THE Christmas lights in Saltcoats are now twinkling after Friday night’s spectacular switch-on.
Hundreds of people packed the streets and crowded the town centre for the momentous occasion which saw Saltcoats plunge into an array of beautiful lights.
The parade which left from Union Street car park at 6pm wound its way around the town with the 20-strong District Pipe Band leading the way along with the British Legion, Ardrossan Coastguard, Winton Flute Band and the Ardrossan Sea Cadets.
AN attempt to take the same picture of the ghost captured on Saltcoats shorefront in November has failed- but readers still believe there is more to the image than meets the eye.
RUMOURS circulating among Stevenston residents that a dog walker had stumbled across a shallow grave containing a dead body have been quashed by police.
PARENTS of youngsters attending Ardrossan's newly-rebuilt Stanley Primary say they are shocked and alarmed at plans to site a 50-foot-high mobile phone mast around 50 metres from the school playground.
A KILBIRNIE soldier who expected to miss the birth of hif first child ended up being sent home from Afghanistan after suffering from an illness and just in time for the new arrival.