Rural communities are set to benefit from a new electric vehicle hire initiative aimed at helping to improving connectivity for residents in the Cumnock and Doon Valley areas, thanks to an innovative partnership project funded by Ayrshire Growth Deal.

Provost Claire Leitch and Councillor Clare Maitland visited Kilmarnock couple William and Catherine Caldwell recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

In September 2028 the life and achievements of Sir Alexander Fleming, a scientist whose discovery of Penicillin transformed modern medicine and has saved millions of people worldwide, will be celebrated in his home town, Darvel.