Ayrshire Council Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

Council bosses have been forced to apologise after a funeral was delayed for two hours due to an undug grave.

Residents in Girvan are being given the chance to shape the town's future as part of a Regeneration Project being run by South Ayrshire Council.

Council chiefs are set to splash almost half a million on Ayr as part of a new vision for the town centre.

Work has started on Ayr's controversial new Riverside flats that will be built next to a 'ghost' tower block.

Ayr town centre will grind to a halt with more than 100 roads facing 'no waiting' restrictions and closures when the anticipated air show takes centre stage next month.

Exam pass rates across North Ayrshire have improved as more than 3,350 pupils received their long-awaited results.

One of Britain's leading structural engineers has been granted access to the crumbling Station Hotel as part of a campaign to save the iconic building from demolition.

North Ayrshire’s newest 71-unit housing development has officially opened at Irvine Harbourside.

Plans to open an animal hospital in Ayr have been hailed as a "British first" by the entrepreneur behind the scheme.

East Ayrshire Council has agreed to undertake a review of the brown bin charge and recycling trolley service.

Work is now underway to develop six new council amenity bungalows in Stevenston.

A huge minke whale has been found washed up on a North Ayrshire beach. The discovery was made around 2pm today when Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team were called to reports of an animal carcass on Stevenston Beach.

Selected East Ayrshire areas will receive an additional green bin uplift this week.

South Ayrshire recycling collections will be put on hold during this week’s strike action, but household waste will be picked up. Trades unions Unite, Unison and GMB are currently considering a five per cent offer from Cosla, but say the strikes are still set to go ahead from Wednesday.

A plan to build glamping pods in the heart of Burns country has sparked an uprising from residents.

East Ayrshire Labour have backed council workers in their bid to secure a better pay settlement.

The two per cent pay offer made to council workers is ‘nothing short of an insult’ when councillors "gave themselves a 5.2 percent increase", say trade unions.

Concert promoters secretly pulled the plug on two huge Ayr gigs more than a month ago, Ayrshire Live can reveal.

The Conservatives’ promise to save Ayr’s High Flats could be scuppered after the discovery of asbestos.

Youth is expected to enjoy a real voice in the new-look North Ayrshire Council, says a councillor who broke the mould five years ago.

Mercy crews have been scrambled to an estate in Ayr this evening after a house explosion.

South Ayrshire will see the successful candidate "drive transformational change" in children's services.A job ad posted on the local authority's website shows the 21-hours-a-week post carrying a salary of up to £36,868 per year.The Grade 5/Level 16 post has an hourly rate of between £32.67 and £33.67.The position, based at Ayr's County Buildings, will also oversee children's services planning.South Ayrshire Council says the position was evaluated to determine the wage made available but critics

East Ayrshire primary school with no heating or hot water is to partially close today.Crosshouse Primary's P5-7 classes along with the early years centre cannot open to children, the local authority confirmed.East Ayrshire Council said that children already at the school will be cared for until parents are able to collect them.A statement from East Ayrshire Council reads: "Due to an issue with the heating system the Crosshouse campus does not have any hot water or heating today and cannot open

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA technical hitch means a Lidl appeal meeting won’t be broadcast live as previously hoped.But North Ayrshire Council say it will still be available for the public to view online soon after the meeting is held.Lidl’s fate was due to be decided on September 2, but the local review body pushed the decision to a pre-examination meeting - set for this Wednesday, October 7 - to examine the appeal in

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

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

North Ayrshire Council says it is making steady progress in tackling the backlog of grass-cutting caused by the temporary halt of the service due to Covid-19.During the initial phase of lockdown, many grounds maintenance staff had to be redeployed to other essential frontline services, including bin collections and food delivery to help in the council’s response to crisis.During this time, only essential grounds maintenance works were carried out.With government measures introduced in late May

Firm Sava Estates has applied for planning permission to change empty office space upstairs at 52 Newmarket Street into a gym and fitness studios.

North Ayrshire Council is to reopen its household recycling centres ‘on a phased basis’ next month.

East Ayrshire recycling collections are to resume next week.

Scammers posing as South Ayrshire Council employees have been offering to collect waste in exchange for cash.

A delivery of 3,800 masks are arriving for council carers as fears emerge that staff don’t have proper gear to protect against coronavirus. 

All swimming pools and libraries will close in South Ayrshire from today as the lockdown continues over coronavirus fears.