Of the year 2016 Part One
Around 120 jobs were in danger in Girvan and Patna after medical firm BDF prepared to shift operations to China and shut one of its two Ayrshire bases, with staff being given just 30 days’ notice.
A backlash erupted over backhanded charges hitting village halls, as South Ayrshire Council were to charge for heating, lighting and gala charges, threatening the future of rural summer parties.
A shocking health report has named Ayrshire as one of the UK’s fattest places to live, with one in three adults tipping the scales as clinically obese.
Bin men took off their gloves for a 24 hour strike. The row over 10pm back shifts deepened with industrial action as pressure mounted on South Ayrshire Council to clear piled rubbish from the streets. MAY Council bin workers were stunned when council environment chief Lesley Bloomer visited them with a bag of Maltesers as strike action over 10pm shifts ramped up.
Conservative John Scott made history after winning his fifth election to the Scottish Parliament. The MSP said his constituents will always come first.
Ayr United were back in the Championship as Somerset Park hosted its first promotion party in 60 years. Keeper Greg Fleming was the play- off hero with three saves in a penalty shoot- out against Stranraer.
Doonfoot Primary was evacuated after receiving a call about a bomb threat. Hoaxers targeted schools across the country. JUNE Stagecoach bus driver John Kiltie, 44, was murdered in broad daylight whilst washing his car. Three men were arrested for the first fatal stabbing in Girvan in 39 years.
Protests began as charity chiefs announced the closure Prestwick’s Malcolm Sargent House, pulling the plug on respite breaks for children with cancer as part of cost- cutting measures.
The family of Tilly Sharkey, 5, delivered an emotional appeal and pray for a medical miracle after being told their daughter has a short time to live after being diagnosed with a rare brain tumour.
American presidential candidate Donald Trump took his only break from the campaign trail to come to Ayrshire for the reopening of his Turnberry golf resort, after a £ 250million revamp.