Craig Nisbet

Stories by Craig Nisbet

Below are recent stories by Craig Nisbet

• Published: 13 Mar 2010 15:22

  ONE IN FIVE APPLY MAKE-UP WHILE DRIVING

  A FIFTH of women from North Ayrshire have admitted to using make-up while driving.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 17:00

  FAMILY'S HEARTACHE AT CARE PARTNERS NEWS

  INCONSOLABLE - that was the verdict of a Stevenston dad after his disabled daughter learned the Care Partner she had learened to like and trust was being taken away.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 17:00

  QUIDS IN!

  A NEW fund aimed at encouraging job creation in North Ayrshire has awarded another £48,730 here and across the county.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 17:00

  NOT SUCH A HOME SWEET HOME

  Saltcoats couple Craig and Emma Bradshaw say their dream four-bedroom detached home on a Stewrt Milne Homes development has become a nightmare.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 11:00

  CUSTOMS HOUSE DEMOLITION BEGINS

  The ongoing transformation of Ardrossan's harbourside and town centre area continues this week.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 10:00

  SALTCOATS' NEW STARS

  A group of children from St Anthony's Primary School in Saltcoats are to star in a special video designed to promote the area.

• Published: 5 Mar 2010 11:18

  Customs House work is due to begin next week

  THE ongoing transformation of Ardrossan's harbourside and town centre area continues with the news that demolition work is due to begin on the former Customs House building on March 11.

• Published: 5 Mar 2010 11:09

  No plans to close centre

  THE council moved to reassure the public that there are NO plans to close Ardrossan's popular Whitlees Centre - despite fears in the town leading to a petition calling for the facility to be kept open.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 10:22

  Pupils achieve Duke of Edinburgh Awards

  CONGRATULATIONS to the latest Duke of Edinburgh Award-winners from North Ayrshire schools, who gathered for a ceremony at the Volunteer Rooms in Irvine this week.

• Published: 27 Feb 2010 16:47

  MORE THAN 1300 PUPILS EXCLUDED

  MORE than 1,300 North Ayrshire schoolchildren were excluded for violent, abusive or disobedient behaviour during the 2008/2009 session, new figures show.

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 16:17

  Gas blast drama

  A HOUSEHOLDER had a lucky escape on Tuesday evening when a gas explosion blew out his living room windows.

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 16:10

  Care group left high and dry

  A DEVASTING blow completely out of the blue - that's the verdict of Ardrossan-based Care Partners on the news that they are to lose 90 per cent of their funding in the massive cuts announced by North Ayrshire Council.

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 16:03

  Double swimming success for Ardrossan brothers

  ARDROSSAN Academy pupils Jordan and Ross Hughes recently competed in the Scottish Schools' Swimming Championships at Tollcross, Glasgow.

• Published: 19 Feb 2010 10:35

  Teenager's knife wounds

  POLICE were called after a teenager was allegedly stabbed at a gathering in a house in Stevenston last Tuesday evening.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 14:23

  Tragic Beith fire claims man's life

  A 55-YEAR-OLD man has died following a fire at his home in Beith on Saturday.

• Published: 17 Feb 2010 16:25

  COMEBACK VICTORY

  BATTLING George McIlroy bounced back into the ring on Monday night - and returned to his winning ways.

• Published: 16 Feb 2010 09:44

  STANLEY YOUNGSTERS ARE ATHLETIC CHAMPS

  STANLEY primary pupils show off their certificates after their success in athletics. All pupils pictured are named.

• Published: 16 Feb 2010 09:36

  THE END OF AN ERA FOR JIM

  THE Rev Jim Smith, MBE, TD brought an era to an end this week when he retired from an Army chaplaincy that lasted just three months short of 27 years and took him all over the world including the bloody battle-zone of Kosovo and saw him receive one of Britain's major honours.

• Published: 16 Feb 2010 09:32

  YVONNE RETURNS FROM INSIGHTFUL AFRICA TRIP

  Saltcoats optometrist Yvonne Gilmour has successfully returned from her sight-giving charity trip to Burkina Faso, providing glasses to hundreds of people in the impoverished African country.

• Published: 28 Jan 2010 10:47

  A sad discovery

  THE body of a 43-year-old man was discovered on South Beach on Friday morning.

• Published: 28 Jan 2010 10:28

  TV stars in town

  THE vacant former Bute Service Centre in Ardrossan was a hive of activity last week as two major acting stars and a big-budget production descended on the north end of the town.

• Published: 20 Jan 2010 11:00

  PHONE MAST FURY

  There was widespread anger in the north of Ardrossan this week after the Reporter to the Scottish Government overturned the council's decision to deny planning permisison for a mobile phone mast and base.

• Published: 15 Jan 2010 10:00

  BAREFACED CHEEK OF SALT GANG

  Cheeky thieves stole council salt bins before using the loot in a moneymaking scheme.

• Published: 7 Jan 2010 10:37

  Competition for CalMac?

  A FERRY war was declared this week on services going to Arran.

• Published: 7 Jan 2010 09:52

  NAC: "We've got plenty of grit"

  WE won't run out of grit and salt!

• Published: 6 Jan 2010 15:36

  Grit row continues

  MPs and other politicians continue to be inundated with complaints about the state of the district's roads over Christmas and New Year.

• Published: 31 Dec 2009 13:54

  Unison steps in over NAC job cuts

  NORTH Ayrshire UNISON Branch union leaders have reacted with mounting concern to the council's recent letter to the workforce and press speculation about huge job losses.

• Published: 30 Dec 2009 12:01

  Snow causes grit row

  ANGRY residents on a Dalry estate are up in arms at the council's failure to grit their roads and pavements.

• Published: 30 Dec 2009 11:59

  Man seriously injured after accident at Ardrossan station

  TRANSPORT Police have confirmed that a man was seriously injured in an accident at an Ardrossan station.

• Published: 30 Dec 2009 11:55

  CCTV cameras for Dalry and Kilbirnie

  BIG brother will be watching you in Dalry and Kilbirnie over the coing months, with eight new CCTV cameras due to be installed in the two towns and Largs.