DUNFERMLINE South SNP councillor Fay Sinclair “remains committed” to representing her constituents following criticism that she had not publicly announced she has moved to Galashiels. She has also confirmed she has stopped working for MP Neale Hanvey following his move to Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party. Cllr Sinclair was employed part-time as a parliamentary assistant in his Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency from February 2020. The ‘Notice of Registrable Interests’ for Fife Council states that her dwelling place is now in the Borders town – she had previously lived in her Dunfermline South ward. A member of the public, who asked not to be named, had complained: “Fay Sinclair’s register of interests lists her owning a house in Galashiels where I am told she has moved, while continuing to sit as a Dunfermline councillor.
DUNFERMLINE S roads are in a terrible state and there are hopes that more money will be found to fix them. Planned improvement works in the town costing £230,000 were expected to get the nod on Tuesday but councillors agreed to hold off to see if extra cash becomes available. The convener of the City of Dunfermline area committee, Helen Law, said: I’d be grateful if we could agree to defer this so we can get more information and hopefully get more budget and do more projects. “Without question, the roads are in a terrible state and I’ll certainly be looking for more money for roads when the council sets its budget.”
A total of 95,000 people in Fife have already received their first jabs. Members of Fife s Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board were given an update at their meeting on Friday. Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Scott Garden welcomed the progress which had already been made. 13 community clinics are up and running with a work force in place and we have got continued support from GPs and district nursing colleagues as we vaccinate our house bound patients, he said. We will be completing cohorts three four and five by the week commencing the 22nd then we will be moving onto cohort six which is individuals with underlying health conditions and unpaid carers and we will commence our second doses in line with the 12 week window from March 1 starting with our staff who were some of the first to be vaccinated. We thank the partners in planning and delivery and I am really pleased with the progress we have made.
DUNFERMLINE councillors are set to approve funding of £15,000 to go towards installing CCTV cameras in Pittencrieff Park. It’s hoped that the technology will act as a much needed deterrent for anti-social behaviour and vandalism that has been plaguing the Glen, particularly in recent months. The total cost for the installation of the CCTV system is estimated to be £60,000 and the remaining funding should be provided by Fife Council s facilities management service. The budget request will be made at the meeting of the City of Dunfermline area committee tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. A plea for CCTV to be installed was made back in January by Harry Dunn, chair of the Friends of Pittencrieff Park, after part of a children s playpark was set on fire, and has been highlighted as part of the Press’ campaign ‘Protect our Glen’.
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