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Future plans for the continued improvement of Kilmarnock’s Town Centre took an important step forward at East Ayrshire Council’s Cabinet meeting last week.

A Scottish youth rugby tour to Nagasaki, Japan has been hitting the headlines locally, as almost a third of the national squad came from East Ayrshire schools.

East Ayrshire’s extensive £6m road resurfacing programme is continuing at pace.  

A Universal Credit Project team made up of specialists from across East Ayrshire Council will be up and running soon to help residents and tenants transfer to Universal Credit.

East Ayrshire Council Trading Standards Service is running its free annual electric blanket testing programme from Monday 3 September to Friday 14 September.

The ground has been officially broken at Cessnock Road, Hurlford, where the Council’s strategic partner CCG (Scotland) Ltd is building a new assisted living development.

The Ayrshire Roads Alliance will be working closely with the local communities of Dundonald and Loans, on behalf of South Ayrshire Council, to develop safe, direct and convenient shared use path links between Dundonald and Barassie and Loans and Troon railway station.

The Lifestyle Development and Community Wellbeing team held a special summer walk and healthy BBQ at Dean Castle Country Park recently for their walking group.

The Lifestyle Development and Community Wellbeing team will be encouraging people to ‘Read between the lines’ during Suicide Prevention Week - Monday 10 September to Sunday 16 September.

People who live and work in Catrine are the latest in East Ayrshire to be asked to consider important decisions about priorities for the future of their village, its buildings and local environment, with the launch of a new Placemaking Consultation.

Young people in East Ayrshire put their best feet forward this summer, with more than 140 taking part in two popular summer dance workshops.