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‘Growing up in Glasgow in the 1980s - men weren’t getting married to each other, so I always just thought that’s not on the cards for me, it’s something that happens to other people. It wasn’t a thing’
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GUILTY
A PORT Glasgow man is facing years behind bars after being convicted of the brutal killing of a man at a block of flats in the town. Lewis Mullen was found guilty of stabbing 27-year-old Jack Trainner, pictured right, and leaving him bleeding in a...
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CANNABIS GROWER PLEADS FOR JAIL — BUT JUDGE SAYS NO
A KILMACOLM man who pleaded guilty to growing cannabis in a bedroom in his house and having an illegal weapon in his living room wanted to be sent to jail for the crimes. Adam Carson admitted to producing the controlled drug and being in possession of...
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DEVASTATED DAUGHTER SAYS DAD DIED DOING WHAT HE LOVED MOST TRIBUTES TO PANDA
FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to a popular Greenock performer who died suddenly at a party doing what he loved. Panda McLuskey passed away on January 2 at the age of 63. Panda, whose ‘real name’ was Andrew, was involved in music for more than...
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THUG CAGED FOR BRUTAL STABBING NEAR PLAY PARK
A THUG who stabbed his physically disabled neighbour in the back during a daylight attack directly across from youngsters in a play park in Port Glasgow has been jailed. James McMaster McLaughlin was captured on video scuffling with the victim and was...
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‘WE’RE SO PROUD OF OUR DAD’
TRIBUTES have poured in for an inspirational campaigning grandfather from Inverkip who helped Scotland tackle its knife crime epidemic after his son was stabbed to death. John Muir MBE, best known for his momentous efforts in leading Inverclyde’s...
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MURDER SUSPECT GOES ON TRIAL OVER ‘STABBING’
A MURDER accused has gone on trial at the High Court charged with killing a Port Glasgow man in an alleged stabbing. Lewis Mullen denies repeatedly striking 27-year-old Jack Trainner on the head and body with a knife, or similar instrument, in the...
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DEFIANT STORE OWNER SLAMS SHOP VANDALS
A DEFIANT Greenock shop owner has vowed to continue serving his community after vandals targeted his store - following a series of chilling warnings about his business. The Keystore run by Bikram Singh in the town’s Burns Road was targeted on Saturday...
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‘WATER WAS RUNNING DOWN THE WALL’
A PORT Glasgow woman says she has been forced out of her home for more than two months because of flooding. Ann Williamson says water poured through the ceiling in her bedroom at the flat in Kilmory Terrace during the last major storm to hit the...
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£1M SPENT REPAIRING FIRE STATIONS IN LAST FIVE YEARS
MORE than £1.1 million has been spent on repairs and essential maintenance at Inverclyde’s fire stations in the last five years – sparking furious accusations of a ‘long-term failure’ to ensure they are fit for purpose. Details obtained by the...
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Family marks special arrival
A GORGEOUS Gourock family are celebrating the safe arrival of a very special Christmas gift – even though he interrupted their festive meal on the big day. Amy Kelly and Kieran Parker welcomed their baby boy Spencer into the world at 10.59pm on...
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‘THEY’RE THE SAVIOURS OF INVERCLYDE’
A GREENOCK mum says she and her children wouldn’t have been able to eat if it hadn’t been for the lifeline service of a local food bank. Samantha Kennedy hailed the ‘saviours’ of the Inverclyde Foodbank for stepping in when she and her family were at...
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RAISE £100K FOR ‘IF I HADN’T LOST ALL THE WEIGHT I WOULD BE USING A WHEELCHAIR’
A YOUNG woman who lives in constant pain due to a condition which leaves her muscles ‘like chewing gum’ feared she would lose her mobility and be forced to use a wheelchair after piling on the pounds. Shannon Freeburn suffers from Hypermobile...
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EXTRA REASON TO CELEBRATE AT CHRISTMAS
A GREENOCK couple have told how their festive love story came to life almost seven decades ago when they tied the knot on Christmas Day. While everyone else was opening their presents on December 25, 1958, Jim and Morag Jarvie were walking down the...
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DEVOTED SON HONOURS HIS MUM WITH ‘12 DIPS FOR CHRISTMAS’
A DEVOTED son is keeping a promise to his late mum by doing ‘12 dips for Christmas’ in her memory after she lost her brave battle with cancer, aged 68. Chris Carmichael, who runs the martial arts school GFTeam Scotland, was asked by his mum Esther...
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‘IT FELT LIKE I HAD A BAD HANGOVER BUT IT WAS SEPSIS’
A PORT Glasgow mum who felt like she ‘had a three-day hangover’ after her son’s wedding was shocked to discover that she had life-threatening sepsis. Patricia Weir said she’d felt exhausted after the nuptials, and she lay on the couch and just ‘didn’t...
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TRIO DENY ABDUCTING MAN, POINTING GUN AT HEAD, AND EXTORTION
A TRIO of alleged attackers are said to have abducted and assaulted a man and demanded money after threatening him with a firearm. Kevin Cassidy, Daniel Squires, and Daniel Daley are accused of attempting to extort cash from the alleged victim after...
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JOBS AXED AT HOSPICE
JOBS have been cut at Ardgowan Hospice as the much-loved Inverclyde charity seeks to tackle a £600,000 funding deficit. Bosses at the charity say they’ve been forced to act after being ‘let down’ by the level of government funding.
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POLICE GUILTY OF ‘WEB OF DECEIT’
A JUDGE has slammed two police officers for forming a ‘web of deceit’ in the aftermath of a domestic assault in Greenock as they ‘attempted to pervert the course of justice’. Connor Beggs, 32, and Kevin Montgomery, 35, were found guilty by Sheriff Tom...
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A NEW START FOR GREENOCK
A START date has been confirmed for the longawaited £24 million redevelopment of the centre of Greenock – and new artist’s impressions have been revealed showing for the first time how the transformation will look. Work on the Central Greenock...
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COUNCIL UNDER FIRE OVER FARMERS’ MARKET CALL-OFF
THE man behind Gourock’s farmers’ market has slammed council bosses after the plug was pulled on the final event of the year – leaving traders facing the prospect of being ‘thousands upon thousands of pounds’ out of pocket just before...
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‘VINDICATED’: GP PRACTICE FORCED TO APOLOGISE TO MUM
A GREENOCK mum left fearing she might have cancer after a series of positive smear tests says she feels ‘vindicated’ after her complaints against a local GP surgery were upheld by Scotland’s public services watchdog. The Scottish Public Services...
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‘I WAS TOLD I HAD ARTHRITIS AGED JUST 26 – NOW I’M CHANGING LIVES’
A GREENOCK man who has lived with a debilitating health condition for 20 years has turned his life around through fitness – and is now helping people with heart problems in memory of his dad. with psoriatic arthritis at the age of just 26 after doctors...
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HOSPITAL FACES £121M BILL FOR REPAIR BACKLOG
INVERCLYDE Royal Hospital’s patients and staff are being exposed to leaky roofs, broken windows, faulty electrics and a crumbling exterior, the Telegraph can reveal. A freedom of information request has laid bare the extent of the hospital’s £121...
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‘HE SAW THE CAR ... THEN PUSHED ME OUT THE WAY’
A GREENOCK grandmother has paid tribute to the friend who saved her life after she was involved in a car accident in town. Sheena Beaton spent a week in hospital after the incident, which happened while she was walking along the Esplanade with her pal...
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FRAUDSTER STOLE £65K FROM MUM AND PARTNER
A GREENOCK fraudster who stole more than £65,000 from his mum and her partner to fund his drug and gambling addictions has been jailed. Paul Deas that his actions had caused ‘significant financial harm’.
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TEEN ‘CHASED MAN DOWN STREET WITH AXE’
A PORT Glasgow teenager has appeared in court charged with repeatedly trying to strike a man with an axe after chasing him along a street in the town. Michael Green is now set to stand trial before a jury over claims that he pursued the man along the...
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TEAR OFF STRIP FOR CHARITY HOUSING BOSSES DECLARE ‘MAJOR INCIDENT’ AT BLOCK OF FLATS
HOUSING bosses have declared a ‘major incident’ after a block of flats in Greenock which is home to vulnerable adults was hit by flooding for the THIRD time in a matter of weeks. People living on the ground floor at one of the blocks in MacLehose...
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BRIDGET’S TRIBUTE TO LATE SISTER AFTER WIN AT AWARDS
A VOLUNTEER at a Greenock sheltered housing complex says she owes a major national award win entirely to her sister – who died just weeks before the accolade was presented. But Bridget Donnelly revealed that her sister, Margaret Morris, never found...
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‘DRY DOCK WILL BE BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY IN TWO YEARS’
INCHGREEN Dry Dock will be ‘back to its former glory’ and providing jobs and investment within the next two years, the Chancellor of the Exchequer told the Telegraph. Inverclyde Council expects the £20 million that Rachel Reeves set aside to restore...
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VANDAL SPARED JAIL OVER ‘CHILLING’ ATTACK ON ASYLUM HOTEL
A PORT Glasgow man who smashed windows at a hotel housing asylum seekers in Greenock — and later told police ‘if we don’t do something, they’ll keep coming’ — has been spared jail for the shocking crime. Alan Reford’s lawyer told a court hearing that...
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POLICE CATCH KIDS AS YOUNG AS THIRTEEN WITH DRUGS AND BOOZE
POLICE have recovered blades, booze and drugs from children as young as THIRTEEN during stop and searches carried out in Inverclyde, the Telegraph can reveal. Officers found a 15-year-old boy in possession of drugs and a bladed weapon and discovered a...
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MP DEMANDS PROBE OVER ‘MIS-SOLD FUNERAL POLICIES’
PEOPLE in Inverclyde who have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after an insurance firm pulled the plug on their protection plans may have been ‘mis-sold’ their policy, according to the area’s MP. Martin McCluskey, pictured, has demanded...
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BUTTERFINGERS: OFFENDER JAILED AFTER HE DROPPED ‘UTENSIL’
A SERIAL offender has been locked up for a year-and-a-half for carrying a blade in public after he accidentally dropped a ‘butterknife’ in a shop while drunk. Greenock Sheriff Court heard the blade was seen falling from James Cameron’s pocket while he...
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DRUG DEALER HAD SICK BABY ABUSE MATERIAL IN HOME
A DRUG dealer is facing jail time after he was caught hoarding hundreds of indecent images of children – including material depicting abuse of a months-old baby. Police seized two iPhones from the home of 27-year-old Adam Kennedy.
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‘I HAVE TO PROTECT MY SON’
A GREENOCK mum facing eviction along with her son - who has autism and learning difficulties - has hit out at housing chiefs. Isabel Canning, who lives in MacLehose Court, has accused Blackwood Homes and Care of failing to act to protect them and...
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CHANCELLOR HANDS CASH TO INCHGREEN
INCHGREEN is set to receive £20m of investment from the UK Government to renew its infrastructure, the UK Chancellor has announced. Rachel Reeves confirmed the investment as she delivered her autumn Budget to the House of Commons yesterday.
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Billy Davies: ‘I’m ready to take Ton hot seat’ WORKER AT CHARITY IS ACCUSED OF ABUSE
A GREENOCK charity worker tasked with supporting former prisoners returning to the community has appeared in court and denied subjecting a woman to a five-year campaign of domestic abuse. employed by Inverclyde Faith in Throughcare (IFIT) – an...
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IT’S TIME FOR GANG BOSS TO COUGH UP
THE boss of a Greenock drugs gang who is said to have made £1million from criminal activities has agreed to hand over a £20,000 Rolex watch to settle a ‘proceeds of crime’ action brought against him by prosecutors. Jailed Lee Docherty, 39, was the...
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‘NO HEATING. NO HOT WATER’
HOUSING bosses stand accused of ‘failing’ vulnerable residents who have been left without heating and hot water due to a biomass boiler which supplies their home shutting off Resident John Bethel, who lives in one of the Broomhill properties affected,...
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MAJOR PROBE AS BODY IS FOUND HOURS AFTER GIBSHILL INCIDENT MAN GUILTY OF MURDER SECOND MAN ADMITS KILLING DAD MICHAEL BEATON IN GREENOCK
TWO men are facing life sentences after pleading guilty to the murder of Michael Beaton in Greenock almost two years ago. Alexander McQuillan, 27, yesterday admitted the murder charge at the High Court in Glasgow. Richard Mullan, 21, previously...
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FRAUDSTER STEALS FROM OWN MUM
A GREENOCK fraudster has been warned he faces jail time after he stole £65,000 from his own mum and her elderly partner over the course of 20 months. Paul Deas, 40, admitted using Erin Maguire [email protected] two bank cards to obtain...
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ANGRY DINER BRANDISHED KNIFE AT HOTEL STAFF
A HOTEL diner from Gourock brandished a knife at terrified staff following a barrage of verbal abuse at a Glasgow hotel. John McGartland reached for the blade as hotel management ordered staff to ‘run and hide’ when the scene escalated out of control.
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‘SHOPLIFTERS ARE COSTING US THOUSANDS OF POUNDS’
INVERCLYDE retailers are losing thousands of pounds a year due to organised gangs of shoplifters - and they say the problem is worse than ever. Long-standing business owners have said thieves have formed networks and repeatedly target local stores...
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PERVERT ADMITS GROPING YOUNG TEENAGER
A SEX offender has confessed to groping a 13-year-old girl after telling the teen that he ‘wanted to have sex with her’. Sean Mcgee referred to the teen as his ‘girlfriend’ before they met on April 13 last year. The creep, who was aged 22 at the time...
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ROCK FAN’S TRIBUTE TO LATE DAD CATCHES EYE OF ACDC
AN INSPIRATIONAL rock music fan from Greenock has described how some of the world’s biggest bands have asked him to help promote their work – all thanks to a social media tribute to his dad. Kieran McGeown, 21, has tackled a series of life-threatening...
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‘FACTORS LEFT ME TO DO VITAL WORK ON THIS CRUMBLING BUILDING’
A FED-UP Greenock pensioner has hit out at factors after being forced to take action himself to stop his ‘crumbling’ building falling further into disrepair from water damage. John Watt, 68, says that despite demands of at least £200 a year in fees...
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DRUG DEALING REALITY STAR SPARED PRISON
A FORMER reality TV dating show contestant from Inverclyde has been fined for dealing drugs in Greenock, telling police during a stop he was in possession of ‘two Kinder eggs full of gear’. Police officers detained Connor McGhee for a drugs search...
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MANSPREADING RAIL PASSENGER CALLED GIRL, 12, ‘PROSTITUTE’
A TRAIN passenger labelled a 12-year-old girl a ‘prostitute’ and a ‘cow’ before leaving a woman with hair loss and whiplash injuries after he was accused of ‘manspreading’ during a journey to Greenock. Lincoln Grandson shouted and swore at the child...
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FAMILY PAY TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO ‘AMAZING MUM’ AMY
A HEARTBROKEN family has paid tribute to a wonderful mum, much-loved partner and adored daughter and sister. Amy Gray, 42, died tragically after being struck down by a car while out jogging in Port Glasgow with her beloved dog Reggie on Wednesday...
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SERIAL SHOPLIFTER JAILED AFTER £1.3K THEFT SPREE
A SERIAL shoplifter has been jailed after confessing to a dozen charges of nicking goods from stores across Inverclyde – including two thefts from the same store on the same day. Ricky Teasdale made off with items from several different shops in...
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AMY, 42, AND PET DOG DIE AFTER BEING STRUCK BY CAR ON A8
A 42-YEAR-OLD woman died after being struck by a car on the A8 in Port Glasgow yesterday. Amy Gray was walking her dog Reggie at around 7am on Wednesday when they were hit by a Land Rover Sport while crossing the eastbound carriageway of Greenock...
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‘SHERALEE’S LEGACY WILL HELP OTHERS’
A COMMUNITY activist from Greenock who died suddenly at the age of only 40 after devoting her life to helping the most vulnerable local families has inspired a heart-warming Christmas appeal in her memory. Much-loved mum-of-three Sheralee Miller, who...
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TERRIFIED RESIDENTS FACING A ‘LIVING HELL’
TERRIFIED residents are facing a ‘living hell’ due to machete-wielding thugs and crack-smoking louts who are visiting drug dealing dens near their homes, a campaigning councillor has revealed. Police and housing chiefs are coming under pressure to...
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CARE HOME UNDER FIRE AGAIN AFTER DAMNING REPORT
A PORT Glasgow care home has been slammed by watchdogs for failing to administer prescribed medication to residents. It’s the third time in little more than a year that the Care Inspectorate has raised significant concerns about the service provided...
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‘MY 28-YEAR BATTLE WITH WATERMARK FLY-TIPPING’
A FRUSTRATED Gourock resident who once fled a smoke-filled building holding his toddler when a fire was sparked by a pile of rubbish is pleading with the council to take action on a 28-YEAR battle with fly-tipping. Robert Williams told the Telegraph...
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GIRL CHARGED OVER SCHOOL DISTURBANCE
A GIRL has been charged in connection with a disturbance at a Port Glasgow school. Police officers attended at the Port Glasgow community campus shortly before 11am yesterday.
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‘THE STAFF ARE INCREDIBLE ... EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM’
A STROKE survivor has returned to the hospital ward where she and her family feared she might die to say an emotional ‘thank you’ to the hero medics who saved her life. Brave Millie Beckett and her family launched a fundraising campaign in aid of the...
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DRUGS FARM RECRUITED FROM HOME OFFICE HOUSING UNIT
AN ALBANIAN man was recruited into a criminal Greenock drugs operation while being housed in Home Office accommodation, the Telegraph can reveal. Ardijon Mema was charged following a police raid on a unit which was formerly home to Cheers Bar in West...
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73 YEARS OF WORKS CARRIED OUT ON ROADS
An incredible 26,000 days of works were carried out on our roads MORE than 26,000 days of works were carried out on Inverclyde’s roads network in the space of a single year, the Tele can reveal – with more sets of works taking place than there are...
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‘WE JUST WANT HIM TO HAVE AN EDUCATION’
THE ‘heartbroken’ parents of a Greenock youngster who attends school for two and a half hours each day are pleading with council bosses to give their son the education they say he needs and deserves. Lyndsey Boyd and her partner James have been...
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MAN WHO RAPED SLEEPING WOMAN JAILED
A GREENOCK man who raped a sleeping woman was jailed yesterday for four years. Lewis Ireland, 25, preyed on his victim at his home in the town on April 1, 2023. The woman was intoxicated at the time as well as asleep and unable to consent. First...
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‘INCHGREEN HAS HUGE POTENTIAL FOR NEW JOBS IN DEFENCE SECTOR’
THE Secretary of State for Scotland has backed Inchgreen Dry Dock as a prime location for defence jobs. At a summit in Inverclyde yesterday, the dry dock was firmly put on the radar of the UK’s largest defence firms.
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‘ROADWORKS OUTSIDE HOME ARE MAKING MY LIFE A MISERY’
A FURIOUS Greenock pensioner who says roadworks outside her home are making her life a misery has hit out at Inverclyde Council after an ‘oversight’ meant she did not receive a letter notifying her about the construction taking place. Ivy Siegfried,...
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‘BRING HYDRO TREATMENT BACK TO IRH’
A GREENOCK woman who suffers from debilitating arthritis and is forced to travel for miles for lifeline hydrotherapy treatment is campaigning for the service to be returned to Inverclyde. Suzy McCarthy has started a petition calling for the...
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‘WE WARNED OF FIRE RISK BEFORE FAMILY WERE TRAPPED IN BLAZE’
VANDALS left an innocent family trapped in a Greenock flat after they set fire to rubbish left lying in the close —which residents say they had repeatedly warned was a blaze risk. Firefighters rescued a gran, mum, and two children from the...
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FOOTY THUG BANNED FROM UK MATCHES
A SUPPORTER who attacked a Morton fan outside Cappielow after a match has been banned from attending football matches anywhere in the UK. Dunfermline supporter David Bailey, below, carried out the assault in Sinclair Street immediately after the two...
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PENSIONER JAILED FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING KIDS
A GREENOCK pensioner has been locked up after being convicted of committing historic sexual offences against children over a 20-year period. John Griffin, now 71, committed a series of sickening historic crimes including committing or performing...
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HOSPICE STAFF ARE ‘GOD’S ANGELS ON EARTH’
A GREENOCK family has praised the ‘phenomenal’ team behind Inverclyde’s hospice following the heartbreaking loss of their beloved husband, father and papa. Allan McGhee, 72, passed away four months after doctors discovered cancer in his kidney and...
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VET IN TEARS AS HAWK LIVING IN HOME OF SQUALOR PUT DOWN
AN EXPERIENCED vet was reduced to tears after discovering the squalid conditions in an ‘extremely unsanitary’ house that meant a bird of prey had to be put to sleep. Greenock Sheriff Court heard the bird, a Harris’s hawk, had to be euthanised after it...
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UNFIT DRIVER NEARLY STRUCK TOT IN PRAM
A DRIVER who was being hunted by police as he crashed into a Greenock supermarket while under the influence of drink or drugs came within two metres of striking a young child in a pram, a court has heard. Derek Partridge smashed a Honda Civic into...
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CHURCH FACING REPAIR BILL OF HALF A MILLION POUNDS IS SET TO CLOSE
A PORT Glasgow church facing a repair bill of half a million pounds looks set to close as part of a sweeping review by local Roman Catholic leaders. Proposals have been sent to John Keenan, the Bishop of Paisley, to shut the doors of Holy Family...
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‘WE NEED CASH TO PROTECT KEY SERVICES’
THE CEO of Ardgowan Hospice has warned the charity faces a fight to protect the provision of vital palliative care and end of life services in the decades to come unless it sees greater support from the Scottish Government. Speaking as national...
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‘IT FEELS LIKE THE TIMES OF nd OLIVER TWIST’
INVERCLYDE has experienced a record rise in rough sleeping in the last year as frontline charities warn the homelessness crisis is deepening. The latest figures from the Scottish Government reveal that there has been a 300 per cent jump in the numbers...
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