http://www.http://www.irvinetimes.com//rss/rss.php Latest from the online edition en-gb Friday, 04th of July 2008 01:22:02 AM Copyright (C) 2008 Berkshire Media Group http://www.irvinetimes.com/rss/ 8 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.com/furniture/it_logo_500x75.png http://www.irvinetimes.com/ KILWINNING Big Brother favourite Mikey Hughes became the third Ayrshire representative in as many years this week. Now, the whole town is willing the 33-year-old to go on to win the coveted TV title. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/25117 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/25117 Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:00:00 GMT News A HUSBAND whose wife was killed when he crashed their car at high speed has been spared jail. James Simpson, 40, was admonished and given eight points on his licence after the smash which claimed the life of wife Andrea, 39. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/25113 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/25113 Wednesday, 11 June 2008 10:00:00 GMT News IRVINE politician Brian Donohoe is being sued by an electrician over an unpaid bill for £64. Dale McNair wants the MP to pay up for advice he gave about the electrics at the politician’s Irvine home. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/24594 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/24594 Wednesday, 28 May 2008 10:45:00 GMT News IN an astonishing meeting on Tuesday all of the Irvine schools threatened with closure were saved. Tense parents arrived at Cunninghame House to await the verdict of the future of Towerlands and John Galt Primary Schools, with Springside all but secured. Many had believed that John Galt would be the one school of the three to be doomed to closure. However, in an neck-and-neck vote the Vineburgh school was saved after Provost Bobby Rae made his casting vote count. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/23359 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/23359 Wednesday, 30 April 2008 12:00:00 GMT News AN IRVINE man has admitted having sex with his aunt. However, the 52-year-old aunt has told the Times of her disgust at claims she had consented to incest with her 25-year-old nephew. Stephen Thomas Green, of Woodlands Avenue, admitted to having sex with Moira Compton at her home on February 19 last year. He pled guilty to the charge at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week and will be sentenced next month after background reports are looked at. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/23076 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/23076 Wednesday, 23 April 2008 11:00:00 GMT News SOCIAL SERVICES bosses will have one week to decide whether to reinstate the area’s sheltered housing wardens or face legal action after receiving a letter from top human rights lawyer Cameron Fyfe. Mr Fyfe sent the letter on behalf of one Springside resident to North Ayrshire Council last Wednesday officially asking them to reconsider their position and reinstate the service. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/23075 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/23075 Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:30:00 GMT News COUNCIL bosses have denied that they have been sticking their heads in the sand over equal pay. Equal Pay campaigner Mark Irvine claims that North Ayrshire Council have been using delay tactics in order to stall the process. On his website he said that NAC have been given one last chance to provide information to an employment tribunal after failing to meet previous orders to hand over details which would back up their defence. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/23074 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/23074 Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:00:00 GMT News COUNCIL bosses are being taken to court AGAIN after banning a contractor from a tendering process. Lightways Contractors Ltd, who are already sueing the council for thousands of pounds worth of damages over a previous tendering process, have now taken North Ayrshire Council to the Court of Session. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/22786 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/22786 Wednesday, 16 April 2008 09:00:00 GMT News THE LATEST in a long line of hammerblows to the local economy was announced last week with pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline set to shed half of its workforce. A total of 270 jobs are likely to go over the next three years after the company revealed its plans to workers. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/22338 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/22338 Wednesday, 09 April 2008 11:00:00 GMT News A PROMISE by council bosses to have everything in place before the warden service was taken away has been shattered. A North Ayrshire Council claim that the replacement system for the service would be in place by April 1 was this week changed, with the council telling us that the system would only begin to be implemented on that date. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/22168 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/22168 Friday, 04 April 2008 12:00:00 GMT News CASH strapped council bosses have been slammed by a local politician after admitting to spending over £100,000 on hi-tech computers which have been left in a warehouse untouched for over a year. North Ayrshire Council bought 50 Toughbook laptops - designed to operate in harsh conditions - for workers employed out in the field. However, since they were purchased towards the end on 2006 they have sat in a warehouse in Stevenston, with only a few set to be used in the coming weeks. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/20898 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/20898 Wednesday, 05 March 2008 12:00:00 GMT News A COURT has sentenced six men to more than 10 years in jail for carrying vicious blades. http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/10277 http://www.irvinetimes.com/articles/1/10277 Wednesday, 07 March 2007 12:31:11 GMT News