19 h. ago Artisans take centre stage as Handmade in Ayr Market returns to town

Business was brisk throughout the weekend and organiser Leona Stewart was delighted with the turnout.

Politics

23 h. ago Albanian gang jailed over £1.8m cannabis farm found in derelict Ayrshire shopping centre

Elton Skenderi, 29, Gjovalin Toma, 31, and Eduard Daja, 39, were all locked up after cops unfurled a plan to flood Scotland with cannabis.

Economics

2 w. ago Ayrshire driving test centres have some of best pass rates in the UK

Pass rates at the county's test centres in Ayr, Cumnock, Girvan and Irvine all had higher pass rates than the UK average.

Politics

2 w. ago Site in Ayrshire is identified for proposed new contaminated soil treatment centre

Killoch Resources Limited has lodged initial proposals to build the new centre at their Killoch Depot, off the A70 and west of Ochiltree.

Politics

3 w. ago Ayrshire adolescent mental health facility to open in January

Foxgrove - the National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service - at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine is due to become fully operational in January.

Politics

3 w. ago Former national watersports centre in Ayrshire to go under the hammer

The National Watersports Centre on Cumbrae is set to be sold at auction with a guide price of £275,000 five years after it closed.

Politics

4 w. ago Trio jailed for £1.8m cannabis factory in abandoned Ayrshire shopping centre

Two of the three men had been ordered to be deported from the UK - with one managing to return after he had been kicked out.

Economics