Scotland is in lockdown. Shops are closing and newspaper sales are falling fast. We’re not exaggerating when we say that the future of the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, and the vital local news service we’ve provided since 1853, is under threat.
A TEENAGER from Kilbirnie downed a cocktail of drinks before terrifying his family with a knife and a pair of scissors. Nineteen-year-old Andy McFarlane, currently residing in Greenside Avenue, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive way
A free food delivery service to families in need and will now reach almost 4,000 households each week. Having already launched a service for families whose children receive free school meals and/or clothing grants, North Ayrshire Council's scheme
The Scottish Government will work with broadcast providers Hospedia to give free TV to all in-patients at Crosshouse and Ayr Hospital for the next three months. The move is to account for the restrictions that are in place for visiting patients
NORTH Ayrshire Council is closing the majority of its car parks to deter those people who continue to visit some of the area's most popular destinations. Despite clear guidance from the UK and Scottish Governments that people are to take exercise
Police officers have issued 18 fixed penalty notices in Ayrshire for flouting coronavirus regulations. Across the whole of Scotland, officers issued just 144 fixed penalty notices under new legislation underpinning the important guidance between
ARDROSSAN pupils going for gold on the Duke of Edinburgh awards recently completed a gruelling trek over four days. Six pupils joined by their teacher endure rain, wind and freezing temperatures to trek an 80km distance earlier in March. Duke
An Ardrossan father-of-two repeatedly said his case of coronavirus was non-life-threatening just hours before he died. Ryan Storrie, 40, was told to keep self-isolating but his wife, Hilary, said he should have gone to hospital. Hilary said
