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Southside Boxing Academy scored a record-equalling medal haul in the recent Western District School and Junior Championships.

A Lanarkshire man who attacked his partner later sent her videos of himself with a noose around his neck.

Kilmarnock bus station has been 'difficult' one of East Ayrshire Council's top officials has admitted.Rumours of problems were raised by Labour councillor John McGhee at a meeting of the council's cabinet on Wednesday.Katie Kelly, the council's depute chief executive, admitted that the work was 'complex', but insisted that the project was well on track despite the difficulties with the design of the facility, the discovery of a major IT cable at risk from the work and a change of contractor.A redesign of retaining walls was required after the main contractor uncovered two 'unrecorded foul water manholes'.The fibre optic cable connected council offices and there were also delays with BT carrying out vital work.The Ayrshire Live app is

Kilmaurs has not received any recent money from developer contributions despite new houses going up, it has been claimed.A Hope Homes housing estate has been built in the village — with about £50,000 of developer contributions available it is understood.But is believed that Stewarton is benefiting from that cash — instead of Kilmaurs.Money has been earmarked to offset the cost of a sports pavilion in Stewarton.Labour councillor John McGhee said: “I am concerned as a local councillor. I have had constituents asking: ‘where is the money for Kilmaurs?’.

Building work at Kilmarnock bus station has hit the skids after the contractor went “out of business”.