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union chiefs say the walkouts could go on for six months unless the governmentjoins pay talks. and multiple arrests in afghanistan after protesters marched in outrage at the talibans latest prohibition on women attending universities. george cohen, who was part of englands 1966 world cup—winning team, has died aged 83. more in the sport later in the bulletin. serious street violence has broken out in paris after a fatal shooting at a kurdish centre, three people were killed and three...

Provost Anthea Dickson takes a look back at 2023 in her festive message

A look back at the best stories and photos from Irvine and Kilwinning in November 2003.

Young people from North Ayrshire tackled a host of hard-hitting issues at the latest Youth Joint Cabinet Meeting this week.

Strong winds, ice and frigid conditions all the way from canada to the deep south, including texas and the border with mexico. the midwest will be particularly badly hit, where it could be the coldest christmas since the 1980s. even florida, the sunshine state, will experience temperatures well below freezing. in new york, intense blizzards are expected to last for several days. americans are being advised to travel earlier than planned or hunker down for christmas. peter bowes, bbc news. patric...

SCOTLAND’s top performing state secondary schools have been named in a new league table – with mixed results for North Ayrshire schools.

Carolyn Hope (Senior Manager Facilities Management), Una Doolan (Team Manager Facilities Management), Linda Gibson (Catering Supervisor), Roslyn Ferguson (Catering Assistant) and Councillor Jim Montgomerie. North Ayrshire Council has retained the ‘Gold Food for Life Served Here’ award for the eighth year running. Awarded by Soil Association Scotland, the prestigious Gold accreditation recognises the council’s continued commitment to making good food the easy choice, championing envir...

School meals are set to become even healthier in North Ayrshire with the introduction of new nutritional regulations.

Arran Banner School meals at Arran schools are to be healthier. Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assu...

Arran Banner Arran Economic Group chairman Tom Tracey. Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that ...