A PRIVATE landlord in North Ayrshire has raked in £372,000 in public money, in figures released by the council leader. The private landlord received direct Local Housing Allowance payments of £372,000 from North Ayrshire Council but the total amount
SATURDAY’S Coral Scottish Grand win was a great triumph for the north with trainer Nicky Richards one of the trainers who regularly sends horses to Ayr over the winter from his base at Greystoke Castle near Penrith.Taking Risks, the 25-1 shot was a convincing
SALTCOATS Bowling Club got the new season underway in the sunshine at the weekend. The gents opening day was held on Saturday and new president Andy Stevenson welcomed members old and new and guests to the club for a game, some refreshments and
IRVINE’S Portal Leisure Centre was visited a quarter of a million times more than Harvies in 2018, we can exclusively reveal. During last year, 624,395 visits to Harvies were clocked in by both members and visitors alike but this was overshadowed
THUGS vandalised a WWI soldier’s grave at Stevenston’s New Street Cemetery. Broken glass was found last week around the resting place of Sapper McCallum, a Royal Engineer who died on July 5, 1919. Members of the Saltcoats, Ardrossan and Stevenston
A Saltcoats pensioner has been fined for carrying a knife. Christopher Hutchinson, 73, pled guilty to a charge of carrying an article with a blade in Raise Street. Hutchinson, of Robertson Crescent, was fined £400 for the offence when he appeared
ARDROSSAN Indoor Bowling Club was presented with a new and potentially lifesaving defibrillator last week. Kirsty Millar and Scott Wallace were on hand to pass it over from charity CRY UK who hold screenings across the country for younger people
