From The Greenock Telegraph Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Single sex classes for schools
SECONDARY schools in Inverclyde are experimenting with single sex classes in a bid to drive up boys’ exam results.
The pilot scheme is part of a wider effort to help bridge the gap with girls, who are outperforming them year in, year out.
Church shows wedding thrift
A CHURCH congregation laid on a £445 bargain budget wedding to show the world what love is all about. Reverend Drew Sheridan said: “I wanted to show you don’t need to spend £20,000 on a wedding. You can do it very cheaply and have an amazing day."
School campus share plan plea
PARENTS have been urged to have their say on new plans for the future of secondary schooling in Port Glasgow. Inverclyde Council is currently consulting on a groundbreaking proposal which would see Port Glasgow and St Stephen’s High schools share a single campus.
Anger at sale of 'Gourock Blink'
INVERCLYDE Council has decided to sell off a prominent piece of public land on Gourock’s main town centre street. The gap site on Kempock Street — known as the ‘Gourock Blink’ — will go on the market after councillors voted in favour of the plan at a crunch meeting last week.
Bid to rescue 'lifesaving' work
NEW life has been breathed into a bid to rescue the work of a residential alcohol recovery centre in Greenock. A campaign was launched earlier this year to save Fewster House, after it emerged the Salvation Army-run centre would have to close.
Top Sport
A POST-training gym session for Ton striker Iain Russell helped him to keep his fitness levels up yesterday.
But the former Brechin City frontman admits no matter where he goes, he cannot escape the feeling of frustration which is engulfing the Cappielow side.
MORTON boss Davie Irons left Victoria Park with the insults still ringing in his ears.
Phoenix can't put the fire out
INVERCLYDE  Phoenix played their inaugural game in Dunfermline against the experienced Fife Fire.
The Guide
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood 
If you'd told me that I would ever have got so caught up in the story of a Sonic game that I felt genuinely sorry for the old hedgehog I would have laughed at you. But when you get BioWare (the company behind roleplaying classics Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect) turning their attentions to the blue spiked irritant himself, amazing things happen.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
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