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Largs News Editor Drew Cochrane gives his cutting edge response to burning local issues.
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From the Editors chair
Last updated: 30th December, 2009 01:01pm
The decade past and decade to come
by From the Editors chairEditor Drew Cochrane looks back on the decade of the 'noughties' but gives a pyschic thought or two for the next one.
Last updated: 23rd December, 2009 12:09pm
Strange case of navy man's arrest
This column was personally contacted by a Largs mother and son who said they had been put through hell by an ill-founded police investigation
Last updated: 16th December, 2009 03:39pm
Editor Drew Cochrane returns from Costa del Sol to find that his petition to the Scottish Parliament has been supported.
Last updated: 25th November, 2009 12:58pm
Editor Drew Cochrane has become a patron of the Largs Blooming Lovely group which is going for gold horticulturally.
Last updated: 18th November, 2009 12:33pm
Oops, I've warmed up the globe again
Editor Drew Cochrane welcomes the latest poll which shows that most people don't believe that humans are responsible for climate change
Last updated: 11th November, 2009 01:12pm
Editor Drew Cochrane takes a look at what some of the newspaper website correspondents are saying about local issues..and they don't pull punches
Last updated: 4th November, 2009 01:15pm
You haven't lived till you've spoken to the dead
Editor Drew Cochrane likes the new approach by protesters to Hunterston coal power station plans.... And relates a very personal experience about his dad.
Last updated: 30th October, 2009 11:17am
Local communities hit the jackpot
Editor Drew Cochrane joins the delight in the news that West Kilbride have been awarded over £800,000 towards their Craft Town centre.
Last updated: 27th October, 2009 09:21am
Local politicians get it in the neck
IN editor Drew Cochrane's weekly column he mentions Mp Katy Clark's expenses and how SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson is under attack from all directions.
Last updated: 14th October, 2009 01:40pm
They're not sorry about spending our cash
Editor Drew Cochrane takes a wry look at the MPs' expenses and other banker bonuses doing the rounds
Last updated: 7th October, 2009 01:18pm
And, here's the good news from Largs...
Editor Drew Cochrane reflects on the arrival of Tesco, the Indian guru, drugs raids etc.
Last updated: 1st October, 2009 04:08pm
Wee Cumbrae - haven for Indian tourists
With the successful launch of the yoga and meditation centre on Wee Cumbrae editor Drew Cochrane looks forward to a prosperous future for Largs and Millport
Last updated: 23rd September, 2009 01:12pm
Editor Drew Cochrane speculates on the fuss about dirty water at Hunterston and reckons it is more dangerous changing a light bulb.
Last updated: 2nd September, 2009 12:37pm
Squawk and roll over Largs seagulls
Editor Drew Cochrane delves into the debate over Largs' scavenging seagulls which have sparked a lively debate on the website
Last updated: 26th August, 2009 12:11pm
Guardian angel stolen from cemetery
In this excerpt from the editor's column in the newspaper he makes an appeal on behalf of a sad mother in Largs
Last updated: 19th August, 2009 01:10pm
Editor Drew Cochrane tries to take comfort from official statments about traffic management and endless roadworks
Last updated: 12th August, 2009 12:41pm
Cumbrae folk do it for themselves!
The editor congratulates Cumbrae on winning another national grant, this time for a new business centre but asks why the council fail to look after basic services
Last updated: 5th August, 2009 03:20pm
Dangerous seagulls are a horror
Editor Drew Cochrane relates a close encounter with a predatory seagull as residents start to complain about the birds
Last updated: 24th July, 2009 12:04pm
News readers have contacted the paper to express alarm at a plan to knock down two perfectly good houses in Greenock Road to replace them with blocks of flats
Last updated: 16th July, 2009 01:46pm
Editor Drew reveals the heartache of seeing his family emigrate this week to the remotest city on earth
Last updated: 13th July, 2009 05:43pm
Editor Drew Cochrane enjoys a healthy debate or controversy but is saddened by the cowards who only wish to comment on issues - and more often send malicious messages - from behind anonymity
Last updated: 8th July, 2009 12:10pm
Drew Cochrane's attention has been drawn to signposts that you can't see by his devoted reader.
Last updated: 30th June, 2009 10:42am
Stamp out political correctness
On hearing that a Democratic Mayor has been elected down south editor Drew Cochrane asks whether Scotland should have them to battle bureaucracy.
Last updated: 24th June, 2009 12:35pm
Who is telling the truth about the cancellation of the Waverley sailings? CMal at Largs Pier claim they told them sailings would be affected but Waverley say they didn't. Editor Drew Cochrane gives a view
Last updated: 17th June, 2009 11:54am
Editor Drew Cochrane returns to the fray after a flying visit to New York
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