Tag: Greenock
Labour councillor under fire after laughing at censorship of Yes campaign...
By a Newsnet reporter A Labour councillor has caused anger after appearing to mock local people angered at the news the council were...
Daughter in Greenock hotel mystery dies
The daughter of a woman who died after both were found injured in a Greenock hotel room has also died, the BBC has reported. 23...
Independent Greenock – video up for award
It’s the place of birth of Newsnet Scotland, but the town of Greenock is set to beat Scotland in the race to independence. A...
MSP writes to UK Government after coastguard concerns raised over Loch...
By a Newsnet reporter An MSP has written to the UK Government Transport Secretary, Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, raising questions around the...
Minister expresses “dismay” over coastguard closure
Scotland’s Transport Minister Keith Brown has today raised concerns that lives will be put at risk as a result of UK Government cuts to...
Calls for PM to apologise after Greenock Coastguard reprieve hopes dashed
By G.A.Ponsonby Prime Minister David Cameron is being urged to issue an apology to staff at a Greenock based coastguard station after he gave...
Confusion over Clyde Coastguard closure after Cameron letter suggests temporary reprieve
By G.A.Ponsonby The future of a Clyde Coastguard Base has been thrown into confusion after an announcement by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency appeared...
Police say Greenock teenager’s death suspicious
Police in Greenock have said they are treating the death of a young man as suspicious. The body of 17 year old Jack Doyle was...
Local MSP calls for flood summit as rain causes chaos in...
By a Newsnet reporter SNP MSP Stuart McMillan has called for a summit on the flooding that has caused chaos in the town of...
Proposed closure of coastguard base puts money before lives claims MSP
An SNP MSP has pledged to step up the fight to save Scotland’s busiest Coastguard base saying that lives will be lost if it...