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A new publication to promote Ayrshire as the world’s best destination for Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns has just been launched.

Provost Claire Leitch and Councillor John McGhee visited Kilmaurs couple Robert and Jean Sharpe recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Provost Claire Leitch and Councillor Ellen Freel visited Stewarton couple Sonny and Nessie Sheach recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Provost Claire Leitch and Councillor Barry Douglas visited Kilmarnock couple Ian and Nancy Andrews recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Loudoun Academy was a hive of activity last week for Eco Week and Mental Health Awareness Week, with the young people taking direct action to tackle environmental issues around the school and focusing on their wellbeing.

Provost Claire Leitch visited Kilmarnock couple Andrew and Jacqueline Millar recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Depute Provost John McGhee and Councillor Drew Filson visited Drongan couple Samella and Thomas McMath recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Councillor June Kyle visited Robert and Margaret Jolly from Cumnock recently to pass on congratulations as they celebrated fifty years of marriage.

Bestselling author Sir Michael Morpurgo attended the Barony Campus on Friday as part of the Boswell Book Festival, talking to P7 at Lochnorris Primary School and S1 at The Robert Burns Academy about his new book Black Beauty – A Retelling.

Park School has come out top in the Big Walk and Wheel – the UK’s largest walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling challenge.

Eddie Fraser, Constituency Returning Officer for the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency, announced the results of the Regional vote.

Eddie Fraser, Constituency Returning Officer for the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency, announced the results of the Regional vote.