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Rivergate owners make plea to save shopping centre

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE owners of the Rivergate shopping mall have made an 11th hour plea to North Ayrshire Council to throw out plans for TWO supermarket developments in Irvine – because it could put the survival of the centre and its 1750 jobs in jeopardy.

1000 North Ayrshire Council workers offered early retirement

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MORE than 1000 North Ayrshire Council workers have been offered early retirement as the local authority battle to save cash.

The Carrick given stay of execution

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE Carrick was this week granted a dramatic stay of execution to allow Australian campaigners more time to find cash for a salvage operation.

Pothole repairs begin in Irvine

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WORK has started to repair the damage done to roads in North Ayrshire by the severe winter weather – and it could cost an extra £1 MILLION to fill in the thousands of potholes caused by the big freeze-up.

Blind man attacked and robbed

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SICK yobs shoved a blind man to the ground and robbed him of his white stick and dark glasses in Castlepark on Friday night.

North Ayrshire kids are film stars

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A NEW film produced by the Irvine Bay Regeneration Company stars primary pupils from North Ayrshire.

Builders get £130,000 to ensure Bailey Bridge opens on time

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IRVINE’S Bailey Bridge replacement WILL be ready on time next month – thanks to a £130,000 sweetener.

Irvine Housing Association tenants attend first conference

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MORE than 60 Irvine Housing Association tenants attended the first-ever tenants’ conference.

MP Katy Clark backs teachers

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

NORTH Ayrshire and Arran MP Katy Clark is backing teachers who marched in their thousands in Glasgow against cuts in education budgets.

Irvine Bay host seminar to win business

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IRVINE Bay, the team who plan to regenerate Irvine and Kilwinning, headed to Edinburgh and Glasgow to encourage hospitality and retail developers to come to the area.

SNP hit out at high fuel costs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SNP candidate for North Ayrshire and Arran, Patricia Gibson is calling for a cut in petrol tax.

First round results of North Ayrshire Burns competition

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IRVINE’S Old Parish Church hall was the venue for the annual North Ayrshire Council Burns Verse Speaking Competition.

Hard hitting drama at Harbour Arts Centre

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A NEW thriller will be staged at Irvine’s Harbour Arts Centre this week.

Coffee morning at Kidron House

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

DREGHORN’S Kidron House hosted a coffee day for the Philippine Community Fund.

New lunch club launched at carers' centre

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

CARERS in Irvine and the surrounding towns are being invited to a new lunch club.

Mikey Hughes plans of dance DJ future

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

KILWINNING Big Brother star Mikey Hughes is heading to London for a course that could land him his dream job as a dance DJ.

Royal Navy recruit lauded after training success

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A ROYAL Navy recruit from Irvine has completed his hat trick of trophies during just nine weeks of basic training.

Eight jobs lost in reshuffle at North Ayrshire Council

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

NORTH Ayrshire Council is to reshuffle an entire department with the loss of eight jobs to save £250,000 a year.

Vandals attack Dreghorn War Memorial

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SICK vandals have set fire to stolen wheelie bins on the site of Dreghorn War Memorial.

Cohen brother film festival at Harbour Arts Centre

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

OSCAR winner Jeff Bridges will be starring in a free film screening at Irvine’s Harbour Arts Centre this Friday.