A DRIVE to keep Largs prom litter free for the rest of the summer has been launched after a local business tackled the mess left in recent weeks. The push follows the return of the solar compactor bins which compress the rubbish and help alert the
Work has resumed on a £3.5 million project to build 18 new council houses at St Beya Gardens in Millport. The project, which was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will see the creation of amenity bungalows, general needs housing and wheelchair-accessible
THE Largs branch of M&Co has been saved as the company closes scores of outlets. M&Co’s long-established store in Main Street is one of the company’s 265 UK outlets to be spared following a financial restructuring. Others, including in
Isle of Cumbrae Distillers has a fresh face on board thanks to crowdfunding donation from those eager for Millport’s very own gin. More than £20,000 was raised in just over a month to help purchase the company’s still, however some of this funding
A LARGS man has called for the brakes to be put on a plan to turn Barrfields Putting Green into a car park. David Allardice, 83, claims the facility at Vikingar! is already barely used and says the facts and figures being used to make the case for
A train has collided with a car earlier this morning on the railway line to Glasgow. Nine Scottish fire and rescue crews rushed to the scene near Johnstone at 6.15am. Emergency crews helped remove the driver from the car and escorted nine passengers
ANGRY West Kilbride residents have slammed the Glen as an ‘overgrown mess’ and say the final nail is being put in the village’s maintained green spaces. Discussions have been held between North Ayrshire Council, West Kilbride Community Council and
A LARGS pensioner threatened to go home and stab his wife in a drunken text message sent to her from a pub. Thomas Higgins started making threats after being told that his marriage was over. Higgins, 67, of Union Street in the town, appeared
IT WAS almost inevitable that Edinburgh's family of art festivals would be a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic – and just as inevitable that the organisers of those same festivals, as well as the artists, performers, musicians and actors who make
Last week we covered off the two most expensive rooms in any home, the kitchen and bathroom. But in part 2 of our ‘How to give your home a facelift on a budget’, we’re going to give you some great ideas to update your bedrooms, living room and
