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Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be low income larger families living in semis.

The Black Country and South Yorkshire are the main places for these communities, although they generally crop up in most urban areas. Towns such as Doncaster, Barnsley, Dudley, Wrexham, and Ballymoney are typical.

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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 East Ayrshire Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in East Ayrshire council is £921.00, compared to an average in Scotland of £1,011.26.
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Local news

Teenager is arrested over death

28/11/2009 17:56:17

A teenage boy is arrested following the death of a 37-year-old man in an Ayrshire town.
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Marchers call for end to racism

28/11/2009 13:25:51

Hundreds of people take part in a march and rally in Glasgow against racism and racist groups, organised by the STUC.
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Warship sails home from the Clyde

28/11/2009 13:16:51

A second Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer leaves the Clyde and is on its way to its home port of Portsmouth.
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Two arrested over woman's death

28/11/2009 13:51:02

Police confirm that two people have been arrested over the death of a 48-year-old woman from Sighthill in Glasgow.
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Homecoming year reaching climax

28/11/2009 15:57:53

Scotland's Homecoming festival comes to an end this weekend, with more than 40 events leading up to St Andrew's Day.
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Police make arrest after man dies

28/11/2009 18:20:23

A 52-year-old man is arrested following the death of a man in the Roystonhill area of Glasgow.
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Referees red card domestic abuse

28/11/2009 17:17:11

Officials at this weekend's league and cup football matches wear badges in support of a campaign against domestic violence.
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Man attacked in front of daughter

27/11/2009 14:46:37

Police hunt a man who attacked another man in a street in Rutherglen in front of his 10-year-old daughter.
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Child porn teacher sent to jail

27/11/2009 13:23:58

A former head teacher who admitted possessing thousands of indecent images of children is jailed.
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Thieves steal BMW in carjacking

27/11/2009 10:15:11

Two men armed with baseball bats steal a 61-year-old woman's BMW in a carjacking in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
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Des Browne to leave the Commons

27/11/2009 21:46:59

Former defence secretary Des Browne plans to step down as MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun at the next general election.
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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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Highways to Hell

27/11/2009 11:01:53

Glasgow in the top 10 list of the UK's scariest roads
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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

Maybole (7.64 miles away), ScotRail

Ayr (8.78 miles away), ScotRail

Newton-on-Ayr (9.71 miles away), ScotRail

Auchinleck (10.90 miles away), ScotRail

Prestwick Town (11.07 miles away), ScotRail

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