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The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will toast its 180th year in 2020.

Even Mark Calder wasn’t sure if he’d be able to pull off his mammoth 2019 challenge.

The Scottish SPCA is warning of the dangers of social media following several posts which have tied up valuable resources for the charity.

A new campaign is aiming to bring more visitors to south west Scotland by showcasing the remarkable offering of the South West Coastal 300 (SWC300) touring route.

A campaigner known as the ‘Martin Luther King of the Middle East’, an entrepreneur tackling homelessness, and a Scottish actor helping children in war-torn countries, are all in the running for this year’s Robert Burns Humanitarian Award (RBHA).

An historic violin with links to Robert Burns is being taken out on a tour of the USA, as part of the Bard’s birthday celebrations.

Maidens Beach will be looking to retain its top beach accolade as Keep Scotland Beautiful is encouraging community groups, local authorities and landowners to enter the annual Scottish Beach Awards.

Fourteen new council homes are to be built on contaminated land in Maybole. 

Charities in South Ayrshire are being encouraged to share their successes and receive the national recognition they deserve.

You may have heard that the Citizens Advice network in Scotland has been delivering advice and support to people for 80 years now.

A driver speeding at more than 100mph to catch a ferry killed a woman and seriously injured her husband in a horror smash.

A charity is appealing to Girvan residents to join their volunteer team and make a valuable contribution towards supporting people who have hearing loss.

More than a 1000 NHS Aryshire and Arran staff were physically assaulted in 2018/19.

Funeral directors across the country are supporting a campaign to raise awareness of Funeral Support Payment.

Greater numbers of children with disabilities in South Ayrshire are being supported to learn to swim through inclusion in mainstream classes.

More than five million taxpayers have less than a month to complete their Self Assessment tax returns before the January 31 deadline.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Antimicrobial Management Team (AMT) has been helping to raise awareness of the importance of protecting antibiotics for future use.

People in and around Girvan are benefiting from a new community sensory room which has just opened at the Carrick Opportunities Centre.

It has been a busy start to the new decade at the Ayrshire Maternity Unit (AMU), where five babies were born before 8am on New Year’s Day