Irvine Times

Profile: Calam Pengilly

Reporter

Latest articles from Calam Pengilly

Police appeal for info after sheep killed and butchered in Stewarton field

Sheep murdered in field as police appeal for information

Police Scotland is appealing for information after a sheep was killed and professionally butchered in a Stewarton field earlier this month.

Film tribute to NHS workers by UWS student to be showcased

A FILM tribute to NHS workers and a critically acclaimed track by an emerging singer-songwriter are among the highlights of the UWS Winter Showcase.

Online retailer snaps up Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis from collapsed Arcadia empire

Ayr and Irvine jobs lost as online retailer snaps up Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis

Online fashion company Boohoo has purchased three brands from the now-collapsed retail empire of Phillip Green.

Author Andrew O’Hagan.

Kilwinning author set to appear online at Gaelic literature festival

Kilwinning author and London Review of Books editor, Andrew O’Hagan will be performing at Virtual Crossways 2021 this month.
ronnie

Ayrshire's two Ronnies host virtual Burns night celebrations

Friends and family were served a Burns Day musical treat with a difference last week.

Female lorry driver arrested after 'drink drive' stop on Long Drive

Female lorry driver arrested after 'drink drive' stop on Long Drive

A driver of a 44 tonne HGV has been arrested in Irvine after being found to be three times over the legal drink drive limit whilst at the wheel.

Castlepark Primary School, Irvine.

Contact tracing underway at Irvine primary school

Students at Castlepark Primary School in Irvine are being told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Protect team after coming into contact with somebody who tested positive for coronavirus.

Kev Brown of Fit Ayrshire Dads and Release Ayrshire’s aroma therapy candle.

Fit Ayrshire Dad’s founder now ambassador for mental health charity Release

Release Ayrshire, an online men’s support service, have teamed up with Fit Ayrshire Dads (FAD) in an effort to reach more men across the region.
Police have been responding to reports of thefts in the area.

Public asked to remain vigilant after spate of vehicle thefts

The police have issued a warning to the residents of Stewarton and the surrounding area after a spate of vehicle thefts in the past week.

Abigail McIntyre, Senior Curator at the Scottish Maritime Museum.

Maritime museum buys 80-year-old Scotch pulled from bottom of the ocean

The Scottish Maritime Museum has bought an eighty year old bottle of whisky salvaged from one of Scotland’s most famous shipwrecks and the inspiration for the Ealing Studio comedy Whisky Galore!