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Bikers group need a new home

A GROUP of bikers are hoping to find a permanent home after being chased off spare ground for months.Read

Residents call for revamp of "eysore" Vennel

RESIDENTS of one of Irvine’s oldest streets want it returned back to its former glory.Read

Power station to breathe life into Ardeer

THE former Ardeer site in Stevenston is to come back to life as a giant recycling centre.Read

Car vandal's rampage in Dreghorn

A HOODED thug armed with a metal pole smashed up eight cars during an early morning rampage in Dreghorn on Sunday.Read

Firemen free teenager trapped 50ft up Kilwinning Abbey

SCORES of anxious spectators watched on Sunday night as firefighters were forced to bring in specialised equipment to rescue a teenager who was trapped in an alcove 50ft up the crumbling gable wall of Kilwinning Abbey.Read

Blueprint for new Kilwinning homes go on show

RESIDENTS who helped shape a new £5.5m council house development on the site of a former Kilwinning school saw the finalised plans go on show this week.Read

Irvine gears up for Commonwealth Games

IRVINE is gearing up for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.Read

Trident replacement is bonkers say campaigners

AYRSHIRE’S four MPs have been quizzed on their stance on the replacement of Britain’s nuclear weapons system.Read

VAT hite will hurt old folk most, says MSP

THE hike in VAT will cost Britain’s pensioners a staggering £8 BILLION and Scottish families will have to cough up an extra £400 a year, an MP claimed this week.Read

Bowlers win £10k with a 20p bet

A BOWLING club syndicate have netted over £10,000 on the horses.Read

MP Donohoe in fishing crisis talks

AN MP is calling for a round the table meeting to save Scotland’s fishing industry.Read

Irvine's £70m harbour plans on the rocks?

THE future of the massive £70m Harbourside redevelopment in Irvine is in jeopardy, we can exclusively reveal.Read

Police step up Stevenston murder hunt

POLICE were this week piecing together the last movements of a Stevenston man brutally murdered in the early hours of Sunday.Read

Schoolboy David cycles seven miles for charity

KIND-HEARTED schoolboy David McKenna cycled seven miles on Saturday to raise cash for a children’s charity.Read

Car parking sign baffles motorists

BUNGLING roads bosses have been forced to reposition a traffic sign after it was put up facing the wrong way.Read

Irivne man restores Convenanter monument at Old Parish Church

IRVINE’S Andrew Blakely is an active member of the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association.Read

LH Confidential

THERE’S only one snag with taking summer holidays early on in the season – it now feels as though everyone else is jetting off and I’m left behind.Read