The Main Library cafe, Franki’s, has ended its self-service options on weekends since March 2026. Since the start of the Candlemas exam diet, students have expressed discontent over a lack of access to food and drink in the library on weekends. Franki’s Cafe ended its self-service outside of weekdays “due to ongoing and increasing instances of theft,” according to a sign posted on their closed self-service shelves. A statement from the University explained that the theft was discovered when...

A University of St Andrews student was hit by a car on St Mary’s Place on Tuesday 17 March, during wristband collection for the St Patrick’s Day event at the Student Union. The accident occurred around 3pm while many students were waiting in the queue for t-shirts and wristbands for the all-day event. One second-year student who was a witness to the event, and told The Saint that “the line for the wristband event was very organised. It was very long, but there was no one in the street.” She...

Independent Councillor for St Andrews Robin Lawson has petitioned Fife Council to begin charging St Andrews businesses a fee for using outdoor pavements for extended seating. Fife Council has rejected these petitions and instead voted to make these extensions permanent. Councillor Lawson has advocated for the Council to enact a pavement-use fee since the extensions were first added as socially-distant infrastructure to many South Street establishments in 2020. The addition of the extensions...