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Provost Jim Todd and Councillor Drew Filson visited Bellsbank couple Thomas and Mary Farrell recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Provost Jim Todd and Councillor Neal Ingram visited Kilmarnock couple Alexander and Janet Beveridge recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Ayrshire Food Hub recently received life-saving equipment donated by Sweco UK.

The Community Renewable Energy project (CoRE) - one of East Ayrshire’s Ayrshire Growth Deal anchor projects - has emerged from extensive Cabinet discussion and debate this week with a renewed focus on skills and employability.

During Challenge Poverty Week, Councillor Elaine Cowan, Council Spokesperson for Education, and Children and Young People visited the William McIlvanney Campus in Kilmarnock to meet with the Financial Inclusion Team based within the school.

Over 120 older people took part in a conference this week at Dumfries House aimed at finding out ‘What Matters To You?’

As one of only seven Scottish towns, Kilmarnock will receive £20 million from the UK Government over the next 10 years. This funding will put the local community and businesses at the heart of town centre improvements.

Interim Chief Executive of Education Scotland, Gillian Hamilton spent the day in East Ayrshire recently to find out more about innovative local projects like Skills and Learning 33 (SL33), touring local schools and engaging with children and young people.

The Ayrshire Roads Alliance will be closing two sections of the A71 this weekend to allow for grass cutting.

As part of an ongoing resurfacing programme, the Ayrshire Roads Alliance will be carrying out essential road resurfacing works on the B7082 Grassyards Road, Kilmarnock.

In a first for Scotland, East Ayrshire Council, in partnership with Podback, is expanding its household recycling service to include the collection of coffee pods.