SEPA has launched a public consultation, Safeguarding Scotland's Water Environment, about what it calls Significant Water Management Issues – issues that are having a significant adverse impact on the condition of the water environment and that it seeks to tackle

A Word version of the consultation is provided on the consultation website - .docx file here

Water experts at the agency have identified seven key focus areas for the next six-year water management cycle:  

• rural diffuse pollution (the release of potential pollutants from a range of activities such as agricultural run-off) 
• the physical condition of rivers 
• artificial barriers to fish migration (physical modifications to rivers built for water storage, navigation, water abstraction and crossings for road and rail transport) 
• sea lice from marine fish farms 
• water use (ensuring our water resources are resilient to a changing climate and managed within environmental limits)  
• wastewater and sewer networks 
• chemicals in the water environment

Have your say at Safeguarding Scotland’s Water Environment - Scottish Environment Protection Agency - Citizen Space 

To help develop plans for 2026-27 and future years, Fife Council are asking for people’s views on the principles that should guide public spending; how the council should spend and save money; and whether council tax levels should increase to support services.

Council Spending Survey

The Forth Bridges Forum is hosting a Public Meeting Tuesday 9th December 2025 at 6.00pm

Exhibition Area, Contact & Education Centre,
Ferrymuir Gait, South Queensferry, EH30 9SF

Spaces are limited so please register to attend via Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forth-bridges-forum-public-meeting-in-person-tickets

(If you cannot use Eventbrite, please email to secure a place: fbfenquiries@bearscotland.co.uk)

Please sent any questions you wish to be answered on the night to: fbfenquiries@bearscotland.co.uk

Tea & coffee will be available from 6pm

AGENDA

Reclaim the Night: Let's Walk, Wednesday the 3^rd of December, is an opportunity for everyone to come together and raise our voices about women's rights, gender inequality and violence against women and demand a safer and more equitable society for all. Bring a banner, bring a whistle, bring your friends!

Meet at St Margaret's Church car park. East Port, Dunfermline, KY12 7JB, 5pm. March at 5.30pm, please note that if the weather is not favourable, we will make the decision to start the march earlier.

The march will finish at the Glen Pavilion, Pittencrieff Park.  Please make travel arrangements accordingly, as this is a different end point from where we will the march will begin.

Reclaim the Night: Let's Talk takes place following the walk. Hear from inspirational speakers, speak to one another and have a think about ways to keep raising awareness and advocating for change.

Come and join us for the Fife Reclaim The Night: Let's Talk Event on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, with doors opening at 6pm. This event will allow you to mingle and chat with fellow marchers over a warm cuppa.

Join us at The Glen Pavilion, Pittencrieff Park, where we will gather after the march to continue the conversation about gender equality and ending violence against women. 

You do not need to book a ticket to attend the march, but if you would like to join in this event, you must have a ticket. This is to allow us to keep the event safe for everyone. You do not need to have attended the march to be able to attend the Let’s Talk Event.

For tickets, please go to: Reclaim the Night: Let's Talk Event at The Glen Pavilion event tickets from TicketSource

Essential work on the M90 Queensferry Crossing will be completed between 3^rd November and 14^th November.

These closures have been programmed to take place out-with peak travel times from the hours of 10pm to 5am to ensure that any potential for disruption and delays is limited, and the safety of staff and road users can be maintained.  

Work will take place on the southbound carriageway between the hours of 10pm and 5am from Monday 3^rd to Friday 7^th November.

Further work will take place on the northbound carriageway between the hours of 10pm and 5am from Monday 10^th to Friday 14^th November.

New Flight Path Proposal Over North Queensferry

Community Meeting 2:30pm 1st November 2025 - NQ Church Hall

Zoom ID - 813 2723 8051

Join Zoom meeting here

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Edinburgh Airport is launching a public consultation on new flight paths that could have lasting adverse consequences for our village. A Community Response Meeting will be held to coordinate our response.

 The Community Council will hold a special meeting on Saturday 1st November at 2:30pm in the Church Hall.   All residents are encouraged to attend and help shape our collective voice.

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Airport’s Proposals

On Monday 20 October, Edinburgh Airport will unveil plans for potential new aircraft departure routing. One of the proposed options would bring significant new noise and health impacts to North Queensferry.

Although three route options will be presented, the airport’s preferred option (Option 1) is the most disruptive. It would reroute traffic that currently heads over Livingston and southward toward London and Europe to instead turn sharply right after westward take off, cross the River Forth, and fly at relatively low altitude over the village whilst climbing and turning south at a higher altitude after passing us.

This change would shift a major volume of air traffic directly over our community at full engine thrust, increasing noise and pollution exposure.

While all three options affect North Queensferry to some degree, Option 1 is by far the noisiest. 

A quieter alternative exists — one that still crosses our area but at a higher altitude and steeper climb rate, reducing the impact.

This consultation may determine the long-term flight path over our village. 

Once implemented, changes will be difficult to reverse. Let’s make sure our voices are heard.

Soroptimist International Dunfermline has recently celebrated it’s 75^th Anniversary as a club and is a member of Soroptimist International Great Britian and Ireland (SIGBI). Their vision is to help women and girls to achieve their individual and collective potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide.

At a local level they aim to achieve this through Programme Action activities. Examples of activities this year have included a pop up shop to raise funds for Aberlour Children’s Trust, volunteering, raising funds and donating with Dunfermline Children’s Clothes Bank, food drives for Dunfermline Food Bank, litter picks and beach cleans, among others.

SI hold meetings twice a month from September to June generally at the Carnegie Conference Centre, with meetings in January and February held via Zoom.

Further details can be found on the website and on Facebook

www.sigbi.org/dunfermline

www.facebook.com/Soroptimist International Dunfermline/

BEAR Scotland, acting on behalf of Transport Scotland, is planning to carry out full nighttime closures of the Forth Road Bridge during the nights of Wednesday 29th, Thursday 30th of October between 21:30 and 05:00 to remove all existing traffic management from the bridge.

There will also be a full Forth Road Bridge closure between Friday 31st of October at 09:30 to Sunday 2nd of November at 05:00. This is to facilitate the Supernova Running Charity Event.

During the full closures, the bus stops at the North will be relocated to Ferrytoll park and ride and the South to the existing bust stop on Builyeon Road, next to the BP Garage.