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Published: Thursday, 24th January, 2008 12:00
A HAVE-A-GO heroes stepped in to save an elderly man after a blaze in his Greenock home yesterday.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd July, 2008 12:00
FOUR post offices in Inverclyde have been earmarked for closure, Post Office bosses have announced. The offices are those in Brougham Street and Dunlop Street, Greenock, Mansion Avenue, Port Glasgow, and Tower Drive, Gourock.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd July, 2008 12:00
A DECADES-OLD drink and drugs detox unit run by the Salvation Army in Greenock could CLOSE in October, triggering an uncertain future for 30 staff and 33 current residents.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd July, 2008 12:00
A LONE fisherman was rescued by lifeboat crews off Port Glasgow after he boarded a mystery vessel he found drifting empty in the Clyde.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd July, 2008 11:55
AN Italian restaurant owner who introduced the wonderful world of Sardinian food culture to Greenock is calling it a day. Raffaele Chessa’s retiral marks the end of an era for the area as popular eating place Aldo’s disappears from the town centre.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd July, 2008 12:00
MORE than 90 east end kids have nowhere to go this summer after yobs torched a community hall. Black smoke was seen billowing from the roof and front door of the centre in Sinclair Street yesterday.
Published: Tuesday, 22nd July, 2008 12:00
A SENIOR councillor has called for a cross-party campaign to save jobs at Greenock’s historic Custom House. Alan Blair made the rallying cry after Customs bosses placed the building on a hit-list of almost 20 offices which could be closed down.
Published: Tuesday, 22nd July, 2008 12:00
AN apprentice mechanic is taking to the high seas in the challenge of a lifetime. Lee Torlay, an apprentice mechanic with Inverclyde Council, will join a team taking part in the Tall Ships Race.
Published: Tuesday, 22nd July, 2008 12:00
Prison officer 'bribed by con'
A SENIOR prison officer was caught taking a bribe to smuggle contraband into Greenock jail as part of a massive surveillance operation by police, a court heard yesterday.
Published: Tuesday, 22nd July, 2008 12:00
A SADISTIC sex beast who went on the run for three years before being arrested in Gibraltar and flown back to Scotland to face his fate is finally behind bars.
Published: Tuesday, 22nd July, 2008 12:00
It's great fun to play the YMCA
THERE was plenty of fun at Cappielow last night — but not for the young men from the YMCA.
Published: Tuesday, 22nd July, 2008 12:00
