A SERVICE to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day will take place in Port Glasgow this month. On Friday, August 15, Inverclyde ’s Provost, veterans, councillors and members of the public will ...

A GREENOCK man is to stand trial later this month charged with dealing a class A drug in the town centre earlier this year.

An historic Clydebuilt ship looks set to be sunk off the coats of Hawaii last year after a new $4.9million contract for her removal was awarded.

The team behind a food bank in Port Glasgow says that 14 years after it was set up, the need for its service is showing no sign of going away.

Families in Port Glasgow are being reminded that free school uniform swap days are continuing this month at Boglestone Community Centre.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has admitted the situation surrounding unsettled striker Alexander Isak is “far from ideal”. The Magpies rejected a £110million bid for the Sweden international on Friday ...

Bees and wasps also have a claim to the title of Britain's biggest danger. For the 0.5 per cent of the population who are allergic to the venom in their stings, the resulting anaphylaxis can be fatal.

Patrick McPheely and John Morrow, labourers, were charged at the Police Court to-day charged with having stolen eight semmits belonging to Fleming, Reid & Co. from the Central Station on April 14.

Rescue teams have found a body inside a section of a copper mine in Chile that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine’s director said on Saturday. Rescuers have been trying ...

Lucy Hargreaves, 22, was asleep on the sofa when three men burst into her home in Walton, Liverpool, on August 3 2005 and fatally injured her.

The Home Secretary plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog that aims to turn around decisions within weeks. Yvette Cooper said Labour was planning a “major overhaul” of the ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also said she plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog.