AT KILBIRNIE in North Ayrshire, a public debate is taking place to hear the appeal of an application by a developer against the North Ayrshire Council's refusal to grant planning permission for wind farms, auxiliary equipment and services in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - RCMP have released the names of a young mother and her infant son who died in a Greyhound bus crash in northern Alberta. Christa-Marie Olsen-Ramsey, 20, and her 4 1/2-month-old son, Taylor, were from Ardrossan, just east of Edmonton.

By FIONA MACLEOD EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT THEY play in perfect harmony, yet none of these children ever practises at home or even owns a musical instrument. Next year, when these Primary 7 pupils move up to secondary school, they are going to create a headache for their new teachers.

A PURSE was found on Monday, May 28, on the Stagecoach bus from Kilmarnock to Ardrossan. Handed in to Irvine bus office. The money and cards are intact. A PURSE was found on Monday, May 28, on the Stagecoach bus from Kilmarnock to Ardrossan. Handed in to Irvine bus office.

A POSTMISTRESS has appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court charged with stealing GBP80,000 from her place of work - Seamill sub-post office in Ardrossan Road, West Kilbride, Ayrshire - between July 2002 and April 2006. Alice Bruce, 43, of Saltcoats, made no plea or declaration.