A HOUSING association is moving forward with a plan to build nearly 60 properties on the site of a former Greenock school.  |  Read more

A MAN suffered serious arm and facial injuries during an attack in Greenock.  |  Read more

BUS services on the A78 coast road will be terminating at Wemyss Bay this weekend (7/8 April) because of re-surfacing work north of Largs.  |  Read more

TALENTED young brass players from Inverclyde hit the high notes at Riverside Youth Band’s second annual solo competition.  |  Read more

MORTON lost 3:2, away at Livingston, and are now fifth in the Championship.  |  Read more

DETECTIVES have appealed for witnesses after a man was attacked in Greenock.  |  Read more

MARKS and Spencer's store in Port Glasgow helped to inspire the next generation of local retail experts after welcoming a group of primary school children to help manage the store for the day.  |  Read more

REGENERATION company Riverside Inverclyde has welcomed a new tenant at its Port Glasgow business centre.  |  Read more

TESCO have been given planning permission to install a new jet wash facility at their petrol filling station in Port Glasgow. Their application was approved by Inverclyde Council officials.

NEARLY £700,000 of National Lottery funding has been awarded to an Inverclyde project which aims to help women at risk of getting caught up in the criminal justice system.  |  Read more

A PLAN to expand Belville Community Garden Trust on to the site of the former high rise flats between Belville Street and St Lawrence Street, Greenock has been approved by Inverclyde Council planners. Raised planters to provide additional food growing space for the community are part of the proposal.

THE next meeting of Inverkip and Wemyss Bay Community Council is on Thursday (5 April) in Inverkip Community Hub at 7pm. A representative from McGill's Buses will attend to give an update on changes to services. Residents are welcome to attend.

SNOWFALLS caused some disruption to recycling bin collections in Greenock today.  |  Read more

A WALLET was stolen from the glove compartment of a car parked in the hospital overspill car park at Larkfield Road, Greenock around 10.30pm on Friday. The thief smashed a window to gain access. Any witnesses are urged to call police on 101.

INVERCLYDE'S Health and Social Care Partnership has been shortlisted in two categories for the Scottish Social Services Awards 2018.  |  Read more

WHINHILL Golf Club, Greenock is holding a two-man team nine-hole Stableford competition on Sunday (8 April) to coincide with the last day of the US Masters tournament.  |  Read more

A CHARITY night is being held on Saturday (7 April) at Cruden Hall, Ann Street, Greenock, in aid of British Heart Foundation, Scottish Women's Aid and Endometriosis UK.  |  Click for details

KANSAS Raiders Country and Western Club are having a dance on Friday 6 April, from 8pm, at the 68 Club, Brown Street, Port Glasgow, featuring band Still Water. Entry is £5 at the door.

MORTON drew 1:1 with Dundee United at Cappielow, equalising in the third minute of stoppage time. Frank Ross was the scorer. Morton remain third in the Championship. | More coverage  BBC 

PLANNERS are being asked to agree that a former tool and equipment hire shop in Greenock can be used for a funeral business.  |  Read more

INVERCLYDE Velo riders are preparing for another busy year of racing in the Alex Hunter Time Trial League and in open events across Scotland. Meanwhile one rider didn't let an encounter with a barbed wire fence ruin his first British Cycling Federation race.  |  Read more

DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a 37-year-old man was attacked in Greenock.  |  Read more

FOUR young people from Greenock and District Scouts have been presented with the Queen’s Scout Award.  |  Read more

SCOTTISH Premiership footballer Chris Millar is part of a project to open a fitness facility in an empty Port Glasgow factory.  |  Read more

RIVER Clyde Homes and Cash For Kids have sponsored Greenock Morton to hold a free five-day Easter football camp for children of River Clyde Homes customers.  |  Read more

THERE will be no celebration today (1 April) to mark a decade of free swimming for Inverclyde's over-60s -- the 10-year anniversary of that initiative happens to coincide with its demise.  |  Read more