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An Ayrshire music festival is pledging to deliver its most diverse line-up to date.

Scots music legends Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham are to appear at this year’s Cumnock Tryst.

The children of tragic M9 crash victim Lamara Bell are to receive £1million in compensation from Police Scotland over their mum’s death.

Cumnock's famous Tryst music festival has revealed plans to create a centre for excellence in the town.Sir James MacMillan said teaching already pioneered in the area's schools could become a template for music tuition throughout Scotland and beyond.He has revealed plans to link with music education body Trinity College London over the next 10 years.The aim will be to nurture the careers of fledgling composers and their teachers.Leading teachers and composers from around the world will, MacMillan said, hopefully be drawn to Cumnock.He hopes the plans can turn the town into an international “centre of excellence in learning and composition.”“I really believe that here we have the skills and resources to create an internationally recognised

Police Scotland over its failure to respond to the accident.James McMillan, who is grandfather to Lamara Bell’s son Kieran, said: “I am happy that this is finally moving forward in some way. I want justice for my grandson.”We revealed yesterday that the Crown Office had launched formal proceedings against Police Scotland over the 2015 accident on the M9 that led to the deaths of Lamara, 25, and her partner John Yuill, 28.The couple were returning to Falkirk when John’s Renault Clio came off the motorway near Stirling and crashed down an embankment into trees.