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Boy, 13, shot in street

POLICE are hunting a gunman who shot a schoolboy in a Greenock street.

Car attack murder bid man jailed

A MAN has been jailed for eight years for trying to murder a pedestrian with a car. Patrick Coyle, 44, of Rankin Street, drove the vehicle on to a footpath and hit the man, the court heard.

Battered dad slams Oak Mall yobs

A GREENOCK dad has hit out at thugs who broke his jaw in two places during an attack in a busy shopping centre. Arthur Higgins was punched and kicked by four yobs during the unprovoked assault in Greenock’s Oak Mall.

MacDonald Brothers to play town hall

X-FACTOR favourites the MacDonald Brothers, are set to play Greenock as part of the Inverclyde Youth Festival 2008. Fans can see the popular brothers Brian and Craig play Greenock Town Hall on Monday 11 August.

Don't miss our Saturday magazine

DON'T miss our 16-page Weekender magazine, which boasts a seven-day TV guide, two pages of puzzles and loats more - free with Saturday's Tele.

Youth festival is 'waste of money'

A MASSIVE £30,000 festival planned for Greenock next month has been slammed as a waste of money by a youth worker. Chris McTiernan, of East End Parish Church, whose own hall was torched by yobs on Monday, says he could run a youth club for the next 10 years with two-thirds of the budget.

Derelict church is 'deathtrap'

A 20-STRONG gang of tearaways is laying siege to buildings on a Greenock east end street.

Jim is having a ball

A FORMER councillor took a trip down memory lane when he uncovered a box of old photos from Port Glasgow's Comet Festival - we print the pics in the Tele today.