Stevenston
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.
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.
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.
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