January
Tributes poured in for a snooker ace as a rare brain disease claimed the life of Billy McCann, 61. Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob affects just one in a million people. Billy, of Northfield, Ayr, once beat Steve Davis in an exhibition frame and potted an incredible maximum score of 147.
Silly burger! Fast food worker flipped out smashing up Burger King in Ayr town centre causing £20,000 worth of damage. Craig Shearer took a hammer to the restaurant in broad daylight in a drink and drug fuelled rampage, leaving the eatery closed for a full day to repair damages.
