Talk of the town from our social media

Sadistic animal abuser Callum Muir, of Ayr, made videos of his dogs ripping foxes and badgers apart in the worst animal cruelty SSPCA inspectors had ever witnessed on film. Samantha Stewart Laidlaw

Animals that become dangerous or out of control are usually euthanized. This one is both and should be euthanized.

Anne Sellers

Hope he gets jailed. Evelyn McIntyre

Hope they throw away the key.

Shaz McCormack Humans are vile. Definitely jail for this cretin. Animal cruelty needs bigger punishment.

Lauren Shirkie

Pure evil rotten to the core. Vile human being.

Zara Hay

The punishment for animal cruelty should be the same as if those animals were humans. Far too many lenient sentences are no deterrent for idiots like this.

Former PE teacher Irene Bartholomew, 71, administrator at Ayr St Columba Church, was awarded a ‘Maundy money’ gift at a special ceremony at St George’s Chapel.

Katie Wood Congratulations irene, you will always be mrs bartholomew to us our p.e teacher at mainholm and well deserved achievement. Debbie Chambers Well done mrs Bartholomew, you were my PE teacher at Mainholm Academy.

Elizabeth Lavery

Congratulations Mrs Bartholomew, (even think I remember you as Miss Crawford ?)

Lorna Walker Congratulations- Miss Crawford our P.E teacher at Mainholm , love to you all.

Bus passengers will have to fork out an extra 4.8 per cent for their journeys after Stagecoach West Scotland confirmed the price hike from May 8.

Junior Cole

Hardly run a full days service these days - can’t charge you extra on a bus that doesn’t turn up.

Debbie Howatson

That’s shocking can’t even run buses to get to work and you stay in Dalrymple, they have a cheek putting up fares.

Kerry McCrone

Public transport across the whole of the UK is an absolute joke. It’s more expensive and less reliable than your own car so what do you think people are going to do? When the country wants less cars on the road they need to address the issues of cost and reliability of these so called “services”

Alison MacKenzie Meanwhile in Germany they are cutting the fares to help people out.

Robert Wilson

It can hardly be a surprise with the rise in fuel prices.

Chloe Ferguson

They’ve some cheek putting up the fares considering the amount of services that are cancelled or just don’t show up with no warning.

People have been asked to have their say on the proposed caravan site for travelling people at council-owened land at Cockhill Farm on the outskirts of Ayr.

Pamela Cain

Give them the site but make them pay rent for staying there. We all have to pay rent or a mortgage so why should they not.

Xolivia Xhiddleston Travellers need somewhere to stay aswell as everyone else.

Yes, they need to be a bit more respectable but if they pay council tax and whatever else, what’s the problem?

James Gemmell

The only mess I see on Ayrshire streets are usually the result of local youths and Towie mobs dragging bins away and setting them alight etc, as well as throwing cans and fast food wrappers on the ground, but folk blame the traveling community!Wow.

Frances Barclay

Yes they should have there own site so long as they have no rubbish every where they are only asking for land not the crown jewels they are human beings just give them a second chance every one deserves that at least.