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This is a profile for the central postcode in KA26 which is KA26 0HJ. Neighbourhood profiles vary significantly from postcode to postcode.

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be living in farming communities.

These communities are found in some of the most rural areas of Britain, where the economy is underpinned by agriculture. There is a strong presence of farming communities in the Scottish Islands, Shropshire, Cumbria and the South West of England.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The Strathclyde Police force is responsible for policing the South Ayrshire Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in South Ayrshire council is £1,053.00, compared to an average in Scotland of £1,011.26.
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Hacker to appeal over extradition

27/11/2009 02:14:29

Lawyers for computer hacker Gary McKinnon are to challenge the home secretary's decision not to block his extradition to the US.
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Consultation on schools plan ends

27/11/2009 00:09:21

A consultation on controversial plans to redraw the catchment area for one of Scotland's most successful schools ends later.
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Eviction facts 'need explaining'

27/11/2009 00:20:02

For the first time statistics are released on how many households facing eviction are being referred to local authorities.
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Nurse tells of blaze evacuation

26/11/2009 15:23:44

A nurse on duty during a fatal blaze at a care home in Lanarkshire describes the evacuation attempt.
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'Dare' stab attack girl sentenced

26/11/2009 14:51:09

A 16-year-old girl who stabbed a teenager after he told her she did not "have the guts" to do it is sentenced.
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Mohawk man starts petrol fireball

26/11/2009 14:32:35

A 20-year-old man who caused a fireball at a petrol station is identified from his distinctive Mohican hairstyle.
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Council funding increases by 2.9%

26/11/2009 11:16:01

Councils are to receive nearly £12bn next year from the Scottish government, Finance Secretary John Swinney says.
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Murderers to be jailed for longer

26/11/2009 12:36:50

Killers could have to spend the rest of their lives behind bars after the minimum prison term for murder is increased.
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Murder probe into death in Kuwait

25/11/2009 20:17:06

A murder inquiry is opened into the death of a Scottish oil worker in Kuwait two years ago, BBC Scotland learns.
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Beefeaters fired in bully probe

25/11/2009 18:12:43

Two Beefeaters at the Tower of London are dismissed for harassing Moira Cameron, the first female Beefeater.
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Scots swine flu death total at 43

25/11/2009 18:06:10

The number of deaths linked to swine flu in Scotland rises to 43 after three more cases are confirmed.
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BBC Alba

02/10/2009 09:02:33

Naidheachdan Gàidhlig Ionadail, Nàiseanta is Eadar-nàiseanta
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Local news

26/11/2009 12:28:01

Other websites in the Glasgow and west area
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Bookstart bash

24/11/2009 01:28:17

Ten years of a national reading programme marked
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Your stories

24/09/2007 13:02:46

How to send us news from Glasgow and the west
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Railway Stations

Girvan (2.07 miles away), ScotRail

Barrhill (8.71 miles away), ScotRail

Maybole (11.11 miles away), ScotRail

Ayr (18.49 miles away), ScotRail

Newton-on-Ayr (19.48 miles away), ScotRail

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