He did ‘The Locomotion’ with Kylie – now music mogul and railway enthusiast Pete Waterman has a locomotive named after him thanks to a Kilmarnock firm. Veteran record producer Pete, 75, visited the town on Monday where he was a VIP guest at the long-awaited official opening of Brodie Engineering’s Caledonia Works rail plant. And
It’s the end of an era this week as owners of an iconic Kilmarnock boozer will pull their last pint. The Brass and Granite on Grange Street will pull the shutters down in its current guise for the final time tomorrow as punters face the prospect of drinking elsewhere after almost two decades under the
Ayr is expected to welcome as many as 2,000 visitors next weekend – as fans descend for a celebration of their favourite comic and movie characters. Ayr Comic Con gets underway at The Citadel on Saturday, June 4 and you can expect diehard fans to be out in force. Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Dr Strange, Captain
An Ayrshire businessman is preparing to embark on a mammoth fundraising challenge in honour of his older brother who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). Adrian Murphy, from Ayr, will take on a series of fundraisers as he aims to raise £40,000 for charity MND Scotland. Adrian, 40, is the CEO of financial planning
The sister of a missing Ayrshire child has marked the 46th anniversary of his disappearance. Sandy Davidson vanished from his grandparents’ garden in Bourtreehill on April 23, 1976, when he was just three years old. The tot – who is one of the country’s oldest missing persons cases – had been playing with little sister
A church officer from Ayr scooped a Royal award for her dedication to Christian services. Irene Bartholomew, 71, office administrator at Ayr St Columba Church, was awarded a ‘Maundy money’ gift at a special ceremony at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on Maundy Thursday. The annual Royal Maundy service, which dates back to the 13th
An Ayrshire man got to run with his brave dad battling cancer to the finish line of an incredible 150-mile charity challenge. Cameron Snow, 26, from Troon took on a gruelling month of runs in March to raise vital funds for the Beatson Cancer Charity, who looked after his dad Steve while he fought throat
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