Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA retired Irvine schoolteacher who has fundraised tirelessly for the Ayrshire Hospice has been honoured in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.Margaret Cook, 82, was awarded the British Empire Medal for her work with the hospice.She has been involved with the Ayrshire Hospice Ladies Lunch club for more than 20 years, serving as president for a decade.During that time, the lunch club has raised thousands of pounds to help buy vital equipment for end of life care.Margaret, a schoolteacher in Irvine for 40 years until she retired in 1999, said: “I’ve known about this for around a month now and initially I had mixed feelings about it.“I just.