A Scottish hospitality and leisure group will be swinging open the doors to a new Ayrshire coast hotel spa on Tuesday 17 th February, following a major £3million development at The Waterside Hotel.   Owned and operated by SimpsInns, the new sea-view spa at The Waterside Hotel in West Kilbride is set to become one of Scotland’s most exciting leisure and tourism developments for 2026, with bookings now open.   Once complete in February, Si! Spa at The Waterside will be home to

East Ayrshire Council can confirm that The Robert Burns Academy and SLC, Hillside School, Lochnorris Primary and SLC, and Cherry Trees ECC will reopen on Monday 12 January. Pipers Café will remain closed for the foreseeable future. Multi-service meetings have been held daily throughout the week, and engineers and a number of contractors have been onsite throughout addressing issues that have arisen since Sunday 4 January. This will continue over the weekend to ensure that any

Four properties on Barnweil Drive, Hurlford have been completely renovated by Housing Services on behalf of the East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (EAHSCP). In April 2025, Cabinet agreed to investment of £152,600 from the Council’s Innovation Fund to renovate four properties that will provide adult supported accommodation. Barnweil Drive is one of nine housing hubs across East Ayrshire, which are based on a shared support and responder model. This means that ind