“The Glen of Iniquity”
Warning over Batch of Fake Vodka |
| Cosla Excellence Award For Ayrshire Environmental Health 24 Hour Noise Helpline The Pan Ayrshire Environmental Health 24 hour Noise Helpline has received a Bronze Award for Advancing Community Well Being in the COSLA Excellence Awards 2007. |
| Work Due Starts At Alloway Auld Kirk And Graveyard Alloway Auld Kirk and graveyard are currently closed for Conservation and Repair work. The restoration and repairs are being carried out prior to the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth, which has been designated as the ‘Year of the Homecoming’ in 2009. |
| Feeling The Pinch? With the recent interest rate rises and the possibility of more to come, many families will be feeling the growing pressure of debt at the moment. |
| South Carrick Villages Working In Partnership Public services in South Carrick have been improved thanks to the work being carried out by members of the South Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership. |
| 42.7% Recycling Rate - Second Best In Scotland South Ayrshire Council has achieved a recycling and composting rate of 42.7% for the first quarter of 2006/07, the second highest recycling rate for that period in Scotland. This is 5.3% higher than the Council's recycling level for the same period, April to June, in 2005. |
| Local Licensing Forum To Be Created A Local Licensing Forum is being created in South Ayrshire, members will be able to give independent and expert views on a range of licensing issues to the local Licensing Board. |
| Council's Annual Accounts South Ayrshire Council’s unaudited Annual Accounts that were presented to the Council’s Leadership Panel provided an overview of the financial performance of the Council during the financial year 2006/07. |
| Council Tax Collection South Ayrshire Council is achieving high levels of Council tax collection, thanks to the co-operation of the public and the work of Finance Department staff. |
| Providing More Foster Carers South Ayrshire Council has a statutory due to look after children who, for lots of different reasons, need to leave their family home. To meet the demand 16 new foster carers will be recruited to care for children in South Ayrshire. |
| New Out Of School Care Club Muirhead Activity Centre Plans for a new Out of School Care Club at Muirhead Activity Centre in Troon are underway and it is hoped that the Club will be open for the start of the new academic year in August 2007. |
| Council's Gender Equality Scheme Published The Equality Act 2006 came into effect on 6 April 2007, it has created a new statutory duty on all public authorities to eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment and promote equality of opportunity between women and men. |
| Sail West Feasability Study Members of South Ayrshire Council’s Leadership Panel have agreed that the Council should continue to be involved in a feasibility study that could lead to an exciting maritime project boosting the economy of South Ayrshire. |
| Children Reading Helps Get Trees Planted South Ayrshire Council libraries are taking part in the Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge ‘THE BIG WILD READ’, to inspire young people to read during their summer holidays and earn new trees for the United Kingdom. |
| New Mobile CCTV Cameras New mobile CCTV cameras have been introduced in South Ayrshire and the Ferguson Street area of Ayr is the first community to benefit from them. |
| Thoughtless Car Drivers At Ayr Cemetery A listed stone wall, areas of burial ground and landscaping have been damaged at Ayr Cemetery. |