In pictures: Ayrshire closes in on normality as punters enjoy pubs and haircuts

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterConstruction is now well under way to build a new generation of council houses at Towerlands in Irvine.Extra care is being taken to ensure work is carried out safely and in line with national guidelines relating to Coronavirus.North Ayrshire Council say the 50 new homes at the former Towerlands Primary School site will provide sought-after modern, affordable, energy-efficient homes.The £8.4m

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThe public’s help is being sought to help choose the name of the new national facility for young people being built at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine.It is hoped that work will start on the 12-bedded unit for children aged 12 to 17 years with complex difficulties later this year.It will be the first secure adolescent inpatient service for young people in Scotland, and means that children will

East Ayrshire Council is considering closing roads outside schools in a bid to make streets safer for kids.Five schools across the region have been earmarked as possible locations for a trial that would see the streets closed to all vehicles at school start and finish times.The restrictions would not apply to permit holders or blue badge holders, and residents of the street would be contacted directly and issued with free permits as the schemes are developed.The streets and schools identified

Kevin Hart is capturing every part of his wife Eniko Parrish's pregnancy. The 'Jumanji: The Next Level' star - who has Kenzo, two, with his spouse and Heaven, 15, and Hendrix, 12, from a previous marriage - previously revealed he has been annoying his other half amid the coronavirus lockdown, and he's now quipped that he's sleeping "in the guesthouse" after he started taking unflattering photographs of Eniko as part of "a new project [he] is working on called 'Impromptus'".

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA new online facility will allow people to rapidly report roads, lighting and drainage faults.The Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA) has launched the public information portal, which is map-based.Residents in East and South Ayrshire who want to report a fault can identify the location on the map and leave a comment about the nature of the problem.They will be given a reference number which they can use

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterIrvine’s MSP today thanked North Ayrshire residents for playing their part in suppressing the spread of Covid-19.Ruth Maguire MSP also welcomed the announcement from the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that the Scottish  Government will begin to ease into Phase 3 of its exit from lockdown.The announcement came with additional dates for further relaxations to lockdown restrictions.Ruth Maguire MSP

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterPolice in Ayrshire are appealing for information following two incidents of wilful fire-raising in Cumnock.Around 4am on Thursday 9,  July, police received a report of a fire at a property on Keir Hardie Hill.And at around 6.35am on the same morning, police received a report of a domestic garage on fire at a property on Barrhill Terrace.Emergency services attended and the fires were extinguished.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterLibraries and museums in North Ayrshire will remain closed over the summer.This will allow the council to continue its community and childcare hub provision.Staff from the council’s connected communities department, including those from libraries, museums, the ranger service, youth services, active schools and locality teams, have played a key role in developing and running the hub provision

Attainment levels are not up at scratch at Patna Primary School.The school has been given a less than glowing report by HM Inspectors.And parents have savaged the schooling given to their kids.Twenty five per cent of those surveyed “strongly disagreed” that the school was well led and managed.The HM Inspectors visited the school last year and identified a number of areas of improvement.However, according to some parents, those improvements have not taken place fast enough, with one parent

The Castle Douglas branch of Legion Scotland is working towards re-opening its bar on August 6.And nearby Market Inn is “leaning towards” waiting a bit longer than July 15 to reopen.

Kilmarnock man was told he was lucky to be alive after being in a medically-induced coma for six weeks, fighting off two deadly bouts of pneumonia and also surviving sepsis.With wife Maria, 64, by his side, Tommy arrived home on Tuesday last week to a hero’s welcome with friends and neighbours lining Grange Terrace holding banners and signs.Speaking about his time in hospital, Tommy told the Kilmarnock Standard: “There were times that I was very very happy to be where I was.

Ayrshire police have addressed social media reports that two men in a van approached a child yesterday.

The Scottish SPCA’s Ayrshire Animal Rescue Centre is back finding animals their forever home after lockdown saw rehoming completely suspended for almost two months.After trialling a limited rehoming service in May, the centre is now rehoming animals using a combination of an online-only application system, carefully controlled appointments and ‘virtual home checks’ where prospective owners and their homes are vetted via Zoom calls.Now the charity have this lovely girl (pictured above) in their