Kirkcaldy

a port in E Scotland, in SE Fife on the Firth of Forth. Pop.: 46 912 (2001)

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Kirkcaldy

a city and port in Great Britain, in Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Population, 52,000 (1970). It has linen, carpet, and food industries. Oil-cloth and linoleum are produced. There also are casting, boiler-making, and textile machine-building industries. Coal mines are located nearby.

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A third house was broken into on Newliston Drive in Kirkcaldy at around 6pm the same evening, however nothing was stolen.

Jewellery thefts from house break-ins in Fife and Lothian may be connected

The event, which runs from 10.30am to 2.30pm at the Dean Park Hotel in Kirkcaldy, is open to anyone living in the area looking for work.

SUPPORT FOR HAVELOCK STAFF; unemployment crisis

Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy AUGUST 29 to 31 THE LADYBOYS OF BANGKOK: GREATEST SHOWGIRLS The ever-popular cabaret show is back at the Adam Smith following this year's Edinburgh Festival run.

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A final Kirkcaldy goal saw the game finish Solway 2 Kirkcaldy 4.

It's a packed weekend for the junior Sharks

It was a busy night for revellers in Kirkcaldy. A local resident who stopped at the scene said: "There were a lot of work parties out.

Man who died after falling off Kirkcaldy Christmas tree on due date of grandchild pictured; James Ogilvie was found fatally injured at the bottom of the tree in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, on the day his daughter was due to give birth

The opening exchanges were fairly evenly matched, with the Kirkcaldy side more than happy to still be in the game against their more illustrious West Region Premiership opponents.

'Frew topple Fifers

The home in Kirkcaldy is about 20 miles away from the property in Edinburgh A memorial service took place at Muirhouse St Andrew's Church in Edinburgh.

MUM IS QUIZZED AS BODY FOUND IN SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY, 3; Officers continue checks at house as child's body found in woods

He leaves behind wife Malvina and their three children Anne Marie, John and William, and six grandchildren after passing away at his home in Kirkcaldy, Fife last Saturday, two days after his 62nd birthday.

Family was all that mattered to darts star; Last goodbye to champion Jocky Wilson

Forth Coastguard received a 999 call yesterday afternoon reporting a child was in the water off Kirkcaldy Esplanade in Fife.

Freak wave sweeps tot off sea wall

-Haywood Securities runs Kirkcaldy Capital IPO