A MUM has told how a pensioner assaulted her young autistic son on a bus and described him as a 'monster'.  |  Read more

A SUMMER fun day is being held in the car park at Morrison's supermarket, Greenock on Saturday (21 July) from 11am to 4pm. There will be a bouncy castle, face-painting, home-baking and various stalls Proceeds will to Guide Dogs for the Blind.

CRUISE ship Azamara Journey is at Greenock Ocean Terminal today (Tuesday). The 30,000-tonne ship is expected to leave around 9.30pm bound for Kirkwall. 

CHURCH Street in Port Glasgow town centre will be closed between Princes Street and King Street on Sunday 22 July from 8am to 5pm for BT repair works.

STORAGE units -- 220 and 580-square-feet -- and an office suite are available to let at Captain Street Industrial Estate, Greenock.  |  Click for more details

GREENOCK parkrun welcomed 126 runners, joggers and walkers to the weekly five-kilometre event on the Esplanade.  |  Read more

CAR boot/table-top sales are being held every Saturday, 11am to 2pm, until the end of September, at St Andrew's Church car park, Auchmead Road, Greenock. Pitches cost £6 and can be booked by calling 07906755154, or just turn up on the day. If raining, the table-top sale will take place in the large church hall

A MAN was seriously assaulted as he was helping a pensioner who had fallen in Greenock town centre in the early hours of Sunday.  |  Read more

UNDER-strength Inverclyde were well beaten by top-of-the-league Vale of Leven, and slipped to the bottom of the league.  |  Read more

THE class of 1975 from St Columba's High School, Gourock are holding a reunion on Saturday 1 September.  |  Read more

A TEENAGER has been arrested after a passenger was allegedly attacked on a train in Greenock.  |  Read more

SHOP workers in Inverclyde are losing their jobs as Poundworld announces store closures across the UK.  |  Read more

POLICE have confirmed that Greenock man Steven Brown, who had been reported missing, was traced safe and well yesterday. Officers thank the public for their assistance.

MORTON lost their first League Cup match, against Ayr United, away, 3:1. Michael Tidser scored for the Greenock side after 14 minutes but Lawrence Shankland got a hat-trick for Ayr.

KANSAS Raiders Country and Western Club in partnership with the Comet Festival Committee are holding a charity dance featuring band Carson City on Friday 27 July in the 68 Club, Brown Street, Port Glasgow from 8pm till midnight, in aid of The Rosie Mitchell appeal. Entry is £5 at the door.

INVERCLYDE Velo's long-distance specialist Robert McCready was busy in June as he prepares for another gruelling 1,200km event in Bordeaux in the south of France later this month.  |  Read more

IN a match of fluctuating fortunes, Greenock came agonisingly close to achieving a tie with West of Scotland.  |  Read more

SPORTS groups across Inverclyde have been awarded more than £145,000 from Inverclyde Council’s new grants system for under-19 clubs.  |  Read more

VOLUNTEERS are needed for a beach clean-up being held by Clyde Muirshiel Park rangers at Lunderston Bay, Cloch Road, near Gourock. on Saturday (14 July), 11am to 1pm. Gloves and litter-pickers will be provided. Litter collected will be recorded with results given to the Marine Conservation Society.

FAMILY pantomime magic is back at the Beacon Arts Centre this year as the Greenock venue stages Sleeping Beauty.  |  Read more

PEOPLE in Inverclyde are being urged to nominate deserving community groups to be honoured with the Queen’s Awards for Voluntary Service.  |  Read more

FINISHING touches are being made to the new £1.2million home for Glenbrae Children’s Centre in Greenock.  |  Read more

RESULTS from competitions held by the Ladies' Section at Gourock Golf Club  |  Read more

GREENOCK face West of Scotland at Glenpark on Saturday aiming to build on last week's vital win over Ayr.  |  Read more

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