15+ hour, 58+ min ago  (392+ words) ADULT learning disability services in East Ayrshire are set to come under detailed external scrutiny as part of a national joint inspection programme. A report to the Integration Joint Board (IJB) outlines how the inspection, led by the Care Inspectorate…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (155+ words) YOUNG footballers are being invited to lace up their boots for a two-week Easter Football Camp at Townhead Park. The camp, run by Cumnock Juniors Community Enterprise (CJCE), will run over two blocks: April 7, 8 and 9, then again from April 14, 15 and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (308+ words) PARENTS, guardians, and young people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun are being urged to shape the country's next steps on children's digital wellbeing. Labour MP Lillian Jones is making the call to residents as the UK Government opens a consultation gathering…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (467+ words) I am immensely proud of our young people in both South and East Ayrshire. They are talented, driven and eager to contribute. Yet figures show that our region sits in the bottom third of all Scottish local authorities for youth…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (603+ words) He learned to ski inside a giant shopping mall and next month will become the first man from United Arab Emirates to take to the Winter Olympic slopes. The route plotted by British-born Alex Astridge all the way to the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (366+ words) THE number of school safeguarding referrals in East Ayrshire rose for the fourth year running in 2024, according to new data. As part of a Freedom of Information request to the local authority looking at the stats between 2020 and 2024, the latest…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (205+ words) SECTIONS of the Barony Campus in Cumnock which have been closed due to heating issues will remain shut tomorrow (January 7). The council has announced that Hillside School, Lochnorris Primary and SLC, and Cherry Trees ECC will stay closed on Wednesday....

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (725+ words) Parents are having to run a "gauntlet of horror" to get support for their children who have special educational needs and disabilities (Send), Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin has said. The actor, who has navigated the system as a parent,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (430+ words) Ministers will seek to crack down on foreign students claiming asylum once their visas run out, reports have suggested. The Home Office is launching a new campaign where, for the first time, it will contact international students and their families,…...