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NEWS GENTLEMAN AND SCHOLAR SIR KENNETH DOVER WARM tributes have been paid to former Chancellor of St Andrews University, Sir Kenneth Dover (pictured) following his death in hospital on Sunday (March 7). ... more CHARITY PRAISED FOR MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO CANCER RESEARCH THE significant part played by a St Andrews-based cancer research charity in the worldwide fight against the disease has been praised by Scotland's Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon. ... more WOMAN SERIOUSLY ASSAULTED IN ST ANDREWS POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a young woman was seriously assaulted by two men in the Lamond Drive area of St Andrews last week. ... more WEST SANDS DUNE CASH CONFIRMED THE final piece of the jigsaw needed to complete restoration work on the award-winning West Sands beach in St Andrews (Pictured here courtesy of Ian Joy Photographic) fell into place yesterday (Monday) with confirmation of a £30,000 grant to restore the badly damaged dunes. ... more HANDBAG STOLEN FROM CAR AT BEAUTY SPOT FIFE Police have issued an appeal for witnesses after a handbag was stolen from a car in Tentsmuir Forest on Friday (March 5). The incident was the second at the local beauty spot since the turn of the year. ... more STUDENT AMBASSADORS DEMONSTRATE KEY EDUCATIONAL VALUES STUDENTS at St Andrews University have pledged to support their peers from disadvantaged backgrounds in a unique initiative hailed as championing the essential values underpinning Scottish education. ... more MOUNTAIN RESCUE IS ABOUT SAVING LIVES NOT JUDGING PEOPLE SCOTLAND'S mountain playgrounds have been enjoying an extended winter sports season this year. Sadly, however it has not been without tragedy. Last month, two climbers were swept to their deaths in Glencoe and another was injured on Ben Nevis. ... more CHARITY RAISES THOUSANDS TO BATTLE HEART DISEASE A ST ANDREWS-BASED charity which has raised thousands of pounds to improve training in new techniques to improve the outcome for people with congenital heart disease has announced a significant milestone. ... more INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS IN FORMER PAPER MILL FS:X the high-profile St Andrews University student fashion show celebrated its 18th year in an unusual venue. All photographs courtesy of www.benmelrose.com ... more LINKS TRUST STAFF RAISE £1200 FOR CHARITY THE WINTER months may have cramped the style of golfers desperate to get out to play in St Andrews, but they have been anything but quiet for staff at St Andrews Links Trust. They've been busy doing their bit for charity raising £1200 from raffle proceeds. Pictured ... more STATE OF THE ART MED SCHOOL READY TO ADMIT STUDENTS ST ANDREWS University's new £32m medical school building has been completed, ready for its first intake of students later this year. ... more GREEN BINS ARE COMING PEOPLE in and around St Andrews who currently have three bins for their refuse and recycling will soon have a fourth, green bin as Fife Council strives for zero waste to landfill. ... more RESTAURANT SERVES UP A TREAT FOR MARYS MEALS A ST ANDREWS restaurant is doing what it does best in a bid to help a charity feed children around the world. ... more SEKHAR FOUNDATION BOSS INSISTS UNI WILL BE PAID AN ASIAN multi-millionaire yet to pay up any of the £8.25 million he pledged towards St Andrews University's new medical school, has said he intends to honour his promise. ... more £150000 UPGRADE FOR VISITSCOTLAND CENTRE VISITSCOTLAND'S information centre in St Andrews is on the move, in preparation for a £150,000 upgrade to its existing premises in Market Street. ... more