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Last updated: 11th March, 2010 04:40pm

Strathclyde Fire and no rescue

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Editor Drew Cochrane wonders how there can ever be a rescue without taking a risk

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Last updated: 8th March, 2010 10:20am

Traffic plan - they've missed the bus

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As the long-awaited town centre traffic plan gets underway Editor Drew Cochrane says they have missed the bus in Main Street!

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Last updated: 3rd March, 2010 12:27pm

Culture of putting profit before people

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Editor Drew Cochrane writes about authorities' obsession with ticking boxes and cutting costs.

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Last updated: 24th February, 2010 12:56pm

Doos are cooing for Stevenson Institute action

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The 'residents' of the dilapidated Stevenson Institute in Largs have written to the editor asking what is happening to their home.

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Last updated: 17th February, 2010 12:21pm

Little people stand up against authority

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Drew Cochrane congratulates a 63 year old lady on her campaign for more efficient trains.....and decries the way a Largs man was convicted on abuse charges

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Last updated: 10th February, 2010 03:02pm

Council say they won't sell 'family silver'

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In the week that North Ayrshire Council announce cuts and efficiency savings in their annual budget editor Drew Cochrane looks at the trends in council tax and spending

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Last updated: 3rd February, 2010 01:11pm

Your right to read council notices

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The plan by the SNP government to allow councils to withdraw public notices from local papers prompts the editor's criticism this week

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Last updated: 20th January, 2010 02:52pm

Amey try to sabotage Largs traffic plan

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In an outrageous last minute move Amey road contractors have put a halt to the start of Largs town centre roads scheme which has been drawn up over years of consultation.

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Last updated: 19th January, 2010 02:27pm

Who pays for minority of bad drinkers?

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Drew Cochrane has no time for the nanny state which forbids us from doing most things. This week he doubts the wisdom of raising the minimum cost of alcohol

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Last updated: 13th January, 2010 02:10pm

Schools used to stay open in snow

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News of schools keeping the gates shut to staff and pupils because of the winter weather prompted the editor's recall of when snow was snow was always waist high.

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