Residents of Kirktoun Park Ballingry who were told they were due to get major installation works carried out to their houses are now being advised that works will not go ahead. Fife Council have said that the construction type is Cruden Concrete Block Steel Frame and that any direct fixing and loading on to the […]
Cowdenbeath MSP Alex Rowley this week met with the Head Teacher of Cowdenbeath Primary School Mrs Mary Quinn to hand over a gift and thank her for her 15 years of service to Cowdenbeath Primary School and 38 years to teaching in schools in the Lothian’s and Fife. Mrs Quinn is retiring as Head Teacher […]
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament this week Cowdenbeath MSP Alex Rowley thanked the volunteers who give up their time to help others in the many food banks in his constituency and across the country. The Labour politician was however scathing of the growth in food banks stating that ‘it cannot be right and it is […]
Speaking in a debate in the Scottish Parliament Cowdenbeath MSP Alex Rowley has highlighted the good work of the Coalfield Regeneration Trust in the Cowdenbeath area and has called on the Scottish Government to continue to fund the work of the trust arguing there is a need for an anti-poverty strategy at the heart of […]
The announcement that the Forth Road Bridge is to be closed for the rest of this year going into next year is devastating for people getting to work and for businesses. The roads leading to Kincardine are I am told queued up for miles as people try to find an alternative route in and out […]
Living Wage for care workers Alex Rowley MSP visited a care home in his Cowdenbeath constituency this week to highlight the need for the introduction of the ‘living wage’ for workers across the care sector in Fife and Scotland. The Scottish Labour deputy leader said that there is a ‘crisis’ developing in care across Scotland […]
Steps are being taken to address the issue of a stench facing drivers as they cross the forth into Fife. This was the message from Scottish Water this week when they met with local MSP Alex Rowley who has been raising the issues of odour coming from the sewage plant that sits alongside the River […]
In the week where the BBC reported a record number of adults and children relied upon food banks in Scotland in December, I came across a group of children in Cowdenbeath who put aside fundraising for their Christmas activities to instead collect food for the local food bank. The Trussell Trust who runs food banks […]
TSB Cowdenbeath has this week presented its Local Charity Partner, Fife Young Carers, with a cheque for £1,261.68 to support the charity’s work in the local area. The money raised comes from four TSB branches in Fife, Cardenden, Templehall, Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath where TSB Partners and customers held a charity walk down the Fife coastal […]
Throughout the Cowdenbeath constituency people have gathered this weekend at Services of Remembrances’ and at War Memorials. “With every passing year there are fewer and fewer people who can claim direct contact with the two world wars of the 20th century. Yet millions are touched by the devastation they caused. Remembrance Sunday remains the […]