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Families to get help with fuel bills

MSP Aileen Campbell has said she is relieved that 10,000 more families will be given cash as the result of an extension of the Scottish Government’s Energy Assistance Package.Read

Peter Howson to showcase at new gallery

KILWINNING artist Joe McLaughlin is to open his new Glasgow studio and gallery with a showcase of work by one of the country’s leading painters.Read

Career show for Irvine teens

SENIOR pupils at Irvine and Kilwinning have been invited to find out about careers at a massive exhibition in Glasgow next month.Read

Irvine police defend use of ‘cocaine torches’

POLICE in Irvine are using controversial ultra violet torches to check pub and club toilets for traces of cocaine.Read

North Ayrshire Council workers off 13 days a year on sick

COUNCIL workers in North Ayrshire have an average of almost 13 days off a year on the sick, according to latest figures.Read

Council give Irvine Bay £1m land bank

NORTH Ayrshire Council are to give Irvine Bay Regeneration £1m worth of seafront land.Read

Irvine boxer needs a job or he will have to go to New Zealand

A TEENAGE boxing star faces quitting the sport he loves and moving to the other side of the world if he doesn’t get a job.Read

MSP toasts Robert Burns

MSP Aileen Campbell is urging North Ayrshire residents to join in the biggest worldwide toast to Robert Burns.Read

Irvine tenants throw out charity move

SHAREHOLDER tenants left their landlords with a bloody nose after plans to turn Irvine Housing Association into a charity were kicked out.Read

Mikey to prep Big Brother hopefuls

FORMER Big Brother contestant Mikey Hughes is to offer advice to hopeful housemates at the Big Brother auditions in Glasgow this weekend.Read

Maurice Golden

Conservative candidate selected for North Ayrshire

CONSERVATIVE candidate Maurice Golden is hoping for two firsts this spring – to win his seat in North Ayrshire and to welcome his first child to the world.Read

Residents hit out at lack of grit on pavements

BLACKLANDS residents in Kilwinning have hit out at North Ayrshire Council’s lack of gritting during the big freeze.Read

Eddi Reader - Burns Ambassador

IRVINE singer Eddi Reader is to become the first celebrity Burns Ambassador in time for the bard’s 251st birthday.Read

Model railway show at Irvine

IRVINE is to host the 28th annual model railway exhibition in the Volunteer Rooms this weekend.Read

Folk duo for Girvan

NEW Yorker Bob Conroy and Cork musician Tony Canniffe guest at Girvan Folk Club on Friday, January 29.Read

SNP candidate hits out at petrol increases

SNP Westminster candidate for North Ayrshire and Arran, Councillor Patricia Gibson, has called on the UK Government to reconsider its fuel duty escalator planned for April 2010 as petrol prices rise across Scotland.Read

Ayrshire unemployed numbers down

AN MP has repeated his call for a new jobs initiative across Ayrshire despite a drop in the number of people out of work.Read

Oz Carrick campaigners hail ‘breakthrough’ talks

CAMPAIGNERS from Australia have emerged as the clear favourites to save the Carrick clipper ship after ‘breakthrough’ talks took place with the Scottish Government this week.Read

Kilwinning Academy cash for Haiti

HAITI APPEAL: Pupils and staff at Kilwinning Academy delved into their pockets to raise £1000 for the Haiti Appeal.Read

Classic films at Harbour Arts Centre

FILM fans should look out for a double bill of Danny Boyle films at Irvine’s Harbour Arts Centre next week.Read

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