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Council feels the crunch as £25m axe falls
THE CREDIT crunch bit hard in Norh Ayrshire this week as it emerged council chiefs have been forced to scrap half of their building programme for this year. The "rephasing" of £25m worth of capital plans includes postponing £1m of funding for the renovation of Irvine's Town House, £6.334m for the devlopment of Montgomerie Park, the £200,000 extension of Knadgerhill Cemetery and £1.3m for regeneration projects across the area.
Published: Wednesday, 30th July, 2008 10:30
KILWINNING Big Brother favourite Mikey Hughes became the third Ayrshire representative in as many years this week. Now, the whole town is willing the 33-year-old to go on to win the coveted TV title.
Published: Wednesday, 11th June, 2008 11:00
Husband escapes jail over wife death crash
A HUSBAND whose wife was killed when he crashed their car at high speed has been spared jail. James Simpson, 40, was admonished and given eight points on his licence after the smash which claimed the life of wife Andrea, 39.
Published: Wednesday, 11th June, 2008 10:00
It's NOT a fair cop, says Mr Donohoe
IRVINE politician Brian Donohoe is being sued by an electrician over an unpaid bill for £64. Dale McNair wants the MP to pay up for advice he gave about the electrics at the politician’s Irvine home.
Published: Wednesday, 28th May, 2008 10:45
EXCLUSIVE - IRVINE SCHOOLS SAVED
IN an astonishing meeting on Tuesday all of the Irvine schools threatened with closure were saved. Tense parents arrived at Cunninghame House to await the verdict of the future of Towerlands and John Galt Primary Schools, with Springside all but secured. Many had believed that John Galt would be the one school of the three to be doomed to closure. However, in an neck-and-neck vote the Vineburgh school was saved after Provost Bobby Rae made his casting vote count.
Published: Wednesday, 30th April, 2008 12:00
AN IRVINE man has admitted having sex with his aunt. However, the 52-year-old aunt has told the Times of her disgust at claims she had consented to incest with her 25-year-old nephew. Stephen Thomas Green, of Woodlands Avenue, admitted to having sex with Moira Compton at her home on February 19 last year. He pled guilty to the charge at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week and will be sentenced next month after background reports are looked at.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd April, 2008 11:00
Council given a week to hand back wardens
SOCIAL SERVICES bosses will have one week to decide whether to reinstate the area’s sheltered housing wardens or face legal action after receiving a letter from top human rights lawyer Cameron Fyfe. Mr Fyfe sent the letter on behalf of one Springside resident to North Ayrshire Council last Wednesday officially asking them to reconsider their position and reinstate the service.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd April, 2008 10:30
NAC deny Equal Pay delay tactics
COUNCIL bosses have denied that they have been sticking their heads in the sand over equal pay. Equal Pay campaigner Mark Irvine claims that North Ayrshire Council have been using delay tactics in order to stall the process. On his website he said that NAC have been given one last chance to provide information to an employment tribunal after failing to meet previous orders to hand over details which would back up their defence.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd April, 2008 10:00
COUNCIL bosses are being taken to court AGAIN after banning a contractor from a tendering process. Lightways Contractors Ltd, who are already sueing the council for thousands of pounds worth of damages over a previous tendering process, have now taken North Ayrshire Council to the Court of Session.
Published: Wednesday, 16th April, 2008 09:00
"Devastating" Glaxo job losses
THE LATEST in a long line of hammerblows to the local economy was announced last week with pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline set to shed half of its workforce. A total of 270 jobs are likely to go over the next three years after the company revealed its plans to workers.
Published: Wednesday, 9th April, 2008 11:00
A PROMISE by council bosses to have everything in place before the warden service was taken away has been shattered. A North Ayrshire Council claim that the replacement system for the service would be in place by April 1 was this week changed, with the council telling us that the system would only begin to be implemented on that date.
Published: Friday, 4th April, 2008 12:00
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