Greenock Telegraph - Archives
Browse our archives (sorted most recent stories first), or why not use the search function at the top to try to find an older story.
WE are offering readers a last-in-a-lifetime chance to board the QE2 when it returns to the Clyde on its farewell voyage next month. The famous liner will arrive in Greenock on Sunday 5 October. Don’t miss Monday’s Tele for details of our sensational competition
Published: Saturday, 23rd August, 2008 12:30
Hoy, you've gone the wrong way...
THE lid has been lifted on how Scotland’s greatest Olympian got a spanner in his spokes — in Inverkip. Chris Hoy has sealed his place in sporting history at the Beijing Games — but it’s a far cry from the day he went wheely mad after a controversial mountain bike race at the Ardgowan Estate in May 1992.
Published: Friday, 22nd August, 2008 12:30
AN RAF pilot from Kilmacolm has been honoured for saving his stricken aircraft and the student on board with him. Flight Lieutenant Jonathan Dunn, of 207 Squadron, based near York, avoided disaster by safely landing his aircraft after it suffered a catastrophic engine fuel flow failure.
Published: Friday, 22nd August, 2008 12:30
Coastguard strike 'will risk lives'
GREENOCK coastguards are set to return to strike action after the latest round of pay talks with bosses broke down. Stuart Atkinson of the PCS said: "Our objective is not to put lives at risk, but that is a likely outcome.”
Published: Friday, 22nd August, 2008 12:30
A MAN who tried to bite a police officer on the body after a rammy in Larkfield Road in Greenock has been warned he could be facing a prison sentence by a sheriff.
Published: Friday, 22nd August, 2008 12:30
Police hunt undie-cover thieves
BRAS and pants were damaged when vandals raided a Port Glasgow underwear storehouse.
Published: Thursday, 21st August, 2008 12:30
THE Tele’s Pub Idol 2008 winner is Patricia Campbell of The Sutherland.
Published: Thursday, 21st August, 2008 12:30
Bus blunder leaves girl behind
A SCHOOL bus blunder spoiled the first day of term for a pupil from Greenock. Lisa Anderson, 13, was looking forward to her first day back at Inverclyde Academy — but was left standing in the street when the bus drove past her.
Published: Thursday, 21st August, 2008 12:30
Boy, 15, bottled in cigarette row
A THUG smashed a Budweiser beer bottle over a schoolboy’s head in a savage street assault. The sheriff court heard yesterday how the 15-year-old was hit on the back of the head with the weapon after a row over cigarettes ended in violence.
Published: Thursday, 21st August, 2008 12:30
YOUNGSTERS who can’t play football because of the council overtime pay dispute could end up joining gangs, a football team boss warned today. Billy Gillen, treasurer of the Greenock and District League, fears the ban on weekend and evening football could go on for weeks.
Published: Thursday, 21st August, 2008 12:30
THOUSANDS of Inverclyde Council workers went on strike today in a row over pay.
Published: Wednesday, 20th August, 2008 12:30
Football games off due to dispute
THOUSANDS of Inverclyde football players and athletes have become caught up in an overtime pay dispute involving council parks department workers. Activities due to take place in the evening or at weekends have been cancelled for the foreseeable future.
Published: Wednesday, 20th August, 2008 12:30
Further Details
