Ayrshire Daily News

By Doug Maclean – Aviation Editor. As a former Trade Union representative and manager in the aviation industry I read the words of the Trade Union Unite and Prestwick Airport management with enormous admiration and satisfaction. I worked for over 40 years all over the UK and in several other countries. Most of my time I was shift working so I recognise the rigour of that working environment. My patient children could tell you that I seldom knew of it was Monday or Christmas Day. Each day was...

SP Energy Networks has released details of the country's largest early‑morning electricity surges, as millions of fans stayed up to watch the national men’s team’s triumphant return to the FIFA World Cup. Engineers recorded an up to 15% rise in overnight electricity demand during the match, in the central belt and south of Scotland. Equivalent to around 200,000 additional homes coming online at a time that is usually one of the quietest for the network. The biggest spikes were seen in...

Detectives are appealing for information after a man was found injured in Ayr. Around 3.30pm on Saturday, 13 June, 2026, police received a report a man had been stabbed within a property on Davidson Place. Emergency services attended and the 57-year-old man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Extensive enquiries are under way as officers work to establish how the man came about his injuries. Detective Constable Stewart Gordon said: “I am appealing to anyone who was in the...