Three Towns residents asked to shape investment

Three Towns residents asked to shape investment

Residents across Stevenston, Saltcoats and Ardrossan are being urged to have their say on how a £20 million investment of regeneration funding should be spent over the next 10 years. The Three Towns Neighbourhood Board, with support from North Ayrshire Council, has launched a survey asking people to identify the issues and priorities they believe should be addressed through the UK Government's Pride in Place Programme. The five-minute online poll asks residents to rate a range of issues, including streets […]

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Three charged following UK’s first nitazene lab find

Three people have been charged almost a year after the UK's first known nitazene laboratory was uncovered in Ayrshire. The site has now been revealed by Police Scotland as being in Patna, and say a 29-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were arrested and charged in connection with serious organised crime. A 34-year-old man was also charged in connection with money laundering and fraud offences. Reports have been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal, and all three have appeared on petition […]

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King joins pupils to celebrate music partnership

King Charles joined pupils and teachers at New Cumnock Town Hall to mark ten years of a partnership supporting young musicians and dancers across Ayrshire. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The King's Foundation have worked together since 2016, providing free weekly specialist tuition in strings and ballet through the Dumfries House programme. Among those involved was 16-year-old Logan McLurkin from Dalmellington, a current Dumfries House strings student and Doon Academy pupil, who composed a new piece called Dumfries House: […]

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Two-week October break approved for South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire pupils will have a two-week October school holiday from the 2027–28 academic year following approval from the local authority approved was approved. The decision follows consultation with schools, staff, trade unions and more than 4,000 parents and carers, who responded to an online survey with 66 per cent supporting the decision. The change will mean the summer holiday is reduced from seven weeks to six, with no reduction in the total number of school closure days across the […]

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Popular Largs chippy listed in top 40 UK takeaways

The Fish Works in Largs has been named among the UK’s top 40 takeaways in the 2027 National Fish & Chip Awards. The Ayrshire business is one of only two takeaways from the region on the longlist, alongside Enzo’s Fish and Chips in Irvine. They previously won the Field to Fryer award last year and finished second in the Takeaway of the Year category for the second year running. It was also named the best in Scotland for the fourth […]

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Swimmer McCrindle called up for World Championships

Ayr swimmer Cerys McCrindle has been selected once again to represent Great Britain at the Down Syndrome Swimming World Championships in Portugal. The 24-year-old South Ayrshire Swim Team member is the only Scottish female in this year’s GB squad. The championships take place in Albufeira from 30 October to 7November, with Cerys qualifying for nine events but planning to focus on seven, including freestyle and butterfly races. She is the reigning 100m butterfly European champion and is hoping to challenge […]

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Local TikTok star Graham wins Scots Language award

East Ayrshire TikTok star Millie Graham has won the first-ever Scots Language in the Media Award at the Scots Language Awards. Her TikTok account, whatsername1.0, has gained more than three million followers. The eighth annual awards ceremony was held at Dundee’s Discovery Point, with 49 nominees competing across 13 categories and 10 awards decided by a record 7,000 public votes.

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Girls-only football programme launch in Killie

A girls-only football programme is being launched in Kilmarnock, with sessions open to girls aged between four and 12. The Football Fun Factory programme, at Grange Leisure Centre, will be the organisation’s first girls-only Scottish sessions, with no previous football experience required. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 28 October, between 5.30pm and 6.30pm, with a three-week free trial available.

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Mossgiel sends 56k litres of milk down south

An Ayrshire farm has sent approximately 56,000 litres of Scottish organic milk to England and Wales to help with supply issues caused by drought conditions. Mossgiel Organic Dairy near Mauchline said demand from businesses south of the border had increased sharply, with three companies contacting founder Bryce Cunningham within around ten minutes to ask what milk could be supplied the following week. Mossgiel was also asked for a further 40,000 litres, but did not have enough available.

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