Former Rangers superstar moved to Skelmorlie this week in 2009

Finnish striker Jonatan Johansson, 33 - who was then starring for Hibs, reportedly splashed out £1 million on  Tudor House, The Crescent.

The former Ibrox superstar joined  Rangers for £500,000 in 1997 before moving to English side Charlton Athletic for £3.5million in 2000 and racking up 95 caps for the Finnish squad.

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The anxious wait continued for a new post office to open in Largs.

There was no indication as to when Largs P.O is set to re-open but sub-postmistress Susan Craddock was determined to make sure the new office at 58 Main Street would be launched as quickly as possible. 

PO emergency (Image: Newsquest)
She told the News: “There was a meeting on Monday morning discussing how we could go about putting everything in place and officials from the Post Office have gone away to do the costings. Then I hope to have a better idea."

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Firefighters rushed to a kitchen fire which caused  £20,000 of damage at Lounge restaurant in Largs Main Street.

The cause of the 4pm blaze was a table top fryer which started to overheat and spew burning oil ‘like a volcano erupting’ on to the walls and flooring.

An evacuation of the premises took place as fire crews rushed to the scene from  Largs and Kilwinning.

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Fun Run in the sun (Image: Newsquest)

The Largs Rotary 10k celebrated its 25th anniversary in glorious weather on Sunday morning with a good turnout of competitors.

Pictured were Ken Thomas of the Rotary, ladies first prize-winner Emma Baxter, gents winner Kevin Hutchison and Fun Run organiser Peter Grant.

The competitors were running for Children’s Hospice Association Scotland.

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Kelburn Castle was set to undergo a unique restoration following a fire which sparked headlines around the world.

It was hoped that the castle would be fully resurrected and open for functions within forthcoming months.

In February, a blaze broke out in the billiards room area  of the 13th century building, but the fire brigade were on the scene quickly to help extinguish the blaze.

An electrical fault in the boiler unit resulted in Lord Glasgow and his son David Boyle fleeing the castle, and both praised the endeavours of the local fire service in helping to save many important historical artefacts.

Viscount David Boyle (Image: Newsquest)

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The Boys Brigade seaside display took place with a special photo feature in the News.

Standing to attention - Largs BB parade on seafront (Image: Newsquest)

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There was a great occasion at Largs Rotary Club lunch in the Willowbank Hotel when one of its original members, Altham Turner, pictured second left, came back to the town to renew old acqaintances.

Altham, in his 90s, was a District Governor of Rotary as was Neil Fraser, on left.

Largs Rotary (Image: Newsquest)

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Largs Thistle reached the finishing line to secure promotion to the Stagecoach Premier League - but only after putting fans through the wringer in a dramatic second half.

It was certainly a case of Thistle for thrills with five goals, a red card, great saves and buckets of tension.

Thistle secured a pulsating 3-2 win over Girvan to seal their place in the top division.

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