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4 November, 2024 | Local. KIRN Drive, Gourock, will be closed between Divert Road and Kirn Gardens, from Monday 11 November to Wednesday 13 November while telecommunication equipment is upgraded. Traffic will be re-routed via Arran Road, Bute Street and Divert Road.
WITNESS Appeal After Blaze Started In Close - Inverclyde Now
3 days ago · Emergency services were called to the blaze at a block of flats on Mount Pleasant Street, around 6.20am on Saturday. Nobody was injured. Enquiries are ongoing and officers are appealing for the assistance of the public. Detective Constable John Casey said: “Fortunately no one was hurt as a result of this dangerous and reckless act.
VOLUNTEERS Sought For Next Big Beach Clean - Inverclyde Now
5 days ago · 8 November, 2024 | Local. AN Inverclyde environmental group is drawing up plans for another major spring clean of the district’s shoreline. Green Tangerine aims to repeat the success of this year’s Big Clyde Beach Clean when more than 600 volunteers prevented more than 2,000kg of litter going into the sea. This week the group launched an ...
NARROW Win For Labour In Gourock By-Election - Inverclyde Now
5 days ago · LABOUR have narrowly won the Gourock council by-election. Ian Hellyer was elected to Inverclyde Council. He received 932 votes, just nine more than Robert Kirkpatrick of the SNP. Only around 31 per cent of those eligible voted. The total number of first preference votes was 2,739. Result for Inverclyde West (Ward 5) by-election: The by-election ...
LANDMARK Day For Inverkip Distillery As Stills Arrive
6 November, 2024 | Local. ARDGOWAN Distillery, Inverkip, has celebrated its latest development milestone with the arrival of custom-built copper stills. The stills were made by McMillan Coppersmiths in Prestonpans and each features a distinctive design exclusive to Ardgowan Distillery and have capacities of 12,000 litres and 9,000 litres ...
TIDY-Up For Historic Steam Hammer - Inverclyde Now
Nov 5, 2024 · The historic steam hammer in Coronation Park, built by Glen and Ross in 1885, will be spruced up by Inverclyde Community Development Trust’s environmental teams. The trust stated: “This is just one of a number of improvements, tidy-ups and repair projects around Port Glasgow that we will be undertaking the lead up to the year of celebration ...
PLAN To Start Recycling Service For Thousands Of Inverclyde Flats
Oct 25, 2024 · THOUSANDS of flats in Inverclyde are set to get a recycling collection for the first time. Inverclyde Council bosses are planning to extend kerbside recycling to a further 3,300 tenement and communal properties from March 2025. It will mean that almost 99 per cent of households within the district will be in receipt of a direct recycling service.
LUXURY Riverside Lodge Development Underway - Inverclyde Now
Feb 19, 2024 · LUXURY Riverside Lodge Development Underway. WORK has started on a development of luxury holiday lodges beside the Clyde near Langbank. Eighteen lodges, available for rental all year round, are being built beside end of the M8 motorway at West Ferry. The £2.5m project is being undertaken by River View Luxury Lodges who expect to welcome their ...
BIG Council Tax Increase Agreed By Inverclyde Council
Feb 29, 2024 · Inverclyde Council set its budget and council tax rates for 2024/25 and 2025/26 at a special full council meeting today. Council tax will go up by 8.2 per cent from April this year and by a further six per cent from April 2025. The Band D level will increase by £117.24 to £1,547.01 or an extra £2.25 a week for 2024/25.
HOUSING Completions Welcomed By MSP - Inverclyde Now
Apr 13, 2024 · Nearly 200 homes have been built at the former Ravenscraig Hospital site in Greenock, now known as Bunston Grove. LOCAL MSP Stuart McMillan has welcomed new figures for Scotland’s housing market which show that 500 homes were completed in …