fife: news in brief

TEEN CHARGED A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with vandalism in Kirkcaldy.

Police Scotland confirmed the teenager had been detected in connection with incidents in the Links and Seafield areas between Wednesday May 17 and Thursday May 18.

A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. HISTORICAL TALK Dr Fiona Walker will give a talk on the life of King Robert the Bruce in the Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries at 7pm tomorrow.

This will be followed by a tour of the new hub and a Q&A session with Fife Cultural trust’s museums, archives and galleries manager Dallas Meechan.

To book call 01383 602302. VISITSCOTLAND VisitScotland has introduced a shop local initiative in St Andrews from 12.30pm to 5.30pm tomorrow in the VisitScotland iCentre, 70 Market Street.

Promoting local artisans, there will be spring collections showcasing a range of products from Fife as well as a taste of St Andrews’ natural larder and chance to meet the makers. HISTORICAL SOCIETY The final talk of the Royal Burgh of Kinghorn Historical Society’s season, Kinghorn Bottleworks, will be held at 7.30pm tomorrow in Kinghorn Community Centre. HUSTINGS St Andrews Community Council is holding a hustings for the forthcoming general election at 7pm tomorrow at St Andrews Bowling Club in Pipeland Road. Entry is free on a first come, first served basis. WALKING Ladybank Forest User Group will host the first of this season’s summer walks tomorrow at 7pm.

David Oliver, a well-known local ornithologist, will lead the walk, is suitable for all ages, which starts at the Water Tower at The Beeches, Ladybank. GLENROTHES Community group We R Woodside will meet tomorrow to discuss plans for its Big Lunch event.

Anybody wishing to attend can do so at the Lomond Centre, Woodside Way, at 6.30pm. DEMONSTRATION Cupar in Bloom and SRUC Elmwood College are holding a horticultural and food demonstration with light lunch as a fundraising event for the town’s floral displays tomorrow.

It runs from 10.30am to 1.30pm in Elmwood College Campus and tickets are available by calling 01334 654109. EXHIBITION TO CLOSE The Royal Burgh of Kinghorn Historical Society’s exhibition, The Changing Face Of Kinghorn High Street, closes this weekend.

Opening times, 10am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday. MUSICAL EVENING The Button-Key Accordion and Fiddle Club hosts an Irish, Scottish old time, country and western music song and dance evening at 7.30pm on Friday.

The Donal Ring Ceilidh Band and Bruce Lindsay Band with Dermot Lyons will entertain in the Woodlands Hotel, Broughty Ferry.