St Andrews

Cameron has short white receding hair and a goatee beard. He is wearing glasses and a black leather jacket.

Headteacher guilty of hitting boys with belt he called 'Hungry Horace'

Alexander Cameron, 88, was found guilty of assaulting six primary school-aged boys at the Fife school in the 80s and 90s.

5 days ago

14 Jan 2026

Smoke coming from the roof of the St Andrews Technology Centre at St Andrews University.

Fire crews tackling blaze at St Andrews University tech lab

Four fire engines and a height appliance were called to the North Haugh campus on Wednesday afternoon.

14 Jan 2026

10 Jan 2026

a previous picture of Stella Maris in the St Andrews University courtyard. She has long, black, braided hair

St Andrews University rector removed from court role

The university claimed Stella Maris had failed to follow governance rules.

10 Jan 2026

8 Dec 2025

Image of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. He is looking off to the right. Andrew has thinning grey hair and is wearing a navy suit jacket, white shirt and a yellow patterned tie

Rebrand for golf course named after former prince Andrew

The Duke's Course in St Andrews will be rebranded the Craigtoun Course, after a nearby country park.

8 Dec 2025

4 Dec 2025

A white van is in the foreground. The street is lined with brown houses.

Man arrested over attempted murder in Fife street

It follows a 40-year-old man being taken to hospital after being stabbed in Boase Avenue in St Andrews.

4 Dec 2025

28 Oct 2025

Lori and Jacqui. He is in a light grey formal suit and has his arms around Jacqui who is in a wedding dress. She is smiling and holding flowers. They are pictured next to a stone harbour wall next to the North Sea.

'My wife died in childbirth but wasn't told she'd been given labour drug overdose'

Jacqui Hunter died less than 24 hours after being told that her daughter had died in the womb.

28 Oct 2025

25 Sep 2025

Bank of Scotland sign on a building. The words are in white on a blue background and there is also the Bank of Scotland symbol.

Bank of Scotland to close 13 more branches

The closures include four in the Highlands - Nairn, Dingwall, Gairloch and Tain.

25 Sep 2025

26 Aug 2025

A reconstruction of Bronze Age houses at Guardbridge. The houses are round with conical roofs of thatched materials.

'Whole prehistory of Fife' found in one field, experts say

Archaeologists were impressed by the range of finds going back about 10,000 years at Guardbridge.

26 Aug 2025

18 Aug 2025

Omulbanin Sultani is smiling straight at the camera. She is only visible from the chest up. She is wearing a black headscarf covering her hair with thin white pinstripes on it. She is wearing a white top with black pattern on it and has the strap of a black handbag over her left shoulder. She is standing in front of a blurred coastal background.

'In Scotland I can pursue medicine dreams the Taliban took away'

Omulbanin Sultani was among a group of Afghan medical students able to continue their studies in Scotland after the Taliban seized control of the country.

18 Aug 2025

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