East Ayrshire, Scotland News

AN OFF sales worker who sold drink to a 16-year-old boy claimed this week that she thought he was over 25.

LAST year, a minor revolt against Historic Scotland by the country's architecture and heritage watchdogs broke out into the open.

The Patna based publican has not been attending council meetings and his details have been removed from the authority's website.

Drew Filson was removed from his duties as a councillor in East Ayrshire after being sequestrated in December.

Shelter Scotland issued a strongly-worded statement after figures released by the Scottish Government appeared to show that the number of evictions carried out by the council had soared from 95 to 173 last year.

He now plans to take the tour to other schools after he was given a hero's welcome by hundreds of pupils.

The radical programme is a ploy from East Ayrshire Council, who believe the tots can reduce problem behaviour in schools.

Evictions by social landlords across Scotland have continued to decrease and the numbers of tenants in arrears is down over the last year, according to new analysis by Shelter Scotland.

Published by Ross Macmillan for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Communities , Local Government Tuesday 24th January 2012 - 11:33am Evictions by social landlords across Scotland have continued to fall and the numbers of tenants in arrears is down over the last year, according to new analysis by Shelter Scotland.

A report prepared for the council reveals that in 2009/10, the most recent year for which figures are available, 15 ASBOS were issued in East Ayrshire, compared with four each in North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire.

Mortgage payments in Scotland for a new borrower are the lowest in the UK in proportion to earnings, according to new research.

The Bank of Scotland said payments during the second half of 2011 were at their lowest as a proportion of disposable earnings since 2002.