Retired police officer Mark Carter relied on Auchinleck Leisure Centre pool to deal with chronic pain.

The council extended the closing date until January, a day before the centre was due to shut.

People who share their birthday year with King Charles celebrated at a tea dance at Dumfries House.

It spells the end of a swimming club which has been teaching people to swim for 60 years.

Lochlan Murdoch, who has Type 1 diabetes, was just 11 when he set up his own charity in lockdown.

Stewart Burgess preyed on a teenager at Redheugh home in North Ayrshire in the 1980s.

Colin Elliot, from Cumnock, died in the two-vehicle accident near Eyemouth last month.

Police say the 53-year-old driver was arrested following the collision near the King's Ayrshire property.