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North Ayrshire is Scottish poverty hotspot

NORTH Ayrshire has one of the highest poverty levels in the country, shock new figures reveal.Read

Dreghorn housing office to close

DREGHORN is to lose its housing office from the beginning of October.Read

Lib Dem Ruby to contest Cunninghame South seat

IRVINE East Liberal Democrat councillor Ruby Kirkwood is to fight the Cunninghame South seat at next year’s Scottish Parliament elections.Read

Irvine Supergran starts super club for old folk

STROKE victim Janice Raeside is turning her hand to running a pensioners’ club after raising NINE kids.Read

Marymass Parade one of the best ever

ORGANISERS of the Marymass Parade put on the best show for years on Saturday as the sun shone and the rain held off until the last minute.Read

LH Confidential

I HAD a great day at the gala in Bridgegate last weekend.Read

Kilwinning Abbey treasure hunt begins

DEPUTY Lord Lieutenant Erica Lockett cut the turf at the site of Kilwinning’s archaeological dig on Wednesday as the army of volunteers crowded round.Read

Marymass Queens reunited at Saturday's parade

MORE than 100 former Queens and Marys joined Saturday’s parade.Read

Marymass Parade prize winners

RAB Anderson and Jane Harkness continued their winning streak in the Marymass parade by taking first and SECOND prize in the best dressed heavy horse class.Read

Marymass Runners and Riders

CROC of Gold ridden by T Williams and owned by Elderwood Racing won the richest race – the UPM Caledonian Sprint – at the annual Marymass meeting on Saturday.Read

Slimming column with Sarah

AT THE moment we are voting for the group’s woman of the year.Read

Marymass 2010 gets off to flyer

MARYMASS 2010 got off to a flying start with the unfurling of the festival flag at the Townhouse to mark the beginning of 12 days of events and pageantry.Read

Down Memory Lane with Mae McEwan

ONCE again I’m saying – “Ane thing aye leads to another” for remember last time I wrote I mentioned Watson’s Hosiery or rather Hosiery Manufacturing Co, Ltd, of Ballot Road?Read