‘Still some fuel in the tank’: the perks and perils of launching a business after 60

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 05:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Growing numbers of older people are creating enterprises in everything from baking to biodiversity – but does the freedom make up for the graft?

Kari Johnston felt ready to retire after 45 years in nu…

Young William's eight-word response to marriage question as the couple celebrate 14th wedding anniversary

found 2025 › Apr › 28 (Mon) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

In a spectacular moment of foreshadowing the couple heard a speech at their graduation ceremony in 2005 by their principal, who described St Andrews in Fife as the country's top matchmaking universit…

Brutal killer who murdered father in savage attack given life sentence

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 01:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

John Farquhar was ordered to serve at least 22 years in prison after he repeatedly stabbed his neighbour Garry Thomson with a knife at a flat in Guardbridge, in Fife.

Moment care workers shout at and belittle dementia patient by mockingly saying 'rest in peace' is caught on secret camera

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 15:18 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Registered nurse Nicola Hughes hid a covert camera inside a radio in her 67-year-old mother's room at Barrogil House in Fife.

Castaway in Fife: exploring Robinson Crusoe country in east Scotland

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 10:06 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The Fife coastal path connects the firths of Forth and Tay and takes in some of the country’s finest seaside villages, seascapes and the home of a famous literary castaway

Standing in a Scottish seasi…

Scottish painter Jack Vettriano dies aged 73

found 2025 › Mar › 03 (Mon) @ 13:23 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The artist was found dead at his apartment in Nice in southern France on Saturday, his publicist says

The Scottish painter Jack Vettriano has been found dead at his apartment in Nice in the south of F…

Jack Vettriano dead aged 73: Scottish painter behind beloved The Singing Butler masterpiece passes away in France

found 2025 › Mar › 03 (Mon) @ 13:23 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Vettriano, who was born Jack Hoggan on November 17, 1951, in Methil, Fife, was found on Saturday.

Police take court action over Sheku Bayoh inquiry extension

found 2025 › Feb › 02 (Sun) @ 11:53 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained while in police custody in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 3 May 2015.

How an urban explorer's grisly discovery led to a murder conviction

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 06:04 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The skeleton of Ean Coutts was found in a derelict warehouse in Fife a year after he went missing.