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Monument planned to commemorate the famous Wallace Tree of Port Glasgow
A MONUMENT is planned to commemorate the famous Wallace Tree of Port Glasgow. Douglas Nicholson, of Greenock-based Nicholson McShane Architects, has come up with a striking design for a permanent memorial on the spot where the oak stood within the
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Football legend Larry Barilli is to feature in a programme for the new BBC Scotland channel
LOCAL football legend Larry Barilli now has TV cameras following his side as he continues to shout from the sidelines. The country's longest serving manager is to feature in a programme for the new BBC Scotland channel. A camera crew turned up
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Fly-tippers strike again
A MOUNTAIN of tyres have been dumped at a Greenock beauty spot. The illegal fly-tipping has blighted the landscape at Killochend at the north end of Loch Thom, next to the reservoir. Local bird watcher Ronnie Smith was so disgusted by what he
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Man jumped out of a car and began battering a former friend with a hammer
A MAN jumped out of a car and began battering a former friend with a hammer after spotting him on a Greenock street. Gary Bradley rained down multiple blows on the man in broad daylight as shocked witnesses looked on in horror. Bradley, 33, masked
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Tea bar volunteers help fund more than £100,000 worth of new hospital equipment
INVERCLYDE Royal's tea bar team are turning coffee into cash - as they fund more than £100,000 worth of new hospital equipment. So far this year the League of Hospital Friends volunteers have funded a £32,500 cancer-diagnosing machine in the ear
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PICTURE GALLERY: Morton 2 Inverness Caley Thistle 2
MORTON were cruelly denied a win after Inverness Caley Thistle scored late on to make it 2-2 and damage the Ton’s survival chances at Cappielow last night. The hosts found themselves behind from a brilliant solo effort from Anthony McDonald on 18
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Bosses apologise to a terminally ill woman who was left waiting for over 11 hours to see a doctor
HEALTH bosses have apologised to a terminally ill housebound woman who was left waiting for over 11 hours to see a doctor. The patient's daughter phoned NHS 24 at 9.30am on the morning of Saturday April 6 after her mum, who has throat cancer, took
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Petrol thrown in man's face in Port Glasgow attack
A YOUNG man has suffered an eye injury after petrol was thrown in his face. Detectives say the 19-year-old was attacked while he was walking near to McLaren Packaging in Gareloch Road in Port Glasgow at 5pm last night. Another 19-year-old,
