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17 March — Overdue CalMac Ferries Hit By Further Delays | BBC
16 March — Call For Statues In Honour Of Lee Jeans Work-In Women | Sunday Post
15 March — £87,000 Bonus For Ferguson Bosses Branded ‘Unacceptable’ | BBC
6 March — Port Glasgow Garage Turns Gallery As Owner Hails Island Childhood | Sunday Post
3 March — Greenock ‘Car Chase’ Ends In Armed Police Shutting Down Street | Glasgow Live
1 March — Morton Legend Allan McGraw Dies | BBC
28 February — Sailor Who Drowned In Greenock Tugboat Tragedy Was ‘Quiet Man And Great Friend’ | Glasgow Live
24 February — Ferguson Shipyard Misses Deadline To File Accounts | BBC
13 February — Lawyer To Investigate If Ferries Contract Was ‘Rigged’ | BBC
9 February — Greenock Telegraph Editor Leaving After 10 Years | Hold The Front Page
7 February — Convicted Drug Smuggler Marries Woman He Met While In Caribbean Jail | Glasgow Live
25 January — Housebuilder Loses Bid To Overturn Rejection Of 100-Home Kilmacolm Plan | Scottish Construction Now
19 January — Legal ‘Nightmare’ After Law Firm Went Bust | BBC
17 January — Drug Dealer Who Killed Teenager Has Sentence Cut | BBC
9 January — Unique New House In Kilmacolm | ProjectScotland
5 January — Sweetie Firm Report £2Million Loss After Writing Off Morton Money | Herald
24 December — Refugee Barber Repays Kindness With Free Haircuts | BBC
22 December — Kilmacolm Man One Of Five Money Launderers Who Targeted Football Club Owner | BBC
19 December — Difficult To Identify How Public Money Was Spent On Ferries, Say MSPs | stv
12 December — Adventurer’s Rowing Feat In Honour Of Port Glasgow Antarctic Explorer | BBC
10 December — Publication Aims ‘To Expose Truth’ About Ferry Scandal | BBC
2 December — Man Jailed For Killing 22-Year-Old By Driving Over Him | BBC
29 November — Shipyard Takeover ‘Wasted’ £200Million Of Public Money | BBC
23 November — Former Airport Boss To Lead Ferguson Shipyard | BBC
21 November — Five Years Since Launch Of Ferry That’s Still Not In Service | STV News
Photos of the launch on 21 November 2017 at Ferguson Marine, Port Glasgow
18 November — Post Office Owner Was Left ‘Traumatised’ After Armed Raid | Glasgow Times
14 November — Man Arrested After Serious Sexual Assault In Port Glasgow | STV News
5 November — Man Admits Killing 22-Year-Old By Driving Over Him | Daily Express
4 November — Ferry Contract Was Not ‘Jobs For The Boys’, Says First Minister | BBC
3 November — Greenock Is ‘Street Valium Hotspot’ | Daily Express
30 October — New ‘Green’ Ferry To Begin Service Using Diesel | BBC
28 October — Inverclyde Route Is One UK’s ‘Most Scenic’ Bus Journeys | Evening Times
7 October — Compassionate Inverclyde Pioneer Is RCN Nurse Of The Year | Nursing Standard
28 September — Ferry Contract Hit By Further Delay | BBC
27 September — Leaked Dossier Suggests Ferry Deal May Have Been Rigged | BBC
22 September — Prisoner Arranged Greenock Firebomb Attacks From Jail | BBC
20 September — Prisoner Escaped During Hospital Visit | stv news
15 September — Chasing Steel: Clyde Shipbuilding And The ‘Ferry Fiasco’ | London Review of Books
8 September — Ex-Minister Accepts Role In ‘Catastrophic’ Ferries Failure’ | BBC
6 September — Permission Refused For Easdale Brothers’ Glasgow Hotel Plan | reGlasgow.com
31 August — Drug Dealer Jailed For Teenager’s Death In Greenock | BBC
25 August — Greenock Actor’s Show Scottish Fling Will Start And Finish In His Home Town | Glasgow Live
22 August — Plans Revealed For Parklea Horticultural Hub | Urban Realm
12 August — Actor Martin Compston ‘Would Love To Put On Battery Park Music Festival’ | The National
5 August — Ferguson Boss Has ‘Growing Confidence’ Over Future Ferry Contract | stv news
28 July — Inside Port Glasgow’s Rundown Clune Park Flats | Glasgow Live
19 July — Greenock To China Container Ship Link Launched | Glasgow Times
9 July — Wemyss Bay Woman Charged After Car Crashes Into Sea | Largs & Millport Weekly News
7 July — Easdale Brothers Looking To Buy Tina Turner Music Rights | Daily Express
30 June — Former Shipyard Owner Accused Of “Catastrophic Failure Of Management” | BBC
18 June — Ferry Cables Blunder Blamed On New Management | BBC
16 June — Man Arrested In Abu Dhabi Over Alleged Rape In Greenock Eight Years Ago | stv
14 June — Teenage Drug Dealer Found Guilty Over Young Dancer’s Death | stv
10 June — Asylum-Seekers Attacked And Robbed In Greenock | The National
8 June — High Court Trial Underway Over Schoolgirl’s Ecstasy Death | Glasgow Live
7 June — Inverclyde Trains Disrupted After Bull Wanders On To Tracks | stv
23 May — ‘Amazing’ IRH Nurses Help Terminally-Ill Man Wed Partner Of 16 Years | stv
19 May — Men Accused Of Strangling Man In Port Glasgow To Stand Trial Next Year | stv
5 May — Boxer Placed In Coma After ‘Heavy Punch’ From Port Glasgow Fighter | stv
3 May — First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Accused Of ‘Lie’ By Former Yard Owner Jim McColl Over Ferry Contract | BBC
30 April — Grandmother’s Baking Raises £80,000 for Mary’s Meals | Sunday Post
27 April — Shipyard Boss Says Ferry Costs Should Not Increase | BBC
26 April –– Easdale Brothers Launch Luxury Hotel Plan For Landmark Glasgow Building | reGlasgow.com
21 April — ‘He’s Still My Soul Mate’: Port Glasgow Couple’s Experience Of Dementia | STV News
18 April — Ferguson Yard ‘Bidding To Build Ships For The Bangladesh Navy’ | Scottish Business Insider
3 April — Ex-Minister Derek Mackay Willing To Be Quizzed Over Ferry Deal | BBC
31 March — Nicola Sturgeon Defends Pay Of Former Ferguson Shipyard Boss | BBC
29 March — Tycoon Wishes He Had Walked Away From Ferry Deal | BBC
25 March — Dad Jailed For Raping Two Women While They Slept | STVnews
23 March — Ferguson Ferries Deal Awarded Without Financial Safeguards | BBC
19 March — Inverclyde Now’s ‘Amazing Archaeological Discovery’ In Greenock Video Leaves Scots In Stitches | Daily Record
15 March — Dad Dies In Choking Tragedy | Falkirk Herald
12 March — Martin Compston: From A School Corridor To Stardom | BBC
8 March — Margaret Fleming Killers Settle Benefit Scam Claim | BBC
3 March — How The Beacon In Greenock Took Centre Stage | The Scotsman
1 March — Machete Attack Man Jailed For Attack In Union Street, Greenock | STV News
25 February — Martin Compston Still ‘Astonished’ By Sweet Sixteen Casting | STV News
16 February — Festival’s 20th Anniversary Screening Of Greenock-Made Film That Launched Actor Martin Compston’s Career | Glasgow Film Festival
10 February — Ferries Delayed Again After Cabling Blunder | BBC
10 February — Greenock Child Rapist Jailed | stv
28 January — Ferguson Marine Loses £8Million Building Other Vessels | Business Insider
21 January — New Peer Lord Offord Of Garvel Was Motivated To Join Government By Closure Of Greenock Academy | STV
18 January — Sisters Step In To Save Largs Agricultural Show | Largs and Millport News
11 January — Man Charged After Police Officer Injured At Langbank | The Gazette
7 January — Latest Completion Date For Long-Delayed CalMac Ferry Is ‘Challenging’ | The Scotsman
7 January — Easdales Consider Suing Council Over IBM Site Planning Application | The National
18 December — Pensioners With Combined Age Of 175 Set To Marry | STV
7 December — BP Bosses Visit Ferguson Marine Yard, Port Glasgow, Over Potential Wind Farm Ships | Energy Voice
24 November — Probe After £10,000 Pandemic Grant Given To Campaigning Group Yes Inverclyde | Scottish Sun
23 November — Greenock Pub Boss Found Dead | Scottish Sun
5 November — Teenager To Stand Trial Accused Of Killing Young Dancer By Supplying Drug | Daily Record
7 October — Inverclyde Councillor Allegedly Charged After Disturbance | The National
20 September — M8 Crash Victims Named Locally | Daily Record
19 September — Orange Lodge Release Statement After Port Glasgow Member Dies During City Procession | Daily Record
9 September — Greenock Delivery Driver Had £32,000 Drug Haul Stashed In Garden | Daily Record
8 September — Tributes Following Death Of Lawyer | Daily Record
1 September — Greenock Author Catherine MacPhail Dies l HeraldScotland
27 August — Closing Date Set For Mariners’ Home Sale | Project Scotland
6 August — Ambulance Battles Through A8 Greenock Flash Flood | BBC
29 July — Government ‘Faces Stark Choices’ Over Greenock Prison | BBC
24 July — Greenock Actor Is Scotland’s Justin Bieber’ Says Co-Star | BBC
21 July — Easdale Brothers Invest More Than £10Million In Their Latest Bus Company Acquisition I Dundee Evening Telegraph
5 July — Port Glasgow Delivery Driver Made Up Armed Robbery Story | Glasgow Live
29 June — Morton Unveil New Kit And Announce New Sponsors | GMFC.net
28 June — ‘Detailed Case’ To Be Presented For Sugar Sheds Slavery Museum | Sunday Post
25 June — Catamaran Designs Considered For New Dunoon And Kilcreggan Ferries | Lochside Press
8 June — Massive Cruise Ship’s Greenock Visit Cancelled Because Of Scotland’s Covid Restrictions | BBC
1 June — Tributes To 23-Year-Old Who Fell 50ft To His Death In Glasgow | Glasgow Live
25 May — Ferry’s Return To Service Delayed Again | BBC
23 May — Clyde Flotilla In Aid Of Lifeboats | Sunday Post
20 May — Spate Of Deaths In Inverclyde May Be Linked To Drug Use | BBC
18 May — Hawaii Officials Seek Bids To Dispose Of Historic Port Glasgow-Built Ship | Honolulu Star Advertiser
13 May — Architect Appeals Over Refusal For Garden Room He’d Already Built | Daily Mail
1 May — Ferguson Shipyard, Port Glasgow, Made £100Million Loss After Being Nationalised | BBC
30 April — Jobs Saved As Law Firm Rescued From Administration | BBC
28 April — Greenock Man In Police ‘Boat Chase’ On Clyde | Glasgow Times
31 March — Ferries Delayed Again Amid Recruitment Struggles | BBC
13 March — Tribute Following Death Of Former BBC Football Commentator Alastair Alexander | BBC
11 March — Covid Shutdowns Add £4.3Million To Over-Budget Ferry Costs | BBC
2 March — Cruise Ships Marco Polo And Magellan Sent For Scrap | BBC
(Marco Polo, below, and Magellan, above, both called at Greenock Ocean Terminal in recent years)
17 February — Greenock’s Easdale Brothers: The Scrapyard School Dropouts With A Business Empire Worth £750Million | This Is Money.co.uk
12 February — Wemyss Bay Post Office Closure ‘Put On Hold’ | Better Retailing
27 January — David Hopkin On ‘Final Straw’ At Morton | BBC
25 January — Man Raped Teenage Girl At Station Days After Prison Release | STV
9 January — Staff At Greenock Tesco Devastated After Covid Deaths Of Two Colleagues | BBC
30 December — Greenock Bar Linked To Coronavirus Cases | Scottish Sun
9 December — ‘Catastrophic’ Failings Over Ferguson Ferry ‘Fiasco’ | BBC
3 December — Greenock Morton v Hearts: The 33-Year Wait | Edinburgh Evening News
2 December — Research Vessel’s Crew Taken To Shore After Clyde WW2 Mine Find | BBC
25 November — Man Jailed For Repeatedly Stabbing Teenager In Port Glasgow Town Centre | STV
21 November — Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd Aiming For 19 New Ferries Over Next Decade | The Scotsman
13 November — Inverclyde ‘Not Part Of Level Four Lockdown Talks’ | BBC
19 October — Still Game Star Working As Support Teacher At Inverclyde Additional Needs School | Sunday Post
16 October — Gourock Landlord Fined For Keeping Tenant’s Deposit In Tin At Mother’s House | Scottish Housing News
12 October — New Clydeport Boss Says “We Are Looking At Building ‘Proper Boats’ At Inchgreen” | HeraldScotland
1 October — Clyde Whale Herding Attempt Prompted By Navy Exercise | BBC
24 September — Bridges Or Tunnels Across Clyde Among Bypass Options For Rest And Be Thankful Landslip Hotspot | The Scotsman
18 September — Creditors Learn How Much They Will Lose In Port Glasgow Shipyard Failure | insider.co.uk
7 September — Current Levels Of Coronavirus Infection “Significantly Lower” In Inverclyde | BBC
31 August — Should Greenock’s ‘Sugar Shed’ Become Scotland’s Museum Of Slavery? | BBC
25 August — Pandemic Adds £3.3Million To Cost Of Ferries | BBC
| Previous story about the ferries on Inverclyde Now
17 August — The Industrial Giant That Became Scotland’s Covid Capital | BBC
29 July — Coronavirus Cluster Linked To Inverclyde Pharmacy | BBC
29 July — Amazon, Gourock, Worker Tests Positive For Coronavirus | Glasgow Live
27 July — Man Who Stabbed Greenock Housing Worker Given Life Sentence | Radio Clyde
20 July — Inverclyde Designer Works On New Brand And Typeface For Rangers Football Club | Creative Inverclyde
16 July — ‘Unexplained’ Death Of 14-Year-old Port Glasgow Dance Student | The Scotsman
14 July — Morton Chairman On ‘New Chapter’ For The Club | GMFC.net
12 July — MSP Says Firms Linked To Slavery Should Help Pay For A Human Rights Museum In Greenock | Sunday Post
4 July — Morton Winger Signs For Gloucestershire League Two Side | BBC
24 June — Port Glasgow Man Convicted Of Killing Woman Wins Appeal | BBC
10 June — Investigation Over ‘Lockdown Office Parties’ At Greenock Job Centre | STV
5 June — Morton Expect October Championship Start And Streamed Games | BBC
2 June — Pilot Of Motorised Paraglider Killed In Crash On Inverclyde Hillside I BBC
27 May — Former Greenockian Marks 100th Birthday In Locked-down Care Home | Milton Keynes Citizen
24 May — Death Of Former Morton Chairman | GMFC.net
13 May — Dad-Of-Three Deliberately Hit Man With Van In Greenock Attack | Radio Clyde
11 May — Torpedoed Wreck Of Port Glasgow-Built Ship Found Off Australian Coast | Great Lakes Advocate
8 May — Date Confirmed For Takeover Of Gourock/Kilcreggan Ferry By CalMac | Lochside Press
7 May — Inverclyde Community Rallies Round In Face Of Pandemic | The Guardian
4 May — Gourock Neighbours Stage ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ Umbrella Flash Mob In Street | STV
28 April — Socially-Distancing Mourners Line Streets To Pay Tribute To Notre Dame Teacher | Scottish Sun
22 April — London-based Doctor From Greenock ‘Just Happy To Get Back To Work’ After Coronavirus | BBC
14 April — Pupils Find Safe Way To Honour Inverclyde Teacher | BBC
8 April — District Nurse From Inverclyde Is First NHS Worker In Scotland To Die From Coronavirus | STV
3 April — Coronavirus — Brother Of Greenock Man Who Died Tells Of ‘Family’s Nightmare’ | BBC
26 March — Greenock Grandfather Dies After Contracting Coronavirus | WemyssBay.net
11 March — Ferguson Marine Shipyard Was ‘Master Of Its Own Demise’, MSPs Told | BBC
25 February — June Date For CalMac To Take Over Kilcreggan Ferry | Lochside Press
6 February — Man Who Attempted To Murder Woman In Greenock Street Attack Is Jailed For 11 Years | BBC
5 February — Caledonian MacBrayne ‘Did Not Want Troubled Ferry Design’ | BBC
1 February — Port Glasgow Man Admits City Centre Attack With Golf Club | Radio Clyde
31 January — Businessman And Former Morton Chairman Douglas Rae Leaves Fortune In His Will | The Scotsman
28 January — Greenock Man Jailed For Life For Killing Best Friend With Dumbbell | BBC
9 January — Independent Inquiry Into Life Of Murder Victim Margaret Fleming | BBC
