A LUXURY cruise ship broke free of its moorings during strong winds at Greenock Ocean Terminal. Hundreds of passengers stranded on shore until it was safe for the vessel to berth were sheltered at Greenock Town hall.  |  Read more

POLICE charged two men with alleged drink-driving -- a 26-year-old just after midnight in Inverkip Street and a 31-year-old on the A8 near Greenock police station, about 7pm on Wednesday.

STRONG winds caused road, rail and ferry disruption in Inverclyde on Wednesday.  |  Click for more

PART of the national cycle route through Inverclyde has reopened nearly three years after it was closed because of a landslip.  |  Read more

INVERCLYDE residents can now use the council's website to find out about a range of services -- from bin collections to the time of the next bus -- based on their home address.  |  Read more

INVERCLYDE Council has achieved its highest ever council tax collection rate.  |  Read more

GARDENERS will be out to show they know their onions when they put giant vegetables on display this weekend.  |  Read more

THERE was disappointment for Port Glasgow Boys' Club's 2004 teams in the Scottish Cup.  |  Read more

THE success of senior pupils at Inverclyde Academy was celebrated at an awards ceremony.  |  Read more

ARDGOWAN Hospice presents tribute band Little Mix Magic in concert at Port Glasgow Town Hall on 13 October, and Inverclyde Now has four tickets to give away.  |  Read more

POLICE officers arrested a 31-year-old man on Inverkip Road, Greenock in the early hours of Tuesday for alleged drug-driving, possession of drugs and a weapon.

MORE than 400 people took part in the annual Kilmacolm Running Festival hosted by Inverclyde Leisure's Birkmyre Gym.  |  Read more

INVERCLYDE Ramblers have two walks to choose from this weekend -- a Munro climb or a riverside excursion.  |  Read more

RIVER Clyde Homes is celebrating success at the National Energy Efficiency Awards after scooping the prize for National Insulation and Fabric Project of the Year.  |  Read more

FORECASTERS have issued an amber weather warning for very strong winds on Wednesday (19 September) across the Central Belt including Inverclyde.  |  Read more

HAVING opened the season with an emphatic victory, Thorn went into this match full of confidence and looking to avenge the recent cup defeat suffered at the hands of Newark.  |  Read more

HOME-Start Inverclyde is looking for volunteers with parenting skills to help families with young children deal with the challenges they face.  |  Read more

THE various club championships at Gourock Golf Club the have been decided over recent weeks following a busy and successful season.  |  Read more

THE first in a series of Inverclyde-wide events inviting people to discuss the idea of communities having more decision-making powers takes place in Inverkip this weekend.  |  Read more

AN Inverclyde Council primary school has received one of the best reports in Scotland this year by official government inspectors.  |  Read more

LOCAL dad Allan Ramsay has turned his back on a 20-year career in the oil and gas industry and invested everything into opening a soft play centre in Greenock.  |  Read more

A 21-YEAR-old was arrested for alleged drink-driving after he crashed a car in Gourock town centre.  |  Read more

ALL Saints' Primary School in Greenock is one of just nine schools chosen to receive an author residency from Scottish Book Trust in 2018/19.  |  Read more

ONE hundred volunteers turned up to help Inverkip Primary School take part in their first Great British Beach Clean.  |  Read more

A 26-YEAR-old man was arrested in Princes Street, Port Glasgow around 1.30am today (Monday) and charged with various road traffic offences including alleged drink-driving following calls to police from the public concerned about the manner in which a vehicle was being driven.