Petrol station robbery

A MAN has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged petrol station robbery in Fife.

The alleged incident happened at the BP Petrol Station on Windygates Road, Leven, around 12.30am on Friday.

A 33-year-old man has since been arrested and charged, and is accused of robbing the facility.

Detective Sergeant Mark Millar, from Methil Police Station, said: “We would like to thank the local community for their positive response to the appeal for information.”

The man is due to appear at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court today.

A GROUP of volunteers has helped get a Dundee football team’s pre-season preparations over the line.

Fairfield Sports and Social Club appealed for help after torrential rain caused a leak in the roof of the club pavilion, leaving severe water damage.

The damage threatened to scupper many of the activities held there, including football side St James FC’s opening fixture of the new season, as the club uses the facility as changing rooms.

Director Jim Sorrie had asked if any local tradesmen and others could pitch in to help save the day.

Jim said: “The recent rain made the roof a sorry state. We were also hoping for help to get the football pitches ready for the return of the football season for St James FC who play there.

“The rain last week revealed we had leaks in two roofs – the pavilion itself and the club room. The damage is pretty bad and we have had to move everything out of there into the Drumgeith pavilion.

“The building was no longer wind and watertight and therefore no longer safe for use.

“The building is where many of our kids activities take place and we were just getting back up and running after lockdown.”

He added: “After our appeal appeared in the Tele we had a fantastic response and loads of people joined us on Saturday to get things mended and ready for us kicking off.

“Thanks to everyone who has come along and volunteered we will be ready for the new season looking in great shape.”

He said among those helping out was the charity Alexander’s Community Development, which recently partnered up with the sports club to help out with various initiatives, including the food larder that’s run there two days a week.

Chief executive John Alexander said: “We have a squad of people here to help. We are happy to be able to help out and get things ready for the club and all the kids who use the centre on a regular basis.”

The latest upheaval came just weeks after the Tele reported that heartless thieves had stolen the sports hub’s new petrol strimmer from the pavilion, which the club intended to use to prepare pitches for youth football games.

Within a day, the club received two new strimmers, thanks to donations from a kind-hearted local, and Morrisons supermarket.