East Ayrshire police get quad bikes to help tackle rural crime

Dave McNary Film ReporterFormer Writers Guild of America East president Michael Winship has been re-elected to the guild’s governing council as a freelance rep along with four other incumbents: Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana and A.M. Homes.Gina Gionfriddo and Eric Saleh were also elected to open freelance seats.

David Robb Labor EditorWomen writers carried the day in the WGA East’s Council elections, winning nine of the ten seats up for grabs. The only man to win a seat was former WGA East president Michael Winship.

East Kilbride schoolboy will live on when his mum once again saddles-up for charity.

Ayrshire recorded its first coronavirus case back in March. Tragically, 294 deaths in the region have been linked to the virus since then.New data released today shows where all of those deaths occurred in the community.National Records of Scotland released fresh statistics giving a breakdown of where deaths involving COVID-19 have taken place across Ayrshire.South Ayrshire has the highest death toll in the region (112) with 483 cases up to today.

jackpot, almost six months after the draw. The winning EuroMillions ticket was bought somewhere in South Ayrshire.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThe number of households in Ayrshire who are assessed as homeless, or at risk, has shot up by 15.4 per cent, The Post can reveal.Latest Scottish Government figures for 2019/20 show that 2363 households were assessed as homeless, or “threatened” with homelessness.South Ayrshire figures show that 721 households were assessed as homeless, up on the 2018/19 figure of 636.And North Ayrshire saw their

After its debut at this year’s Sundance, “Charm City Kings” was poised to have a great run in theaters thanks to a distribution deal with Sony Pictures Classics. In fact, the film was going to play at SXSW and then get a release in April.

Ayrshire residents during the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.Official Treasury figures show that diners in the region saved £2,203,000 throughout August as a result of the initiative.Diners got a state-backed 50 per cent discount on meals and soft drinks up to £10 each on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays during August.The Treasury said restaurants have so far made 130,000 claims worth £522 million, with figures likely to rise as outlets have until the end of September to claim.Across Scotland, more

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere are 377 registered sex offenders living in Ayrshire residential areas- latest Police Scotland figures show. Another 123 sex criminals are in custody or hospital - according to statistics released at the end of July.South Ayrshire Council said it has a legal obligation to consider housing applications for them.Ayrshire has the fifth highest number of registered sex offenders in the community

East Kilbride News   today it is one of up to 15 supermarkets which will go. Workers faced an anxious wait when the company announced last year that they intended to close stores, with the town centre shop due to shut its doors in January.The firm have not confirmed how many jobs will go but it is feared that up to 250 could be at risk.They say work is ongoing to relocate staff to alternative stores - including the superstore at Kingsgate Retail Park.

East Ayrshire Council HQ for the final time in January 2021 she says it’ll be the first time in her life she’s never had a plan.The chief executive says her 43 years of public service has genuinely been her life.After 16 years at the helm of the council, Ms Lees is leaving at a juncture where profound uncertainty reigns and the local authority faces the biggest economic challenge in its history.On top of serialised cutbacks to its operating budget, the council will have to contend with the

East Ayrshire Council’s chief executive has expressed her concern as the UK hurtles towards the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31 this year.Fiona Lees anticipates that unemployment and Universal Credit numbers could also increase in the event of a no-deal scenario later this year.Unemployment in the area is currently sitting at 8.2 per cent with Universal Credit also up by 100 per cent.“I’m very concerned about the departure from the EU in so far as the preparations are being

East Ayrshire Council in the region of £11 million this year alone.Initial projections suggested that the COVID-19 crisis had cost around £6.3 million between April and June.But the unprecedented cost of the health crisis could almost double before the end of the year.The local authority has forked out around £2m on personal protective equipment (PPE), the council’s chief executive said this week.Fiona Lees also warned that the council would have to “accelerate” plans to downsize the

EK pharmaceutical company hit by COVID outbreak“UNISON told me I was entitled to my full pay and got in touch with the owners of the home and told them there was Government funding available.“The home owners looked into it further and I got my full pay.“If it hadn’t been for UNISON I don’t know what would have happened.

East Kilbride gym owners have told of their delight after finally being allowed to open their doors for the first time. Ally McKinnon and Simon Thomson from Base Fitness & CrossFit were forced to close their gym when lockdown was announced back in March.And the call from the government was a double dampener for the local boys who were just days away from opening their brand new facility in the Kelvin.