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Council crews are dealing with the aftermath of Storm Isha after Ayr homes had their roofs blown off by ferocious winds.

Among hundreds of South Ayrshire projects considered for investment were a handful of schemes that had formed the core of the Conservative’s manifesto in 2022.

A proposal to turn shop storage space into six flats in Ayr High Street has ‘disaster written all over it’, according to an objector.

Ayrshire’s top police officer says that ‘unprecedented demand’ on police since the covid outbreak has created major challenges.

Heroin and cocaine were seized during raids by police chiefs during a "week of action" trageting drugs in South Ayrshire.

Ayr’s top cop says two terrifying fire attacks in the town are not linked.

South Ayrshire Conservatives have launched their manifesto ahead of May's council elections.

South Ayrshire Council is 'jumping the gun' as it looks to rush through the £1.9m demolition of Ayr's high flats this week, despite the fact that residents still remain in their homes.

Residents have been evacuated from their homes today after a fire took hold of a flat in Ayr.

Police are on the scene of a major incident in Ayr this morning.

A ‘young team’ have been spotted riding a stolen JCB steamroller through an Ayrshire estate, with police launching a probe into the incident.

A ‘young team’ have been spotted riding a stolen JCB steamroller through an Ayrshire estate, with police launching a probe into the incident.

Ayrshire.The warning message has been issued in the Wallacetown area of Ayr after users 'anecdotally’ told peer workers of the dangerous batch.Ayrshire Live understands that drug support workers are on high alert over the drug.The Riverside Community Trust (RCT) first raised the alarm several weeks ago with users passing on their concerns.Last week, a source confirmed that the charity which provides services to the homeless and those with drug issues is making users aware with leaflets being handed out at meetings.Police said there was no proof of a ‘bad batch’ circulating in Wallacetown, with public health stating they are “committed” to tackling drugs misuse across Ayrshire.In a warning to users, the RCT shared a poster which warned:

Ayr's Gaiety Partnership.The project, funded by Creative Scotland’s Culture Collective and Youthlink’s Get Into Summer programme, has seen kids from Wallacetown taking up the mantle.Theatre impresario Jerry Taylor has been at the hub of activity, engaging youngsters who dream of taking to the stage or looking to learn skills such as graffiti art and parkour.Ayr Gaiety is one of 23 projects in Scotland that make up The Culture Collective, a pilot programme establishing a network of creative practitioners, organisations and communities working together to create a positive difference locally and nationally in response to COVID-19.The programme supports a participatory approach, working collaboratively to actively engage people in shaping the

Ayr’s Wallacetown with the police to find out how to fix the area’s problems.Council depute chief executive Douglas Hutchison toured streets on the estates which are among the most deprived in Scotland.It is part of efforts led by the groundbreaking violence reduction unit to decrease attacks by breaking the cycle of crime in the area.

Ayrshire community is in turmoil with furious residents saying they have been forgotten.Wallacetown in Ayr has been plagued with problems for years with those who stay there calling for urgent action.Now community leaders have issued a damning statement of "harrowing" and "intolerable" living conditions, as they call for the flats, known locally as White City, to be flattened.Chair of Fort Seafield Wallacetown Community Council Norman McLean has called for urgent investment and resources to be ploughed into dealing with "chronic'' issues.It comes after we told of horror flats within the community, with residents at a block on MacAdam Square having to deal with horrendous scenes of drug use at their front door.But Norman has accused South

Ayrshire Local Democracy Reporting Service how an access road to the proposed farm would be built through fields. A deer bounded through the landscape as we looked on.

Ayr’s Wallacetown.The Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has moved into the area as it is among the poorest in Scotland.The team aim to stop attacks such as stabbings occurring in the first place by concentrating on the causes.Its new base will be at Newton Primary headed up by Ayrshire inspector Jason Peter. Since the VRU's creation in 2005, homicides in Scotland have more than halved.

Ayrshire estate has been withdrawn at the eleventh hour. Dozens of Kilmarnock residents objected to proposals to construct a home on a spare strip of land on the Southcraig estate.

Kilmarnock neighbours have railed against a bid to build a home on a spare strip of land in the middle of a housing estate.

  The 124 positive coronavirus cases in South Ayrshire between December 4 and December 10 in every neighbourhood: Alloway and Doonfoot - 8 Dalmilling - 3 Annbank, Mossblown and Tarbolton - 0-2 (suppressed) Holmston and Forehill - 11 Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South -6 Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 7 Carrick North - 4 Castlehill  and Kincaidston - 11 Coylton - 4 Craigie - 0-2 (suppressed) Maybole - 3 Newton North - 5 Prestwick East - 0-2 (suppressed) Barassie - 7 Belmont - 5 Carrick South - 3 Dundonald, Loans and Symington - 6 Lochside, Braehead, Whitletts - 3 Muirhead - 4 Prestwick Airport and Monkton - 0-2 (suppressed) Heathfield - 6 Prestwick West - 6 Girvan Ailsa - 0-2 (suppressed) Girvan