for witnesses following a further public indecency in the East Neuk. 

Police in Dunfermline are cracking down on housebreaking, following recent incidents in the local area.

A Fife MSP is calling on Scottish Power to invest in community regeneration projects in Kincardine.

The round £1 coin will be removed from circulation at the end of this week.

Police in Fife have detained a man following an incident in Glenrothes yesterday.

The CEO of an Edinburgh based chain of garden centres says Brexit presents an opportunity for British farmers.

Multimillion pound investment will bring new shops and restaurants to the area.

Kingdom FM News is live backstage at the Local Hero Awards 2015, bringing you all the latest from the winners. The Kingdom FM Local Hero awards celebrates the best of Fife, rewarding talent, enterprise and dedication. 17 trophies are up for grabs tonight.

Plans to cut the number of Councillors goes out to public consultation