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XL Bully owners in Scotland are now able to apply for a special certificate that will allow them to keep their pets.

The Scottish Government's new controversial hate crime law will finally come into force next month.

SNP Ministers are delaying a key part of a new law designed to clamp down on the sale and use of fireworks.

A campaign is being launched in an effort to stop emergency service personnel being attacked.

Troon’s new banking hub will play a “vital role” for people seeking access to regular high street banking and cash withdrawals, or deposits.

Children as young as 11 have been spotted vaping in primary schools as an Ayrshire MSP raises concerns over a surge in kids using e-cigarettes.

A South Ayrshire MSP has called for the heads of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak - after they were hit with police fines.

Women born in the 1950s deserve fair compensation for the changes made to their state pensions, says an Ayr MSP.

Hundreds of women are set to march through the streets of Ayr tomorrow evening in a bid to end violence against women and children.

A top South Ayrshire councillor has quit after spending seven months splitting her time as an MSP.

Ayr MSP Siobhian Brown says Universal Credit cuts will ‘condemn thousands of families to poverty’.The SNP politician has hit out at Scottish Tories for backing the policy which she claims will impact 9,073 households in South Ayrshire.The planned benefit cuts will strip £20 from Universal Credit each week with Ms Brown arguing this will come at a loss of more than £1,000 for families across her constituency.The change is due to be introduced at the start of this month and is set to be the biggest welfare cut since the 1930s.Ayr, Prestwick and Troon MSP Ms Brown believes Scottish Conservatives MSPs are letting down thousands of families and children by supporting “callous” cuts.Ms Brown said: “I was proud to stand up for the 9,073 households

Ayr's outdoor skatepark – after designs were branded ‘a disaster’.Ayr MSP Siobhian Brown, who is still serving as a South Ayrshire councillor, released images online of the original proposals for the town's Craigie Park skatepark, on Craigie Road, with opinions welcomed on either designs A or B.But after being met with a backlash from several skaters who use the park, the council has said they will now revisit the plans.Claims that the designs only catered to ‘transition skaters’ and not ‘street skaters’ were one of several comments.Transition skateboarding involves flat ground, ramps and bowls and sees skaters moving from the ground to a ramp or other incline, whereas street skating involves the use of urban obstacles like stairs and their

Ayr’s fishing industry. The MVF Watchful has been sitting on an old slipway in Ayr's South Harbour for around two decades.Previous attempts to have the vessel restored have sunk without a trace.

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,

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterCouncil bosses are to spend government cash covering up empty shop windows in towns and giving business owners £3,000 grants to tidy up their premises.Plants sprouting from buildings will also be weeded out.

Councillor Siobhian Brown, SNP, responsible for the economy and tourism, also urged caution on some plans. The Alloway and Doonfoot politician said she would be “very hesitant” to “impose further restrictions such as closing down streets around schools.” But Councillor Brown welcomes the funding for the widening of foothpaths and signage and urges people to have their say.Secondary schools in line for “ temporary measures” to encourage social distancing around them are Prestwick, Kyle and Belmont Academies. The council wants residents to get in touch about whether traffic clampdowns around schools. One way systems, signs and parking restrictions are also being considered.

A councillor has blasted people who are dumping masks and gloves on the streets and warned it could spread coronavirus. 

Sand dunes are coming back to Ayr beach thanks to Christmas trees.