Kirkcaldy

American

[ker-kawl-dee, -kaw-dee, -kah-] / kərˈkɔl di, -ˈkɔ di, -ˈkɑ- /

noun

a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.

Kirkcaldy British

/ kɜːˈkɔːdɪ /

noun

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

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The sport already faced extinction after the country's last track - Thornton Stadium in Kirkcaldy, Fife - closed last year.

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Those included transactions from a pub in Newcastle, 154 miles from her home in Kirkcaldy, Fife, fees for using one card abroad and wage payments from a company based in England.

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Dr Beth Upton and NHS Fife were taken to a tribunal by nurse Sandie Peggie after she was suspended over an incident in the female changing room in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.

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Marco Valente said a flyer calling for a "boycott" of Valente's Fish and Chips in Kirkcaldy was posted through his door on Tuesday – two days before Romano Valente was due to stand for the party in the Glenrothes West and Kinglassie vote.

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Valente's was started in Kirkcaldy by Marco's great-grandfather in 1921.

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