Ayrshire village suffers flooding misery as River Garnock bursts its banks

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Joker and The Matrix co-producer Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned and is looking to fast-track The Prize, a spec feature written by Buried and Greenland scribe Chris Sparling with Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales co-helmer Espen Sandberg aboard to direct.The conspiracy thriller follows an American private investigator who travels to Stockholm after the suspicious death of an old friend, a ranking member of the Nobel Prize

Kym Marsh has spoken out in defence of Gareth Pierce, who is set to replace Bruno Langley as Todd Grimshaw on Coronation Street in the autumn. Bruno, 37, was sacked from the programme after he was accused and later found guilty of sexually assaulting two women in a Manchester nightclub.The popular ITV show's bosses faced backlash over their decision to cast Gareth, 39, as many felt they should've hired someone who looks similar to Bruno to keep the transition as smooth as possible.

East Ayrshire Council's chief executive and depute chief executive are set to quit their posts, it has been announced today.Fiona Lees and Alex McPhee, who is also the local authority's chief financial officer, will both retire.Fiona Lees, who has held the position of chief executive since April 2004, will step down in January 2021 with Alex McPhee leaving in December 2020.The pair have 85 years of public service between them and arrangements for the recruitment of a new chief executive will

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterPolice in North Ayrshire are appealing for information following a serious assault in Irvine on Tuesday, August 11.The incident happened around 5.45pm on Gigha Crescent. A 53-year-old man was assaulted by four males.

EXCLUSIVE: First Look of runaway Todd Grimshaw as he returns to Weatherfield almost 3 years after disappearing from the cobbles!⠀ ⠀ Take a look at our stories to find out more

Coronation Street recently announced that Todd Grimshaw will be returning to the soap, but a new actor will play the part of the staple character.Todd was previously played by actor Bruno Langley but the part disappeared from the cobbles in 2017 as Todd then fled Weatherfield while on the run.

Coronation Street has released the first snaps of Todd Grimshaw returning to the Cobbles.

Coronation Street viewers were quite shocked when Todd Grimshaw left the streets suddenly with no real explanation back in 2017.However, it seems like he will be making a return to the cobbles in the coming weeks, but with a very different look.The actor who originally played Todd Grimshaw on the soap, Bruno Langley, has been recast since they had to quickly write him out of the episodes three years ago.The character of Todd had just left the soap one day and it was later explained that he was

The first pics of runaway Todd Grimshaw have been released as the character returns to Weatherfield almost three years after disappearing from the Coronation Street.Todd was originally played by Bruno Langley but will now played by Gareth Pierce. He will first be seen back on Coronation Street in the autumn but the seeds of his return are sown next week when a letter arrives in the post from the ex solicitor asking for money.

Here’s hoping Simon Cowell is OK after he recovers from an unfortunate injury while riding an electric bike!