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IN FULL: Fife council tax freeze and rent increase as budget agreed © Kenny Smith Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Council tax bills for Fife residents have been frozen for the coming year in a move to ease financial pressures brought on by the pandemic. There will be no increase to the eight-tier council tax rate, which starts at the lowest at £853.87 and rises to the highest at £3,137.95, when bills are issued to residents next month. However, Fife Council has agreed to raise council rents by 1.5% for 2...

© 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 Plans to build a £9.8 million care village in Cupar are a step closer after councillors rubber-stamped the project’s business plan. The new facility, to replace the aging Northeden House care home, will consist of a 24-bed home, 12 supported living flats, a 10-place day service facility as well as community support accommodation. It will be built at the existing site at Bank Street. Members ...

HEREFORD TIMES CAMPAIGN Tim Brett with laptops which have been donated to help children at Riverside Primary School. Picture: Rob Davies DONATIONS are contining to flood in for the Hereford Times laptops appeal, which aims to make sure no child is severely disadvantaged by learning from home. With schools shut to the majority of pupils because of the third coronavirus lockdown in England, lessons have been moved online. This can cause problems if families don’t have a laptop, or perhaps only one device to share between siblings. And that’s where the Hereford Times Laptops Appeal, ...

A HEREFORD computer firm is giving up its time to make sure children in the county have laptops to access their schoolwork at home.

Leanne McDonald benefits from a charitable scheme which refurbishes old laptops for children.