Kilmarnock Standard

Excellent for finding up to date news and events as well as looking back at previous edition of this local newspaper.

Sad to say, as a local paper it has really gone downhill since the Trinity Mirror takeover. It is also terribly biased politically now, something which didn't happen under previous editors. The website is a joke, basically the Daily Record website with a couple of pieces of local news thrown in. The reporting has all the panache of being written by zombies. I get the impression the reporters have given up or don't care. You just need to look at a Guthrie Group newspaper, like for example, the Largs and Millport Weekly News to see what a local weekly paper should be. And it's sad, so sad. It is like watching an old friend dying of some terminal disease, in this case, lack of care and effort. I would have given only one star but sentiment for former days won out and I couldn't. I honestly cannot see a long term future for this paper under the present ownership. I've bought it every week for many years, and now I'm on the point of giving up on it.

Part of the Trinity Mirror Group.