South Ayrshire Council leader Douglas Campbell cites family reasons for standing down

Cairnswell Avenue home where Sandra had lived for 34 years and brought up her children. It was the second time the couple had moved in to look after James’ mum, who also struggled with COPD and osteoporosis and was nursed by them for a year and three months over 2017/18.“It was the last act of kindness I could have done for my mum,” said James, who, as recently as 2018, was named on the tenancy.

Beyoncé took her work advocating for Breonna Taylor, an unarmed 26-year-old Black woman who was killed by police while she was sleeping in her apartment when they entered with a no-knock search warrant in March, one step further yesterday. The singer posted an open letter to the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on her site.

Council chiefs say they will hold a public consultation on the "appropriateness of some monuments and street names in South Ayrshire".It follows calls to remove the statue in Wellington Square of General James George Smith Neill.An online petition has already gathered almost 600 signatures.And the monument has been included in a 'Topple The Racists' website targeting more than 70 sites around the UK.It comes after the removal of a Bristol monument to Edward Colston on Sunday which was then

Household appliances and electrical goods can be recycled at South Lanarkshire’s recycling centres from today (Thursday, June 11).Vans, no larger than a Ford Transit, will also now be able to visit the site on Tuesdays and Thursdays to allow larger and bulkier items to be recycled.Residents will still be able to dispose of general waste and cardboard and garden waste can still be recycled at the council’s six recycling centres in Carluke, Eastfield, Larkhall, East Kilbride, Blantyre and

Pupils will return to South Ayrshire schools in "group rotation systems," it has been confirmed.The region's education boss, Douglas Hutchison, today said that the majority of primary classrooms will run on a "two group" rota.But 12 primaries - as yet unnamed - may have to operate a three group system due to limitations on space.South Ayrshire's education chief confirmed the plans in a letter addressed to parents outlining the potential return to schools.He said the "preferred rotation" was two

It was the news redecorators and recyclers long awaited as dumps officially reopened last Monday.Despite predictions of long queues —and up to two hour waits in other parts of the country — South Ayrshire appeared to take heed to the council’s advice of only visiting if “absolutely essential”.There were no long queues at Ayr’s Heathfield Recycling Centre on Monday, June 1 on day one of reopening.Dump depots at Girvan, Maybole and Troon also appeared in working order as the public ventured out to

Eastfield - reopened at the beginning of the month with a raft of restrictions in place.

East Kilbride's College Milton - reopened at the beginning of the month with a raft of restrictions in place.

Virtual council meetings are being piloted in South Lanarkshire to allow councillors to get back to representing their constituents directly.

Virtual council meetings are being piloted in South Lanarkshire to allow councillors to get back to representing their constituents directly.

Droves of sun worshippers flocked to South Ayrshire’s beaches during the first weekend of the easing of lockdown.

South Lanarkshire beauty spot car parks have been reopened in line with Phase 1 of the Scottish Government’s route map for easing lockdown.

Seth Meyers has given an update on the Trumps, revealing how they’ve been coping in quarantine in his new “Late Night” parody sketch.

South Ayrshire’s coronavirus death toll in care homes has reached the same level as those in a hospital setting.

The government must ‘learn lessons’ from the Great Depression and the Second World War when it comes to rebuilding the country post-pandemic, a council leader has said.

North Ayrshire Council has revealed its plans for reopening the area’s Household Waste Recycling Centres from June 1.

An emergency demolition has been ordered for unsafe lock-ups in Troon after residents were dumping rubbish in them.