Largs & Millport Weekly News - Archives
Browse our archives (sorted most recent stories first), or why not use the search function at the top to try to find an older story.
West Kilbride anger over Charlie's Chickens
"It is with great sadness, utter annoyance and disbelief that I write this letter but I feel very strongly about the following issue and dearly hope that these words will open the eyes of certain individuals in West Kilbride."
Published: Thursday, 15th May, 2008 12:00
Is volunteering worth it nowadays?
Editor Drew Cochrane looks at the recent research which shows that Scots like to volunteer in the community...but there are barriers
Published: Wednesday, 14th May, 2008 12:00
Why newspapers should challenge authority
The UK's longest serving editor Drew Cochrane speaks out during Local Newspaper Week about the role of the paper to challenge daft decisions by people in authority.
Published: Wednesday, 7th May, 2008 12:00
Largs sports chief's Olympics vision
John Kent, Principal of Inverclyde and Cumbrae Sports Centres and chairman of the Scottish Sailing INstitute speaks out strongly on the case for the new slipway at Pencil Bay.
Published: Wednesday, 30th April, 2008 12:00
Nardini ice cream is no secret
A war of words over who owns the secret recipe for Nardini ice-cream was debated on BBC Radio Scotland.
Published: Friday, 25th April, 2008 10:00
The dreaded fortnightly bin collection is coming our way by November. No matter how it is dressed up as alternate uplifts, one week for household rubbish, and the next week for recyclable materials it still means a stink.
Published: Friday, 25th April, 2008 10:00
AMEY contractors who dig up our roads wanted to come to Largs on May Day Monday. No, not for a holiday jaunt but to stop the traffic coming into Largs on the A78 at its busiest point...
Published: Wednesday, 23rd April, 2008 12:00
Do you support brats or teachers
Cochrane's Column on Largs teacher Matt George's fight for justice.
Published: Wednesday, 16th April, 2008 12:00
How North Ayrshire hands out council houses
Cochrane's Column pictures the scene of how a council housing office interviews candidates for a house in Largs...
Published: Wednesday, 9th April, 2008 09:00
"Quarrier's Home tried to gag us" - Cochrane's Column
Largs 'News' editor Drew Cochrane gives his frank view on the controversy surrounding the Quarrier's Home situation.
Published: Wednesday, 2nd April, 2008 11:20
"Yachties should pay for slipway"
Reader Captain Harvey Elliot fears the funding issue concerning the Pencil Bay jetty project 'is yet another example of “yachties” wanting to have their cake and eat it'.
Published: Wednesday, 2nd April, 2008 09:00
Praise for 'excellent' Pencil Bay project
The Scottish Sailing Institute's controversial new project has won praise from reader George McCree... "At the same time it will provide an enlarged picnic and recreational area for visitors, improving what is at present an untidy and unsightly corner, it will not detract from the view in any way."
Published: Wednesday, 2nd April, 2008 11:00
Further Details
