A star of BBC’s The Apprentice will swap the boardroom for the ballroom when he visits Ayrshire next year for one of the region’s most prestigious business events. Mike Soutar, best known as one of Lord Sugar’s trusted advisers who grills candidates during the hit show’s interview stage, will be the guest speaker at the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner. The event, set to take place at Trump Turnberry Resort on Friday, March 27, will bring together up to 500 business

Due to a failure of the electricity supply between Kilwinning and Dalry, the line closed and ScotRail will be unable to run trains through the area at present. As ScotRail are unable to run services through this area, they are having to revise/cancel the following services. • Glasgow Central to Ayr will Start/Terminate Johnstone • Ayr to Glasgow Central- Start/Terminate Kilwinning • Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Harbour - will be Suspended • Glasgow Central to Largs - Start/Te

More than 230 people were screened for heart conditions at an event hosted earlier this month by the South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership, NHS Ayrshire & Arran and the Pumping Marvellous Foundation. A team of experienced medical and nursing staff provided free screening from 10am until 3pm at Girvan Community Hospital. Staff from Pumping Marvellous, the largest patient-led heart failure charity in the UK, was also on hand for information and advice. Throughout th