Dying Ayrshire patient unable to get pain relief due to GP practice failings

Sex Pistols star Johnny Rotten's wife Nora Forster has passed away after a battle with Alzheimer's.

Ayrshire residents are being encouraged to talk about money worries as new figures have revealed debt levels across the region.

Stunning Culzean Castle has been named among "the most beautiful" in Europe by a top travel outlet. The grand location in Carrick featured among a must-see list of medieval buildings published by Brazilian travel guide Vegas Pelo Mundo.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Ray Shulman, a multi-instrumentalist known for his work with the progressive-rock band Gentle Giant and later a successful producer for the Sundays, Bjork’s early band the Sugarcubes, and many others, died on March 30. He was 73. The news was announced by his brother and Gentle Giant bandmate Derek, who wrote in a statement: “I am deeply saddened to announce that my younger brother and my best friend Ray Shulman passed away on March 30th at his home in London. I was with him until the end as he bravely battled a long illness. At least I know he is now at peace. “Ray really was a genius in so many ways. He was an incredible composer, musician, music producer and tech wizard. Together with myself and my elder brother Philip he was a founding member of Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and subsequently Gentle Giant. He went on to produce artists like the Sundays, the Sugarcubes, Ian McCulloch and many more. More recently he devoted his tech and musical expertise in authoring and remixing other artists like Jethro Tull, Genesis, King Crimson and many more.”

Three Ayrshire pubs will do battle to be crowned best in the UK at a prestigious national award ceremony this summer.

A young Scots woman has died in Turkey after reportedly undergoing gastric band surgery.

Cars have been spotted going the wrong way on the A77 as the evacuation from the crash site continues.

A man has died after he and two other pedestrians were struck by a van on Saturday.

The couple who died in a serious car crash in Argyll on Friday have been named by police as Martin and Josephine Cousland.

A teenage man has suddenly died within a premises on a busy Glasgow shopping street.

Paul O'Grady died "unexpectedly but peacefully" on Tuesday evening aged 67, his husband announced.

Paul O’Grady has died at the age of 67, his partner Andre Portasio has said.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s financial deficit will more than double to £56m over the coming year.

A cop has been charged after a gran who was struck by a marked police van in Motherwell died. Margaret McCarron was left fatally injured after being hit by the Transit van while walking on the town’s Merry Street on September 19, 2021.

A mum who endured a “barbaric” intimate procedure without pain relief has said she has never been through so much pain.

A man has died suddenly in the grounds of the University of Glasgow. Emergency services rushed to University Avenue in Glasgow at around 9.25 am following reports that a 62-year-old male had taken unwell.

The heartbroken husband of an "inspirational" headteacher who tragically died after going to the doctors with a "stitch" says she was "like a light that never goes out". Ros Atkins, 43 who worked at Weston Primary School, Runcorn, sadly passed away on October 3, 2022, after being diagnosed with stage four terminal bowel cancer.

A former contestant of The Chase has sadly passed away, her husband has announced following her appearance on the show.

A woman has died in a freak accident after her husband accidentally ran her over while reversing his car outside a local church. The 70-year-old woman had been dropped off at the Castle Hill Baptist Church in Sydney, Australia, where she ran a bible study group at around 9.30am local time on Sunday morning.

The family behind a dessert parlour say they're ‘over the moon’ to have been shortlisted for yet another national award.