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He was the face of Banchory's bars for almost 40 years. We look back on the life of the Stag Hotel's Jim Rooney who has died aged 68.

Watch as huge oil rig sails under the Forth Road Bridge 03/06/2021, 1:57 pm The public were treated to a rare sight on Thursday as a barge carrying a huge oil rig sailed up the Firth of Forth. The 200mtr long Iron Lady barge, with the aid of three Forth Ports operated tugs, transported its enormous topside drilling platform from the Port of Rosyth up the Fife coast to Methil. The topside drilling platform will be decommissioned at Energy Park Fife in Methil. The cargo cut an impressive sight a...

Siblings Bill Black and Margaret Frew returned to their childhood village that once housed more than 500 people

Love Oliver: Charity in memory of Fife baby about to hit £1m fundraising mark for childhood cancer Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A charity set up in memory of a Fife baby who lost his life to cancer is preparing to top the £1 million fundraising mark. Love Oliver began as a small venture set up by Jennifer and Andy Gill, from Leven, af...

Michael Parsons, brilliant civil engineer who revolutionised suspension bridge design – obituary His aerodynamic design for the first Severn crossing, with its streamlined bridge deck, influenced the design of bridges worldwide Michael Parsons Credit: family Michael Parsons, who has died aged 92, played a key role in designing and building four of the world’s greatest long-span suspension bridges – the Severn Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge, the first suspension bridge across the Bosphorus...

A DUNFERMLINE veteran had her own kiltwalk at the weekend to raise money for SSAFA, the armed forces charity.

THE SNPs Westminster leader has paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburghs links to Scotland during his speech in the House of Commons.

© SYSTEM Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The world’s largest construction vessel has arrived in the Firth of Forth. Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit, the largest vessel of its type in the world, sailed into Fife on Saturday. The Pioneering Spirit in the Forth Estuary. Measuring 382 metres long and 124 metres wide, it will transfer a topside...

© Supplied by Spirit Energy Limite Allseas Pioneering Spirit, the worlds largest construction vessel heads for the Forth this weekend. i Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The world’s largest construction vessel will sail into the Firth of Forth this weekend as part of a major marine operation taking place. Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit, th...

West Lothian school boy takes on walking challenge after his mum is diagnosed with cancer AJ Murphy, aged ten, walked 10,000 steps a day to raise money for the doctors helping his mum Young AJ Murphy has been raising money for cancer research Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. ...