From the Editors chair

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• Last updated: 11 Mar 2010 16:40

  Strathclyde Fire and no rescue

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

• Last updated: 8 Mar 2010 10:20

  Traffic plan - they've missed the bus

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

• Last updated: 3 Mar 2010 12:27

  Culture of putting profit before people

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

• Last updated: 24 Feb 2010 12:56

  Doos are cooing for Stevenson Institute action

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

• Last updated: 17 Feb 2010 12:21

  Little people stand up against authority

  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

• Last updated: 10 Feb 2010 15:02

  Council say they won't sell 'family silver'

  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

• Last updated: 3 Feb 2010 13:11

  Your right to read council notices

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

• Last updated: 20 Jan 2010 14:52

  Amey try to sabotage Largs traffic plan

  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.

• Last updated: 19 Jan 2010 14:27

  Who pays for minority of bad drinkers?

  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

• Last updated: 13 Jan 2010 14:10

  Schools used to stay open in snow

  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.

• Last updated: 30 Dec 2009 13:01

  The decade past and decade to come

  Editor Drew Cochrane looks back on the decade of the 'noughties' but gives a pyschic thought or two for the next one.

• Last updated: 23 Dec 2009 12:09

  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: 16 Dec 2009 15:39

  Water we waiting for?

  Editor Drew Cochrane returns from Costa del Sol to find that his petition to the Scottish Parliament has been supported.

• Last updated: 25 Nov 2009 12:58

  Is Largs Blooming Lovelier?

  Editor Drew Cochrane has become a patron of the Largs Blooming Lovely group which is going for gold horticulturally.

• Last updated: 18 Nov 2009 12:33

  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: 11 Nov 2009 13:12

  Oh the banter, the banter!

  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: 4 Nov 2009 13:15

  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: 30 Oct 2009 11:17

  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: 27 Oct 2009 09:21

  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: 14 Oct 2009 13:40

  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: 7 Oct 2009 13:18

  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: 1 Oct 2009 16:08

  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: 1 Oct 2009 09:34

  Wee Cumbrae - haven for Indian tourists AUDIO

  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: 23 Sep 2009 13:12

  Beware the nuclear shower

  Editor Drew Cochrane speculates on the fuss about dirty water at Hunterston and reckons it is more dangerous changing a light bulb.

• Last updated: 2 Sep 2009 12:37

  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: 26 Aug 2009 12:11

  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: 19 Aug 2009 13:10

  End in sight for roadworks?

  Editor Drew Cochrane tries to take comfort from official statments about traffic management and endless roadworks

• Last updated: 12 Aug 2009 12:41

  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: 5 Aug 2009 15:20

  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: 24 Jul 2009 12:04

  Houses to make way for flats?

  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