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double death tragedy in Ayrshire. Police are probing the sudden death of Lisa Milne, 38, and a 38-year-old man after the pair's bodies were discovered at South Vennel in Irvine at around 2.55pm on Friday, May 28.

Irvine beach along with thousands of others.

Irvine Meadow failed in an audacious bid to sign former Motherwell and Livingston striker Dylan Mackin, Ayrshire Football News can reveal.

iOS and Android.Run in partnership with KA Leisure, the new Marress Cricket Academy will work closely with primary and secondary schools in North Ayrshire, introducing youngsters to the sport and offering them a pathway into the club’s youth system.The hope then is to create a one-club culture which will see promising youngsters progress to Irvine’s senior teams in time.Derek said: “With the club’s 200th anniversary not too far away, we want to ensure cricket is in Irvine for many more years.“We’re the only cricket club left in North Ayrshire now sadly, and we want to get to a position where we are producing homegrown talent.“Introducing kids to the sport is the best way to do that.

legal dispute with his gran after £50,000 of her savings vanished was ordered to repay thousands of pounds to relatives.We revealed last week how James Mill, from Irvine, Ayrshire, had failed to fulfil a court order to return the money Isabella Mill and her partner gave him when he offered to help them buy a home together.Now it has emerged that a firm linked to the 33-year-old’s hotel business “unlawfully deducted” wages from his mum’s cousin’s wife and her son – while the dispute with his gran was ongoing.An employment tribunal ordered the firm to pay back more than £8000 to the two former workers and revealed how other staff had complained of missing wages.Isabella, 77, cried as she told the Sunday Mail how she had been forced to take

£50,000 of her and her partner’s life savings.Isabella Mill, 77, and John McCartan, 75, trusted her businessman grandson James Mill with the money after he promised to help them buy their new home together.But now, three years on, he’s boasting about a flash lifestyle in a £320,000 property while his devastated gran had to borrow money to move to a modest two-bedroom flat in Irvine, Ayrshire.Retired factory supervisor Isabella cried as she told of her “anger” at the grandson she once loved, while ex-lorry driver John said he had been left “feeling sick” at the loss of their savings.Isabella said: “I didn’t think he would do this to me.

ecstasy has backed calls to review Scotland’s “ghastly” not proven verdict after watching the man who gave her the drug walk free from court.Grace Handling was 13 when she died after taking pills given to her by Callum Owens at his home in Irvine, Ayrshire, on the last day of school in June 2018.Owens went on trial at the High Court in Glasgow last year accused of killing Grace and admitted he had supplied the youngster with the tablets before finding her dead and fleeing.The 20-year-old was acquitted of culpable ­homicide when a jury found the case against him not proven.Grace’s dad Stewart, 51, is backing calls by First Minister Nicola ­Sturgeon for a review of the verdict, which is only open to jurors in ­Scotland, saying it is robbing

North Ayrshire over the next fortnight.A temporary testing site is being set up at Unit 24, Bridgegate, Irvine, KA12 8BJ and will be open from 10am to 6pm every day from Thursday, March 25 to Wednesday April 7.People who don't have any of the three main Covid symptoms – a new, continuous cough, high temperature and loss or change in taste or smell – are encouraged to attend.There is no need to book but the site is only for people with no symptoms.Local employers can also take advantage of the service by encouraging their staff, without symptoms, to get tested.Health chiefs say this will help reduce the risk of outbreaks occurring in the workplace and minimise the effect this can have on employees’ health and continuity of the business.

New Zealand at the beginning of the pandemic.Jaye Tremble has only spent two months in lockdown since the coronavirus outbreak last year.The 22-year-old, from Irvine, spent 2020 going to four festivals, nightclubs every weekend, and travelled the country in a campervan before getting a job at a kiwi farm on the other side of the world.But despite her freedom Jaye admitted she is really missing her family and getting a chinese takeaway.Now she has lifted the lid on what her life has been like since arriving last February.Jaye said: “I honestly feel like I’ve hit the jackpot for moving here.“I’ve travelled all over New Zealand, I’ve literally seen more of this country than I’ve seen of Scotland.“I’ve been skiing, paragliding, dolphin

husband put down a 'green carpet' instead of astro turf in their garden.Pauline Tremble, 54, 'didn't have the heart' to tell Andy, 61, to get rid it after he unveiled his hard work in the garden.The couple from Irvine forked out for the material after bargain lover Andy spotted it on eBay.But it wasn't until he rolled it out that Pauline noticed it was 'rough as sandpaper' and feared someone might 'lose half a leg' if they fell on it.Pauline said: "I don't have the heart to tell him to lift it, he was so pleased with himself until he saw my face."He said it will look fine once he makes a set of wooden toadstools and a table and buys a dozen gnomes from poundland."It's probably listed as astro turf but you can see the colour of it, no grass

iOS and Android.Coach and founder Alec insists his vision for the club has finally been realised 15 years after first opening the doors.And by naming the facility, the John Mullen Health and Fitness Centre, he hopes it can be a fitting legacy to his late father, the renowned Springside Boxing Club trainer.Alec said: "It doesn't get any better than this."I dreamed of having a place like this for many years and I have to pinch myself when I look around it.

Home Bargains store opened its doors this week - complete with a garden centre and a giant alcohol section. The new store opened its doors in Irvine's Riverway Retail Park - just four doors down from its previous home, but three times the size.

Ayrshire town have been revealed. Mr Ross Gibb has submitted proposals to convert part of an office in Irvine into a 500 litre micro brewery.

Scots ‘romeo’ who crossed the Irish Sea on a jet ski to see his girlfriend has sold the machine for a £625 profit. Dale McLaughlan, from Irvine, hit the headlines after travelling for four-and-a-half hours over choppy waters to visit his girlfriend Jessica Radcliffe on the Isle of Man.

Covid-19 in December just two weeks apart but was left shocked when he was given the tragic news of Andy’s death. Andy, from Irvine, was a regular gym-goer with no underlying health conditions.

teenager has told of the excruciating pain he suffered after being impaled by a chunk of wood through his bum cheek. Finn Johnston was enjoying the snow at Afton Reservoir, East Ayrshire, with his pals when he suffered the horrific twist of fate.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA retired Irvine schoolteacher who has fundraised tirelessly for the Ayrshire Hospice has been honoured in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.Margaret Cook, 82, was awarded the British Empire Medal for her work with the hospice.She has been involved with the Ayrshire Hospice Ladies Lunch club for more than 20 years, serving as president for a decade.During that time, the lunch club has raised thousands of pounds to help buy vital equipment for end of life care.Margaret, a schoolteacher in Irvine for 40 years until she retired in 1999, said: “I’ve known about this for around a month now and initially I had mixed feelings about it.“I just

lovesick Romeo jailed for riding a jetski from Scotland to see her on the Isle of Man says she will marry him – if he asks.

care home has combated Covid restrictions by building an outdoor visitor hub for residents to see their families. Abbeyfield House, in Irvine, has created a safe space for the old folk to meet their families in a garden setting - while managing to be undercover and warm in the winter.

jailed for breaching coronavirus rules after he took the four-and-a-half hour trip to visit his girlfriend. McLaughlan, from North Ayrshire, made the crossing despite having never driven a water scooter before, the BBC reports.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA graphic design firm is aiming to put a smile back on folks’ faces with a hilarious new range of personalised masks.Face coverings have become part of our daily lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.But now customers of Auld Lang Signs in Irvine can order masks customised with photos of the lower half of their own faces.Owner Graham Crawley came up with the idea while working on a project with Kilwinning band Vukovi.He said: “The band’s album artwork has a cartoon face on it and the lead singer wanted it recreated on a mask.“It just gave me the idea to use real faces, so I knocked up a few examples and it worked brilliantly.“We’re