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Free parking after 1pm will be available within all Council car parks and on-street parking bays in Kilmarnock town centre from Friday 12 December until Wednesday 31 December to help shoppers at the busiest time of the year.

East Ayrshire Council’s “Net Zero Accelerator” programme has scooped a top award at the 2025 COSLA Excellence Awards.

East Ayrshire Council has successfully secured £0.184m from the Scottish Government’s Ask and Act Homeless Prevention Fund.

This winter, East Ayrshire Council is urging residents to prepare for potential power outages so that they can stay safe if a power cut was to occur.

At Cabinet this week, elected members agreed an investment of almost £244m in affordable housing within East Ayrshire.

A successful ‘I Drive’ event, run in partnership by the Ayrshire Roads Alliance and North Ayrshire Council, recently offered drivers the chance to learn more about road safety.

Councillor Drew Filson visited Thomas and Carol Robertson from Dalmellington recently to pass on congratulations as they celebrated fifty years of marriage.

Elizabeth Dykes has been celebrating her centenary in Cumnock.

Sorn Primary School has received the results of their recent inspection, published on Tuesday 18 November, by Education Scotland.

A march through the streets of Kilmarnock to call out harassment, violence and abusive behaviour directed at women and girls, and to demand safer spaces for everyone, will take place later this month.

Take A Bow Development Trust is celebrating the completion of their £2.7m acquisition and re-development for the Former New Farm Loch Community Centre in Kilmarnock.  The work by Take A Bow has saved and transformed the former community centre and has created a dynamic and exciting new facility for local people

Provost Claire Leitch presented pupils from Auchinleck Primary School with a certificate of civic recognition this week in honour of their commitment to improvement and sustainability.