River Ayr: Last News

Alloway Railway Tunnel campaigners celebrated the approach of the halfway milestone of the spectacular community arts project to regenerate the dilapidated tunnel in Alloway.

Ayr's new riverside events centre will open this weekend.

A popular village pub with a “great reputation” is up for sale, offering potential buyers the opportunity to snap up a newly renovated established boozer.

An Ayrshire mum has told how her dying son’s journal inspired floods of donations to a cancer charity.

The boss of an iconic Ayrshire country pub says she made “the right decision” to reduce operation hours due to the cost of living crisis.

An Ayr woman has told of the terrifying moment she had to flee from a hooded up creep who tormented her like a game of 'cat and mouse'.

The period-style lanterns on Ayr’s historic Auld Brig, some of which have had to be removed for public safety, are to be given a makeover.

Tory council hopefuls have pledged to save Ayr's doomed High Flats – if they're elected to office next month.

A police investigation is underway after youngsters were threatened with a knife by a man and a woman in Ayr at the weekend.

The cash-spinning Nethermills Hydro Scheme, on the banks of the River Ayr, was officially unveiled to the public on Monday.

Ayr in January has lay for almost seven weeks despite a council vow to deal with it.Promises were made that waste flung on to the embankment next to Turner’s Bridge would be dealt with but nothing has changed nearly two months on.The Ayrshire Post was first made aware of the build up of rubbish at the river at the start of the new year.Back then, South Ayrshire Council vowed to tackle the issue, with Councillor Siobhian Brown calling for CCTV by the riverside to catch the shameless fly-tippers.Council bosses have told how the job to fetch the waste would be too much of a risk for workers due to high water levels and icy conditions.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features,