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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
