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Provost Barry Douglas and Councillor Maureen McKay visited Kilmarnock couple Moira and Ronald McPherson recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Provost Barry Douglas and Councillor Jim McMahon visited Cumnock couple Hugh and Fiona Sloan recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Provost Barry Douglas and Councillor Neil McGhee visited Auchinleck couple Margaret and George Waddell recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Provost Barry Douglas visited Mary and Jim McDade from Hurlford recently to pass on congratulations as they celebrated fifty years of marriage.

The Scottish Government has set up a Tenant Grant Fund to provide financial help to tenants in social housing and in the private sector who are at risk of becoming homeless because they fallen have behind with rent payments during the pandemic.

North and East Ayrshire Council’s Corporate Fraud Team has received over 700 fraud referrals for East Ayrshire and made financial recoveries of over £0.4 million since the two councils joined forces in 2017.

The Annual Performance Report to Tenants, which sets out the performance of the Council’s Housing Service, has been published on the Council’s website.

As The HALO Kilmarnock’s international reputation continues to grow, the close-to-completion HALO Innovation and Enterprise Centre today played host to a delegation headed by Yoav Katsavoy, Chairman of the Israel Electricity Authority.

East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership has been celebrating National Care Experienced Week 2021 with some super spooky events.

Provost Barry Douglas officially re-opened the lunch club at Take a Bow in Kilmarnock this week.

Economic renewal, community wealth building and community led regeneration in East Ayrshire took another step forward as the Council’s Cabinet approved a suite of reports aimed at bringing together teams and resources to build on close connections with communities and a strong track record in attracting funding for regeneration projects.

The ground has been officially broken at a new housing development at Witch Road/Witchhill Place in Kilmarnock that will see 43 new Council homes being built for older ambulant disabled residents by the Council’s strategic partner CCG (Scotland) Ltd.