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'Scumbag' school slur sparks fury

GREENOCK’S east end parents are outraged after a senior councillor branded their award-winning school a “scumbag” facility.

Labour councillor Terry Loughran, the education committee vice-convener, made the ill-judged remark about St Kenneth’s Primary after they won two prestigious national health promotion awards.

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Weights champ in net bust

A CHAMPION weightlifter from Greenock was nabbed illegally selling a performance-enhancing substance over the internet.

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Jobs to go at Cigna

WORRIED staff at a Greenock-based health insurance firm fear for their livelihoods — after they were told jobs could be axed.

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Tributes paid to cafe king

INVERCLYDE is mourning the loss of a genuine cafe king.

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Multi-million pound housing plan

A MULTI-MILLION- pound housing plan and a £60,000 cash boost for youth football have given Inverclyde its second regeneration boost in two days.

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1,700 new jobs in dock revamp

ONE of the largest regeneration projects ever seen in Scotland has been formally launched at Greenock’s historic James Watt Dock.

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Sacked postie wins payout

A GREENOCK postman who won compensation for unfair dismissal after taking a day off because of a hangover has welcomed the decision.

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Dad and tot in horror smash

A DAD and his one-year-old son had a miraculous escape when their car left the busy A78 and ploughed into trees.

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Tourist tells of 'axe attack'

A GERMAN tourist told a court how he was set upon with his own hiking axe by a gang of teenagers.

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Shop held up at knifepoint

TERRIFIED shop staff were robbed after being threatened by a man wielding a knife last night.

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OAP's 30-year sewage nightmare

AN elderly Port Glasgow man who has had a faulty drain in his garden for over 30 years fears it is now becoming a health hazard.

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Dog owner in cruelty shame

A DOG was left unable to breathe or eat — and forced to live in its own waste.

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