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Council leader, Douglas Campbell (centre) provides lunch after a football session at the John Pollock Centre in Ayr Hundreds of children in Ayr North and Girvan have benefited from more than 7,000 healthy lunches served up at activities taking place during the summer break.

Green-fingered tenants at a West Lothian retirement development have been given the welcome addition of a new herb garden.

RTPI Scotland convenor Stefano Smith The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to look beyond "merely procedural" change to the planning system, and to provide more detail on how proposals are to be taken forward.

Sarah Boyack The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has responded to the Scottish Government’s planning consultation by calling for a major focus on increasing the supply of affordable homes.

Graham Paterson, executive director of City Building City Building has almost grown the amount it returns to Glasgow City Council by more than two thirds with over £9 million set to be reinvested in public services across the city, according to its annual results.

A housing association property near Sunderland has been destroyed in an explosion. Emergency services were called to the Gentoo property in Rosslyn Avenue, Ryhope, at just before 9am on Friday morning.

Link Group Ltd has made a commitment to the Scottish Business Pledge. A mutual partnership between the Scottish Government and Scottish businesses, the pledge aims to encouraging innovation, fairness and opportunity development in the workplace.

Cube Board member Bill Carroll presents Barracks keys to Brigadier Charlie Coull, Honorary Colonel 6th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland and Lt. Colonel Jules McIlheney 6th Battalion Royal Regiment Of Scotland A community has celebrated its historic ties with a Scottish Army regiment in a special

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The social housing sector must make changes across all its platforms, says Andrew Morrison.

Margaret Davidson The Highland Council is to review developer contributions for schools in the Inverness area to help the local authority cope with increasing rolls at city schools.

Gordon MacDonald Complaints over poor quality housing for soldiers in Scotland increased by 43% in one year, according to new statistics.

Retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone is seeking planning permission for a 69-apartment extra care accommodation block in Prestwick. Under the plans, former children’s cancer home Malcolm Sargent House will be demolished to make way for the development.

There is stiff competition for places on Ayrshire Housing’s Board as members get prepared to vote. Two tenants are competing for one vacancy in the Board’s five strong tenant section whilst in the community category, community members have eight candidates to choose from for the four vacancies.

Over 60 representatives from local businesses visited Hillcrest Group’s HQ in Dundee last week for an evening of food, fact finding and thoroughly good conversation. Delivered in partnership with Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce (DACC), the Summer Social at Hillcrest HQ event provided networki

The CleverCogs system produced by Blackwood A Health & Social Care Partnership is asking the citizens of Dundee to think about how technology can be used to enhance care and healthcare in the city.