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At the recent meeting of Cabinet, Education Services presented the annual Standards and Quality Report for 2024/ 25 to elected members who took the opportunity to congratulate the children and young people of East Ayrshire on their achievements, while recognising the support received from teachers, support staff and Education Services as a whole.

East Ayrshire Council will NOT be introducing a Visitor Levy in the near future

The Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA) is planning to trial 20mph speed limits on all local roads in Mauchline, New Cumnock, Kilmaurs and Crookedholm.

An early launch of East Ayrshire’s 16 Days of Action campaign took place at SL66 in Cumnock this week, starting off a series of East Ayrshire events that will raise awareness of gender-based violence from 25 November until 10 December.

Joint working between East Ayrshire Trading Standards, Police Scotland and a dog named Boo reaped rewards recently, with the successful seizure of 25,560 illicit cigarettes, 30 packs of hand rolling tobacco and 95 non-compliant vapes from a shop in Cumnock.

A new service to ensure people living with cancer and their families are offered emotional, practical and wellbeing support has been launched in Ayrshire and Arran, as part of a successful model delivered across Scotland.

A positive HMIE report was published on Tuesday 23 September, following an inspection of Loanhead Primary by Education Scotland.

Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre (ECC) is celebrating the results of their recent inspection, published last month, by Education Scotland.

Now in its twenty second year, Recycle Week is the nation’s biggest annual celebration of recycling.

Primary school pupils from across Ayrshire joined together to take part in a Junior Road Safety Officer (JRSO) seminar at the Walker Hall in Troon this week.

Hurlford Primary School and Early Childhood Centre (ECC) has received the results of their recent inspection, published on Tuesday 16 September, by Education Scotland.

Provost Claire Leitch and Councillor Jennifer Hogg visited Patna couple Anne and Andrew Poole recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.