TWENTY young men from Inverclyde's Boys' Brigade battalion have received the organisation's highest award.  |  Read more

RAY McKinnon has left his post as Morton manager to take charge at fellow Championship side Falkirk, after just three months in the job. Morton chairman Crawford Rae said that the club had rejected the resignation but McKinnon and his assistant had left anyway.  |  Read more

A £335,000 project to replace and improve the road and pavements at the heart of Port Glasgow is due to get underway.  |  Read more

POLICE are hunting a bogus caller who went to an old people's home pretending to offer crime prevention tips.  |  Read more

OLD Gourock and Ashton Church in Royal Street, Gourock will be open to the public as part of Doors Open Weekend, from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 8 September and from noon to 2pm on Sunday 9 September. Members will be giving tours of the building.

REGENERATION organisation Riverside Inverclyde (Ri) has extended its sponsorship of Scotland’s Boat Show at Kip Marina, Inverkip to a third year.  |  Read more

A 27-YEAR-old man was arrested and charged with alleged possession of a knife in Corlic Street, Greenock on Thursday night following a search by police officers.

THE entrance road at a high-profile Greenock maritime site is to be named after former Morton chairman Douglas Rae.  |  Read more

THE new head of West College Scotland is making the future of its Greenock campuses one of her top priorities.  |  Read more

ST John’s Church of Scotland in Gourock has received initial National Lottery support for its Church History through Stained Glass project, it was announced today.  |  Read more

A GREENOCK parkrun regular -- who wanted to run straight home before she tried her very first run -- has celebrated completing her 150th.  |  Read more

A 37-YEAR-old man was arrested for allegedly vandalising a car, assault, breach of the peace and resisting arrest in Old Inverkip Road, Greenock around 6pm, Wednesday. He was expected to appear at Greenock Sheriff Court on Thursday.

PAUL Symington has clinched the Alex Hunter Summer Time Trial League points trophy.  |  Read more

MOVING On Inverclyde, which helps recovering addicts, is holding its annual general meeting on Monday 17 September at 5:15 at its base in Kingston House, 3 Jamaica Street, Greenock. The meeting is open to the public.  |  Moving On Inverclyde

AN Inverclyde project changing attitudes and behaviour around death, dying and loneliness has been shortlisted for a national award.  |  Read more

A WOMAN has been charged with various road traffic offences after she crashed on the coast road near Gourock.   |  Read more

GREENOCK Sea Cadets are looking for young people to join the unit, and for volunteers to help run it.  |  Read more

GREENOCK Camera Club is holding a photographic print exhibition at the Beacon Arts Centre to celebrate the 130th anniversary of its formation.  |  Read more

BROOMHILL Gardens and Community Hub in Greenock has won a national award for its design.  |  Read more

A NEW date for Inverclyde Golf's Scratch and Handicap Open Competition has been arranged.

POLICE are investigating a break-in at a property in the West End of Greenock.  |  Read more

ECONOMIC regeneration body Riverside Inverclyde (Ri) has welcomed another new tenant to its Kelburn Business Park development in Port Glasgow.  |  Read more

LOCAL business Redom Repairs lost a bag containing an essential set of tools this morning in Nelson Street, Greenock.  |  Read more

EMERGENCY services were called to a two-vehicle collision on the A78 at Wemyss Bay just after 5pm (Tuesday). The two drivers -- a man and a woman -- suffered minor injuries.

MATCH reports from Port Glasgow Boys' Club  |  Read more

ENTERPRISE Childcare is running a free Handling Teenage Behaviour course on Thursdays, 6.45 to 8.45pm, from 6 September to 27 September and then 11 and 25 October, at Greenock Sports Centre, Nelson Street. Call 01475 744404 to book a space. Free childcare is available.