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Loudoun Academy pupils want your recipes

LOUDOUN Academy pupils have formed their own munch bunch – and they want Standard readers to help them put together a mouth-watering recipe book.Read

Christmas Circus to be staged at Loudoun Castle

A CHRISTMAS circus featuring big top stars from around Europe is coming to the Irvine Valley.Read

East Ayrshire Council staff urged to cycle to work

COUNCIL workers are being urged to think about how they travel to work.Read

East Ayrshire teaching job crisis

TALENTED teachers are twiddling their thumbs on the dole as the lack of jobs in East Ayrshire has reached ‘crisis point’.Read

Crime pays for Galston football initiative for youngsters

FREE football coaching and playing opportunities for more than of 30,000 young people across Scotland is at the heart of a groundbreaking new initiative funded from the proceeds of crime.Read

Ayrshire cops crack down on knife crime

POLICE have contacted more than 100 local retailers who sell knives in the latest crackdown on blade culture.Read

Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce wants to get firms online

AYRSHIRE Chamber is offering local businesses the chance to take part in a ‘webinar’ to promote online trading.Read

Former Galston pupils claim entrepreneurial prize

A BUSINESS run by former pupils of Galston’s Loudoun Academy has come second in the regional finals of the Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards.Read

Loudoun Castle to host Retrofest 2010

RETROFEST 2010 will be staged at Loudoun Castle.Read

Youngsters asked to shop East Ayrshire vandals

YOUNGSTERS are being asked to shop vandal pals using an anonymous text message service.Read

Galston models hit the catwalk for cancer charity cash

GALSTON girls hit the catwalk to raise £520 for the Prostate Cancer charity.Read

Robert Young

Galston student jets off to NASA space camp

THE world-famous NASA space camp in Houston, Texas beckons for Robert Young, 17, from Galston.Read

Retrofest is a hit at Loudoun Castle

THOUSANDS of pop-picking punters bopped ‘til they dropped at the weekend’s Retrofest bash at Loudoun Castle.Read

New affordable homes to be built in East Ayrshire

ATRIUM Homes and Shire Housing Association have formally entered into an agreement with McTaggart Construction of Dalry for delivery of 200 new houses across East Ayrshire.Read

Mhairi Morrison

Galston nurse helps others through her own experiences

A YOUNG nurse from Galston who was seriously ill with heart disease is to hold a charity ceilidh in Glasgow later this month.Read

Cops hunt Galston bottle attacker

POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a man was struck on the head with a bottle in the early hours of Saturday morning.Read

East Ayrshire people urged to nominate their health heroes

PEOPLE in Kilmarnock are being urged to nominate health professionals who have provided outstanding care and gone beyond the call of duty for the Scottish Health Awards 2009 before the deadline on Monday, September 7.Read

The expected Retrofest crowds

Loudoun Castle gears up to host Retrofest

IT’S party time on a grand scale at Loudoun Castle this weekend with the sights and sounds of the 80s ready to rock the entire Irvine Valley.Read

Almost 200 jobs to be created in East Ayrshire

MORE than 350 jobs for under-25s are to be created in Ayrshire through the Future Jobs Fund.Read

NHS Ayrshire and Arran to battle heart disease with British Heart Foundation donation

THE British Heart Foundation has awarded NHS Ayrshire and Arran £250,000 to help lead the UK-wide fight against heart disease inequalities.Read

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