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An Ayrshire town has been voted the most dog friendly in the UK. Girvan has been given the accolade of being the most picture pawferct place for pooches.

It's time to step aboard Waverley, a magnificent paddle steamer, for a summer journey like no other.

An artist has completed a remarkable set of paintings to help restore a famous Clyde-built steamship that once carried passengers including the Queen Mother and King George V.

Ayrshire has been hit with heavy rain this afternoon after a night of thunder and lightning.

Sensational storm images captured the moment that lightning struck an iconic Ayrshire landmark.

Good Morning Britain's Laura Tobin was left red-faced after Richard Madeley waded in to correct her on the name of an island off Scotland.The weather presenter was discussing curling stones on the ITV breakfast show and told a story about how she visited the place where they came from - but then forgot its name."I have been to a little island off the west coast of Scotland where all curling stones are made from and I can't remember what it's called!" she said."I think it's called the Isle of Arran but it's this, like, little rock just to the west coast of Scotland where all curling stones are made from. Maybe I'll get you the exact information a little bit later on this morning."Richard was quick to set her straight.Turning to his co-host Susanna Reid, he asked: "Are you going to tell her or shall I tell her?""It's not Arran, it's Ailsa Craig," he said."The granite for the stones is sourced from two locations - Ailsa Craig, the Scottish island off the coast of Ayrshire and the Trefor granite quarry in Wales."Richard then quizzed Laura about how much the stones weighed.Peering at her phone, she replied: "I do know how much they weigh actually...

A stunning Ayrshire coastal route will feature in the latest episode of a TV series tonight.

Ayrshire hills.Gary Voce has already lost his voice to the crippling conditions and is unable to eat.But at the age of 80, a year-and-a-half on from his devastating diagnosis, he is not willing to let the degenerative condition take his passion away.The former fisherman who stays in Ballantrae near Girvan has set his sights on reaching the peak of Ailsa Craig as one of his last climbs.The great grandad-of-two and grandad-of-four spent his 80th climbing a Munro and has been using an etch-a-sketch to communicate with family as he continues to push on.Proud daughter Sharon Robertson has told how her brave dad has been an ‘inspiration’ after continuing the walks despite suffering a fall.

Blooming Wild Adventures were shocked to discover you can actually visit the famous rock after she shared a selection of pics from her trip adding that there is so much to see there, that she can't wait to go back.The popular blogger, who is from Dumfries and Galloway and regularly cycles and camps wild on her own across some of Scotland's most beautiful locations, revealed that for once it wasn't actually herself that planned the trip. Adding that she also didn't know you could visit the island, Leanne said: "Being from Wigtown and having family in Glasgow we drove past Ailsa Craig often and often said we'd love to go there but thought it wasn't possible due to it being a bird sanctuary.

It is bidding to extract 25,500 tonnes of common green granite from the south of the volcanic plug. And bosses aim to get 5,100 tones of Blue Hone granite from the northern part of the island.   A significant amount of fallen granite boulders are to be lifted.