A NEW book tells 300 years of local history - in Ayrshire Scots.

The new novel, 'The Man's The Gawd for a That' has been penned by New Cumnock man Jimmy Begg.

Weaving fact with fiction, he tells a humorous and at times harrowing tale of the tragic and often bloody history of Ayrshire. from the dark days of the Covenanters to the early 20th Century.

For more on this story check out this week's Chronicle.