TODAY'S flashback focuses on 2013 - when a Greenock psychic who was drafted in by Romanian police to help solve a murder case helped put a killer behind bars.

Debra Dickson flew to the eastern European country to help investigate a high profile case of a missing lawyer.

The local grandmother went on to play a crucial role in the conviction of the woman’s husband, who was jailed 22 years for the killing.

Also making headlines was the royal seal of approval given to Inverclyde’s new £10 million arts centre, as an array of stars lit up the venue during its official opening.

His Royal Highness Prince Edward was the guest of honour at the Beacon Arts Centre for a gala curtain raiser.

The prince, a patron of the theatre, joked with the audience before encouraging them to ‘shout with joy’ in celebration of the opening.

Meanwhile an award-winning magician aimed to pull a big crowd rather than a rabbit out a hat when he performed in Greenock for the first time.

Portuguese Glasgow-based magic man Michael Neto promised plenty of thrills and mind-boggling tricks when he brought his five-star rated one-man show to Greenock.

His ‘Up Close’ act received rave reviews at the 2010 Edinburgh International Magic Festival, where he was named ‘magician of the year’.

In other news, a little boy who saved the lives of 14 people in a Greenock tenement blaze enjoyed his first day of school.

Jay Greene was only days old and had just arrived home from hospital on in December 2008 when an inferno ripped through the Sinclair Street block of flats where he and his family lived.

By waking up for his early morning feed at 3am, Jay - who was born on Christmas Day - alerted his mum Frances to the fire engulfing the flats.

She and the rest of the people inside escaped to safety.

Now five years on Jay was back in the Tele for his first day as a proud P1 pupil.

In Morton news, Allan Moore was feeling the heat after his side slumped to a dreadful 3-1 defeat at Falkirk,

The manager felt that his side had matched Falkirk for much of the first half but then suffered eight minutes of madness in which they conceded three poor goals.

Despite the scale of the defeat the Ton boss insisted that the match had a 0-0 draw written all over it, until midfielder Joe McKee suffered ankle ligament damage and had to be withdrawn.