South Ayrshire Council News

A meeting of South Ayrshire Council has approved an updated decision making structure and a new organisational and Chief Officer Structure.

Whitletts Primary pupil Conor Cope recently stunned his classmates by winning a live, meat eating tiger for a year, thanks to winning a national competition sponsored by ASDA supermarkets!

Pupils from Whitletts Primary school have recently won a coveted national Eco Flag award for their knowledge on environmental issues.

Have a safe and enjoyable fireworks season this year' is the message from South Ayrshire Council after their Community Safety Partnership.

The Scottish Government has published a report on Scotland's Adult Literacy and Numeracy Strategy 2007/08. The report highlights the way in which South Ayrshire Council is meeting the needs of clients who have little or no English language skills.

Four hundred Officers and Soldiers from the Royal Highland Fusiliers the Second Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, Glasgow and Ayrshire's local regiment, paraded through the town of Ayr.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan will switch on the Christmas lights at a star studded event in Wellington Square in Ayr that starts at 3 pm on Sunday 23 November 2008.

South Ayrshire Council and Strathclyde Police are working together to encourage people taking Belmont Academy pupils to and from school by car not to park irresponsibly when dropping off or collecting their children from school.

46% of measures tested contain less than stated amount.

South Ayrshire Council is keen to further improve its recycling and composting rates by installing new 'Node' recycling banks in Ayr town centre.

A series of improvements is scheduled to begin during late October for necessary upgrade works on the A77. Amey, working on behalf of Transport Scotland, is advising all road users to be aware of the diversions and closures in place during this time.

The South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership held a 'Samba Soccer Challenge' on Ayr beach and invited South Ayrshire Council school pupils between the ages of 8 and 16 years to take part.

Four hundred Officers and Soldiers from the Royal Highland Fusiliers the Second Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, Glasgow and Ayrshire's local regiment, will be returning home later this month after six months active service in Afghanistan.

A wheeled bin recycling pilot project, that will mean brown bin collections will cease from 1 November 2008 until 31 March 2009, will take place in Troon, Barassie and Loans over the coming months.

A very special exhibition of artwork by young students from Girvan, Maidens and Dailly will take place in the McKechnie Institute in Girvan throughout November and December.

A big first step has been taken this week towards the development of plans that could see a new community training and health facility being built in the heart of Ayr's Wallacetoun and Newton area.

Marr College students have been celebrating the completion of a new section of a local cycle route

South Ayrshire Council will temporarily close the slip road from Burns Statue Square in Ayr leading to the Railway Station and Smith Street

This year's free annual check on electric blankets has shown a marked improvement

Directors and organisers of The Ayrshire Festival recently met at County Buildings to draw the winning tickets in the Septembayr Festival 2008 raffle

South Ayrshire Council has achieved a recycling and composting rate of 43.1% for April 2007 to March 2008

Rural economies across the whole of Ayrshire have received a massive financial boost this week

The head coach from Troon Tennis Club, Russell MacDonald, has been working with every P2 and P3 pupil in Troon

Everyone has a responsibility to make sure that young people in our community are safe, healthy and confident

A group of more than 110 secondary school students gave up their free time on a Saturday to take part in the South Ayrshire MiniTrials 2008 and learn more about how the Scottish legal system operates

In golfing circles, Andrew Strath's name might not be as well known as Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie or Sam Torrance's

Kyle Academy annexe, has been nominated for the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2008

From 6th October 2008, construction work will commence on the installation of a lift internal to Rozelle House

South Ayrshire Council's Trading Standards service has welcomed the introduction of the new Consumer Protection Regulations that came into force this week

Two men from Ayr have pleaded guilty to a number of charges at Ayr Sheriff court in connection with the sale of counterfeit tobacco products

The 2008 golf season for junior golfers in South Ayrshire, that has just finished, it has seen young golfers achieving great things.

Well known couple, Anne and Mike Manley from Mossblown, recently celebrated 50 golden years of marriage together.

A South Ayrshire Council employee, Colin Duthie, was one of a team of 36 manual wheelchair users who successfully achieved a world record, by pulling a Boeing 757.