Ayr music venue in running for national gong alongside famous King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut

A legal challenge against a UK Government decision to block Holyrood gender reforms will go ahead next month, it was confirmed today.

A super-sized B&M has officially opened its doors at an Ayrshire retail park.

As a member of one of the most famous families in the world, going incognito presents quite the challenge. But the likes of King Charles and Prince William are, after all, only human and crave some peace and quiet without photographers surrounding them.Though their privacy is usually respected, some have been known to take drastic measures to ensure they get some peace.

Depeche Mode have announced the acts joining them as support on the North American leg of their ‘Memento Mori’ tour.Announced today (August 11), the band – which is comprised of Martin Gore and Dave Gahan – shared the three acts that will be joining them for their string of tour dates across North America starting next month.On Instagram, the duo shared that Kelly Lee Owens, Young Fathers and DIIV would be the acts joining them across all 35 upcoming shows.Kicking off their North American tour with three dates in Mexico on September 21, 23 and 25, the band will then head out to Austin, Texas. From there, Depeche Mode will make stops in major cities such as Miami, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Vancouver, Seattle, and San Diego.A post shared by Depeche Mode (@depechemode)The tour will wrap up with four dates in Los Angeles, California in December.

Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble has shared his new solo single as Almost Nothing, ‘Instant Love’. Check it out first on NME below, as Woomble also tells us about his new project, supporting The Walkmen, and what’s next for the Scottish cult rockers.After launching his new “genre-fluid” electro-tinged project under his new moniker with the new single ‘Anything Whatever’, now Woomble has shared the elegiac but “positive” next taster of his next album with ‘Instant Love’.“It’s not a song that defines the record but is a really good indication of what’s to come,” Woomble told NME.

Dozens of retail jobs have been placed at risk across two Ayrshire stores with the news that Wilko has been plunged into administration.

on his website Wednesday. His cause and location of death has not been revealed.“It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today,” read the statement on his website.“We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters — Sandra, Eva and Regan — and to all his family. Rodriguez was 81 years old.

Whilst the Royal Family might have an extensive portfolio of grand properties across the country, there is one estate which was bought for a surprisingly low price.

Exam pass rates across North Ayrshire have improved as more than 3,350 pupils received their long-awaited results.

Connect Music Festival is making its return to Edinburgh later this month, celebrating an array of musical talent, comedy, spoken word and wellness.

The Royal Family has an impressive portfolio of homes around the country, including Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle - which they are expected to return to any day now. As well as the vast 50,000 acre estate in the rolling hills of Aberdeenshire, there is another stunning Scottish home that was bought for a shockingly low price.The castle has never been lived in full-time and has frequently been used as a summer home for the King and Queen when they were still styled as the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

It’s believed to be one of only five of this style of Jacobean builds in the whole of Scotland- and now this stunning ivy-clad front mansion is on the market.

A world record-breaking Scots family are set to take on a gruelling 2000-mile challenge over land and sea to raise money for charity. Brothers Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean alongside their dad Charles Maclean MBE are planning to visit all 120 distilleries across Scotland to raise money for the Maclean Foundation.

With the royal family's annual summer break to the Balmoral Estate in Scotland being just days away, it's likely we will see the King and the Duke of Edinburgh in their traditional Highland dress as they attend cultural events such as the Braemar Gathering.

A defeated SNP leadership candidate has warned First Minister Humza Yousaf against further tax rises.

King Charles has always been a vocal advocate for protecting the environment as he has been campaigning for climate change for over 50 years and was a true pioneer for the social cause before it became the global emergency that it is today. Whether it is planting trees or using organic farming methods, the King is a man who practices what he preaches.

Bathgate’s Reconnect Regal theatre trust are to take over the running of Howden Park Centre next month.

A vegan café has been crowned Ayrshire’s best restaurant.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla got quite the laugh over a pie when they realized it was made to look like the king. In a TikTok shared by DailyMail Royals Wednesday, Camilla is seen checking out an array of baked goods at the Sandringham Flower Show in Norfolk, before stumbling upon one that she said looked «just like» her husband.«It just looks just like my husband,» Camilla is heard saying before bursting into a fit of giggles.She then shows the pie to others at the flower show before calling Charles over to take a look.The pair were all smiles at the sight, laughing and enjoying a look at the pie, which looked more like a cartoon version of the king than his actual likeness.The pie featured a long face shape with large ears, an oblong nose and an open mouth with teeth included.

Plans are in place to close one of Ayr’s best-known hotels - and turn it into three luxury homes.