37 h. ago Ayrshire groups to star at historic Abbey in special community carol service

The event will involve young people, Cadet Forces, various charities, performers, contributors and members from the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra and Ayr Chamber Orchestra.

Politics

37 h. ago Huge funding boost to help restore historic Ayrshire bandstand

The funding includes £187,666 towards the ambitious Girvan Bandstand restoration project and £58,680 to ensure ACE’s outdoor education programme can be provided to every mainstream primary school in the fund’s area of operation.

Culture

1 week ago Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund

Carmaker’s seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meetingBusiness live – latest updatesNorway’s sovereign wealth fund has said it will vote against a $1tn (£765bn) pay package for the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk.The fund, which is the biggest national wealth fund in the world, said that while it appreciated the “the significant value created under Mr Musk’s visionary role” it would vote against his performance award. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Wives, mothers, fighters, activists: the millennial women keeping Ukraine going

Born into an independent Ukraine, the lives of these young women changed for ever when Russia invaded their country, forcing them to shoulder huge burdens of responsibilityPhotographs by Julia KochetovaUkraine is increasingly a country held together, behind the military lines, by women. Those in their 30s – millennial women born into an independent Ukraine, raised in economic turbulence and thrust into adulthood on the wave of revolution and war – are shouldering huge burdens of responsibility. They are fundraising for the army, or sometimes serving in it. They are running civil society organisations, advocating for their country abroad and becoming activists.At the same time, unlike their male counterparts who are forbidden from leaving the country and are eligible for conscription, they have choices – to join the army, or not; to stay in the country, or not. For some, the question of whether to have children, when the war shows no sign of abating, looms large. For many of them, ex...

Politics

2 w. ago David Attenborough backs £30 million bid to buy historic Rothbury Estate

The conservationists have plans to boost wildlife, restore bogs and champion nature-friendly farming

Economics

2 w. ago Urban councils expecting huge losses under feared late funding formula change

Authorities in the north and the Midlands are braced for bad news when a new measure of deprivation that affects income is published on Thursday.

Economics

2 w. ago London 'will avoid worst of Angela Rayner's council funding raid' after fears of huge tax rises and service cuts

Former deputy prime minister had proposed to channel funding away from the capital into more deprived areas of the country

Economics

2 w. ago 'I spent £75K on my partner but then I read his journal and it destroyed me'

A woman has revealed she spent a huge amount of money on her partner funding his lifestyle - all to discover how he really felt by reading his journal and his confession

Economics

2 w. ago A new name, and £40,000 raised at hospice charity fundraiser

St Ann's Hospice has rebranded ahead of opening a huge new building in Heald Green - and the fundraising continued in earnest with a glittering charity lunch

Economics

3 w. ago George Baldock leaves huge fortune to baby son after drowning in pool at Greek home

George Baldock has left his £4million fortune to his son, Brody, following his death last year with his fiancee managing the huge source of funds until his child turns 18

Events

3 w. ago The historic East Ayrshire mining village once named Scotland's 'most dismal'

It was previously criticised for its "derelict properties".

Politics