Five teens arrested after memorial benches torched at Scots park
Emergency services were called to Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline last Wednesday night after three wooden seats were set on fire before a police probe to catch the culprits was launched.
Three benches were destroyed after being set on fire (Image: Safer Communities Fife)
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Sick thugs torch memorial benches at Scots beauty spot before dumping mountains of booze bottles
The dangerous fire-raising left two wooden benches were left badly charred while a number of bins were also set alight in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, on Wednesday night.
At least two memorial benches were left badly damaged and charred after being set alight (Image: Safer Communities Fife)
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It happened at Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline at around 7pm yesterday.
A number of wooden memorial benches were also found to be extensively damaged.
Sergeant Ross Crawford from Dunfermline Police Station said: We would like to speak to anyone with information which could help us trace the individual or individuals responsible for this mindless and dangerous act. If you were in Pittencrieff Park, or nearby, around 7pm on Wednesday and saw anything at all suspicious, please get in touch. We would also urge any motorists with dash-cams who were in the town centre area to check their footage in case they have captured anything with could be of significance to our enquiries.
It is time to take toxic heat out of politics
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THE UNITED STATES
It is time to take toxic heat out of politics
Now that Donald Trump has left the building, albeit reluctantly and doing his best to burn it down on the way out, perhaps we can stop talking in terms of the left and right sides of politics and agendas. Instead, how about thinking in terms of values – i.e. what do we value and what values do we want to espouse. Perhaps then we can expose these frauds, grifters and charletons such as Trump for who and what they are, make meaningful changes for the betterment of all, and take some of the toxic heat (and people) out of politics.