CUNARD cruise ship Queen Elizabeth visits Greenock on Saturday (21 July).  |  Read more

RIVER Clyde Homes is celebrating success at the Scottish Regional Energy Efficiency Awards after scooping the prize for best small-scale project.  |  Read more

LOCAL groups are being urged to apply for funding from Inverclyde Council to help improve the lives of people living with autism.  |  Read more

STAFF at Amazon in Gourock helped the company achieve its biggest Prime Day ever while enjoying fun activities.  |  Read more

TRAFFIC lights are being proposed for a busy Greenock road junction as part of a large housing development.  |  Read more

INVERCLYDE Council has awarded a £185,000 contract to pave the way for free public wi-fi in Greenock town centre.  | Read more

THE Greenock and District Junior Championship takes place on Tuesday (31 July) at Greenock Golf Club.  |  Read more

THE official opening of Inverclyde Council’s new St Ninian's Primary School in Gourock is to take place on the centenary of the law allowing the state funding of Catholic schools.  |  Read more

CRAIGEND Resource Centre in Greenock has been awarded £950,000 from the National Lottery to replace their ageing community centre with a "vibrant new community hub".  |  Read more

A BAKE sale is being held tomorrow (Thursday) at the St Patrick's School playscheme, Broomhill Street, Greenock, from 10am to noon and from 2 to 4pm. Funds raised will go towards the end-of-playscheme trip.

A PLANNING application has been submitted for 198 homes at the former Ravenscraig Hospital site in Greenock.  |  Read more

MORTON lost 2:1 to Partick Thistle, away, in their second League Cup group stage match. Defender Reghan Tumilty scored on his debut for the Greenock side which also lost its first match, against Ayr United.

MORTON have signed defender Reghan Tumilty on a one-year contract. The right-back spent most of last season on loan at Falkirk from Ross County.  |  More details on Morton website

IT was another successful podium-place finish for local club Inverclyde AC when the senior sprint relay 4x400-metre team won silver at the Scottish Athletics National Relay Championships.  | Read more

RESERVOIR Road in Gourock will be closed between Larkfield Road and the Clydeview Academy entrance from Monday (23 July) to Friday 27 July for carriageway resurfacing.

GREENOCK parkrun welcomed 126 runners, joggers and walkers to the weekly five-kilometre event on the Esplanade.  |  Read more

A SUMMER fun day is being held in the car park at Morrison's supermarket, Greenock on Saturday (21 July) from 11am to 4pm. There will be a bouncy castle, face-painting, home-baking and various stalls Proceeds will to Guide Dogs for the Blind.

A MUM has told how a pensioner assaulted her young autistic son on a bus and described him as a 'monster'.  |  Read more

CHURCH Street in Port Glasgow town centre will be closed between Princes Street and King Street on Sunday 22 July from 8am to 5pm for BT repair works.

CAR boot/table-top sales are being held every Saturday, 11am to 2pm, until the end of September, at St Andrew's Church car park, Auchmead Road, Greenock. Pitches cost £6 and can be booked by calling 07906755154, or just turn up on the day. If raining, the table-top sale will take place in the large church hall

A MAN was seriously assaulted as he was helping a pensioner who had fallen in Greenock town centre in the early hours of Sunday.  |  Read more

THE class of 1975 from St Columba's High School, Gourock are holding a reunion on Saturday 1 September.  |  Read more

A TEENAGER has been arrested after a passenger was allegedly attacked on a train in Greenock.  |  Read more

SHOP workers in Inverclyde are losing their jobs as Poundworld announces store closures across the UK.  |  Read more

MORTON lost their first League Cup match, against Ayr United, away, 3:1. Michael Tidser scored for the Greenock side after 14 minutes but Lawrence Shankland got a hat-trick for Ayr.

KANSAS Raiders Country and Western Club in partnership with the Comet Festival Committee are holding a charity dance featuring band Carson City on Friday 27 July in the 68 Club, Brown Street, Port Glasgow from 8pm till midnight, in aid of The Rosie Mitchell appeal. Entry is £5 at the door.