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The Post did not devote as much space to agricultural matters as did the ''Advertiser. After World War II the circulation of the Advertiser was 14,000, while that of the Post was 20,000. [4] The title was judged Scottish Weekly Newspaper of the Year in 2014 at the Scottish Press Awards. It was the first time an Ayrshire newspaper has won the ...
Ayrshire is roughly crescent-shaped and is a predominantly flat county with areas of low hills; it forms part of the Southern Uplands geographic region of Scotland. The north of the county contains the main towns and bulk of the population.
A spokesperson from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that fire crews were "likely to remain on scene throughout today (September 27) and tomorrow (September 28). [20] On 27 September, Police Scotland confirmed a third suspect, a 13 year old boy, had been arrested in connection with the fire. [21]
Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868, when it was divided into North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Ayr was established as a Royal Burgh in 1205 and is the county town of Ayrshire. It served as Ayrshire's central marketplace and harbour throughout the medieval period [7] and was a port during the early modern period. [7] On the southern bank of the River Ayr sit the ramparts of a citadel constructed by Oliver Cromwell's men during the mid ...
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In November 2007 the school was threatened with closure by East Ayrshire Council. Sorn is known for its success in the Britain in Bloom competition. In 2004 it won gold in the "Small Villages" category and has previously won, amongst other awards, the "Highly Commended Certificate" a number of times in the 1980s.
Margaret Helen Swain MBE (née Hart; 13 May 1909 – 27 July 2002) was an English embroidery and textile historian. Trained as a nurse in London, she began a career as a historian after noticing no history about Ayrshire whitework embroidery in books following an exhibition at the Signet Library which she visited.