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Scotland's biggest Designer Rooms is set to open this summer in Kilmarnock.

The most affordable areas in the UK for first-time buyers have been revealed, and Scotland dominates the list.

Campaigners fighting the development of a £60m wellness park in East Ayrshire say that a report on its environmental impact proves the site needs to be protected.

A memorial to hundreds of East Ayrshire residents who died during the Covid-19 pandemic and tribute to those who were on the frontline is to be proposed by council leader Douglas Reid.

East Ayrshire Council leader Douglas Reid has vowed to keep pushing for improvements to the heart of the area’s road network.

East Ayrshire Council boss Eddie Fraser says that the council has listened to parents as it bids to avoid a repeat of last year's fight over its ASN summer programme.

Child victims and witnesses of crime in East Ayrshire can now access a new support service.

Police officers had a close call while attending an incident on a major Ayrshire road last night.

Chris Cameron insists sloppy Neilston gift-wrapped Bonnyton victory after a second-half horror show.

Residents are starting to return home after a fire which sparked panic in Kilmarnock last night.

East Ayrshire Council's Chief Executive has laid out his concerns about the proposed National Care Service at the Scottish Parliament.

Books of condolence have opened across Ayrshire for members of the public to pay tribute to the Queen.

A bogus tweet claiming East Ayrshire schools will be closed has been rubbished by the council.

Plans for an unprecedented National Care Service could see the 'disintegration' of the partnership built up in the local care sector according to the body set up to oversee social care in East Ayrshire.

East Ayrshire Council chiefs were grilled over the drastic changes to the local authority's summer scheme as kids with additional support needs look set to lose out this summer.

South Ayrshire Council have announced their bid to grab £20m of the UK Government's levelling-up fund to go towards its £45m leisure centre.

East Ayrshire residents could be the happiest amongst the UK, according to an online mortgage advisor’s findings into working from home complaints. Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a new set of challenges, but for East Ayrshire residents it seems they were more than happy to roll out of bed, switch on the laptop and get to work.

Ayrshire has won the prestigious Bucharest International Music Competition – after competing against top musicians from across the globe.East Ayrshire Council’s brass instructor Craig Anderson, who also teaches at the Royal Conservatoire and plays for orchestras across Scotland, formed Lomond Brass last summer when he sought fellow professional musicians to form a group to play the most difficult repertoire.The group consists of Chris Hart, principal trumpet at the RSNO, Scotland’s national

East Ayrshire Council's new chief executive has officially taken the reins at the local authority — and he immediately set his sights on supporting those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.Eddie Fraser began life as the council's top executive on Monday but is no stranger to East Ayrshire, nor to the public sector.Mr Fraser's career spans 34 years as he started with Strathclyde Regional Council in 1986 and joined East Ayrshire in 1998.Most recently, he spent almost seven years as director of

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThe whole of Ayrshire should face the same level of Covid restrictions, writes Sarah Hilley.That is the opinion of East Ayrshire Council leader Douglas Reid after the local authority entered into three weeks of Level 4 lockdown.North Ayrshire has remained at Level 3 while the South and East council regions endure widespread business closures.Councillor Reid said: “Personally, I think it would make

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire will remain in the third level of Covid-19 restrictions.Meanwhile our neighbours in South and East Ayrshire face three weeks at the fourth tier, starting from 6pm this Friday.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has revealed her ‘tough decision’ to move East and South Ayrshire into a tier four in a bid to save Christmas plans.The increased restrictions are the closest to the national

Ayrshire. Scotch beef, lamb, potatoes, langoustines, cheese and ice-cream are among fare from the region set to be promoted.The food and drink sector is considered vital to the recovery of the local economy following the pandemic.East Ayrshire Council leader Douglas Reid said: “It is more important than ever as we seek to recover from the Covid situation.

Kilmarnock’s historic Dean Castle has stalled after the main contractor went out of business. CBC Stone went into administration during lockdown, according to an East Ayrshire Council report.Now council bosses will seek to hire a new firm to take on the mammoth project.Officials are not sure yet when work will restart.East Ayrshire Council leader Douglas Reid said: “We are trying our best to get another contractor to step in.

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

East Ayrshire police officers are now able to patrol remote and rural areas of the community in an effort to target crimes and offences thanks to a joint initiative with the council.New quad bikes can be utilised by specially-trained officers to prevent and detect a variety of crimes, including fly-tipping, thefts of high value machinery, fuel theft and wildlife crime.The local authority’s corporate enforcement officers have also been trained in order to facilitate joint patrols.Chief Inspector

Kilmarnock footpaths this week.They were spotted at Sinclair Court in New Farm Loch last Wednesday night.Now East Ayrshire councillor Barry Douglas has called for more CCTV in the area so that the offenders can be tracked down.The Kilmarnock East and Hurlford elected member said: “It is increasingly becoming a problem.

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

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East Ayrshire schools remains as August 11.

The reopening of a Kilmarnock school has been delayed due to coronavirus.

Businesses are no longer being charged rent if they lease properties from East Ayrshire Council and have had to shut because of coronavirus.

East Ayrshire Council's education chief says that she doesn't know when full delivery of extended nursery hours will be achievable.

An East Ayrshire Council worker saved his colleague's life after he went into cardiac arrest.

More than 900 East Ayrshire Council employees are self-isolating as the coronavirus pandemic hits hard.