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An event to mark the completion of New Cumnock’s £8.97m flood protection works was held today, with guests getting the chance to see the culmination of almost two years’ work that will protect residential and commercial properties near the Afton Water and River Nith.

Provost Jim Todd and Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran, Sheriff Iona McDonald OBE, cut a ceremonial ribbon to officially open the innovative Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Park School Skills Academy at The Grange Campus recently.

16 year-old Sarah McCready from East Ayrshire has just been announced as one of only 500 Coronation Champions selected from across the UK.

The Wee Glen Community Woodland in Dunlop was the location for a tree planting ceremony to mark extensive improvements carried out by East Ayrshire Woodlands.

Kilmarnock’s 10k road race, Roon the Toon, will return on Sunday 11 June at 10am for its seventh year.

Provost Jim Todd was very pleased to accept a generous donation last week from MCS Motorcycles in Crookedholm for his charity MND Scotland.

Nine very talented young musicians took part in the Music Service’s East Ayrshire Young Musician of the Year competition held at Grange Academy.

As part of an ongoing programme to improve the condition of the road network, the Ayrshire Roads Alliance will be carrying out essential road resurfacing works on a stretch of the B743 Muirkirk to Strathaven Road.

Stewarton Academy has won the Ayrshire area final of the Young Enterprise Scotland awards and will now represent Ayrshire at the Festival of Youth Enterprise at Hampden this May.

Teams from Greener Communities will be working across East Ayrshire in the coming weeks sowing wildflowers to improve biodiversity and help tackle the climate emergency.

20 young people from The Robert Burns, Kilmarnock, Grange and Loudoun Academies joined the team from Vibrant Communities for a residential stay at Barcaple Outdoor Centre in Castle Douglas over the Easter break.

At Cabinet this week, East Ayrshire Council set out plans for managing its property assets for the year ahead. The extensive portfolio covers 298 buildings across a number of service areas including education, corporate, wellbeing, sports and outdoors and cultural and community assets.