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East Ayrshire Council hosted serving and former armed forces personnel at the local authority’s HQ on Saturday

East Ayrshire honours its service personnel on Armed Forces Day
Members of the armed forces gathered at East Ayrshire Council’s headquarters to pay tribute to the contribution made by all those who serve or have served in the service of their country.

The competitors.

Bowls: Ochiltree tournament sees home comforts prove decisive

Fewer casualties – but more deaths – on East Ayrshire’s roads

McDonald's . Credit: PA

Hygiene ratings for McDonald's restaurants in Ayrshire

Billy Gilmour with manager Ryan Stevenson. (Image- Glenafton Athletic Official)

Scotland international put to the test as he joins Glenafton pre-season training

Townhead Strollers’ triumphant over-60s with the Scottish Cup

Cumnock’s Townhead Strollers walk their way to Scottish Cup success

Solstice: Hundreds gather for celebrations at Crawick Multiverse

Stilt walkers on Murdoch Day (Picture: Alice Lamming)

Cornwall town parade in Lugar man’s honour

Key deadlines already missed by Ayrshire Growth Deal projects

Key deadlines already missed by Ayrshire Growth Deal projects

SNP MP Allan Dorrans says changes don't scratch the surface

Community contribution COLUMN: Dorans delighted to be named WASPI Hero

Your photo could be featured! (Picture Credit: Kevin Oates)

Your chance to be featured in our Ayrshire calendars for 2023

Glenafton Athletic

Fresh start for youth footballers as Glens Youth Academy formed

Ayrshire hospice

Forget-me-nots for Ayrshire Hospice help

Petrol price rises in East Ayrshire are among the steepest in Scotland, according to new statistics

East Ayrshire's petrol price hike one of the worst in Scotland

Armed Forces Day: Sanquhar ceremony held to thank country’s armed services

The cafe is popular with shoppers

Cumnock cafe picks up award at national ceremony

Ayr Sheriff Court, where Richard Dewar was jailed for breaching his CPO

Drink driver who ‘refused unpaid work as football was on’ jailed

The sausages were laced with rat poison

Patna poison horror as dog rushed to vet

Dumfries House. (Image- Tommy Samson, Cumnock Chronicle Camera Club)

Dumfries House to appear on TV TONIGHT

Queen Errin Mullen ,11, P7, King Jack Dempster, 11, P7, Lady in waiting Skye Shaw, 10, P6, Junior lady in waiting Lexi Beck, 8, P4, Page boy Harry Nohar, 10, P6 and junior page boy Charlie Bradford, 9, P5. Muirkirk primary school.

Muirkirk Gala Day returns after two-year Covid absence

Rivalries aside: New Cumnock’s great day to raise money for charity

Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil will be awarded the honour by Glasgow Caledonian University. Photo: AP Photo/Scott Garfitt.

Ayrshire band frontman to receive honorary degree from GCU

From top left clockwise: Team Motiv8 Fitness, John Burke and Team Del's Belles. Ayrshire Hospice Glasgow Kiltwalk

Hospice reveals remarkable tally raised by Glasgow Kiltwalk teams

The eight East Ayrshire pupils who took part in the in-person recital

Young musicians hit the right notes at first in-person recital since 2020

East Ayrshire school leavers

Bright future awaits East Ayrshire school leavers who arrive at ‘positive destination’

Ayrshire bowler Garry Hood, 61, is set to play for Team Scotland in the para bowls at the Games

Bowling icon Garry set for Games return - 28 years after his debut

Turbine E02 rises to 149.5m

South Kyle Wind Farm: First turbine installed at new Vattenfall site

NHS Ayrshire & Arran

Union chiefs not happy with five per cent pay hike for NHS staff

File photo dated 21/08/14 of a child using a laptop computer. Time spent online and mobile phone ownership have increased among children during lockdown as many search for new ways to communicate and be entertained, new research suggests. Issue date:

Nearly 280,000 free laptops are heading to Scottish schools

David Inglis captures Mauchline in the Cumnock Chronicle Camera Club

Housing concern in Mauchline - but council says no homes planned yet

Cumnock memory garden

Cumnock open space transformed into memory garden and heritage site

Bellfield Interchange

REMINDER: Roadworks to begin on busy Ayrshire roundabout on Monday

Pathhead activity group

Jubilee: Pathhead party raises cash to help community look after New Cumnock park

£6m cash set to plug Brexit funding gap in East Ayrshire

Traffic: Speed restrictions put in place around popular Loch Doon Café

Bobby McLatchie and Steven Dodds are taking on the challenge in aid of Prostate Cancer UK

Pals tee up a marathon golf challenge for charity

Lochnorris: School achieves communication excellence award for pupil work

Fans of Liam Gallagher are the latest to be left in the lurch by train timetable

ScotRail warns Ayrshire's Liam Gallagher fans over transport home from Hampden gig

Auchinleck artist’s Rwanda installation turns heads in Cumnock

Councillor Drew Filson's image of the poison

Dog 'ate rat poison hidden in sausages' on river path in Patna

Fire crews respond to fire on Auchinleck's Main Street

Fire crews respond to blaze in Auchinleck's Main Street

MSP Carol Mochan at Edinburgh Waverley station

South Scotland MSP shows support for strikes as rail network grinds to a halt

Sharon Dowey MSP

Concern as Ayrshire’s drug death toll rises in latest official figures

Lugar bowling club

Bowls: Lugar green plays host to memorial trophy day

Parents are being urged to teach their children the dangers of the railway ahead of the summer holidays

'Railway is not a playground': Parents urged to teach children dangers of trespassing

Teams from East Ayrshire and Liverpool competed in the tournament at the Barony Campus

The ‘Spirit of Shankly’ lives on in Cumnock’s new football event

A70 road. Photo: Street View

Major works take place along A70 between Cumnock and Muirkirk

Petrol prices in East Ayrshire are among the highest in Scotland

East Ayrshire's petrol price hike one of the worst in Scotland

Lorna Slater, Scottish Greens Co-leader refused to say what the Government’s stance means for Killoch

Government tight-lipped on the future of Killoch incinerator plans

Tom Nolan begins the Queen’s Baton Relay

First baton-bearer 'delighted' to be involved in occasion

Cumnock Miners’ strike in 1980s

Pardon for striking miners but financial payback attempt fails

Cumnock roadworks. (Image- Charlie Gilmour)

Roads chaos as access to busy Cumnock street is reduced even further

A fantastic day for awards on the HMS Albion

Agriculture volunteers are hailed for charity efforts

Sharon Dowey has highlighted an SNP policy failure

Tory MSP accuses SNP of ‘failure’ over laptop provision to pupils