Greenock

...he sports a natty pink striped shirt, teamed with an elegant pair of black trousers. The actor and theatre director, who hails from Greenock, is also possessed of a dry sense of humour that even pain from a bad back cannot subdue. The only...

In this article: Richard Wilson, David Renwick, Leslie Crowther, Napoleon III, DVD, and Camelot

Those who pleaded guilty were Gordon Forrest, 35, of Bearsden, Glasgow; James Bell, 42, of Cumbernauld, Glasgow; Thomas Murphy, 27, of Greenock; David McCullough, 20, of Burnage, Manchester; David Annette, 34, of Chorley, Lancashire; John...

In this article: Glasgow, Violent Disorder, East Kilbride, Cumbernauld, and Zenit St Petersburg

...years running. In 1951 he was asked to go to England as manager of a small sales team that was the foundation of IBM UK, based in Greenock on the Clyde. From 1954 he was managing director; under his leadership, with the establishment of...

In this article: IBM, Plessey, Ferranti, International Computers & Tabulators, Marconi, System/360, National Coal Board, International Computers Ltd, and English Electric

Rivals Tesco and Morrisons fared better, adding 3.25p to 429p and 1.7p to 292.1 respectively. British Polythene Industries, the Greenock-based plastic bag and packaging company, saw its shares rise to their highest level in 19 months after...

In this article: FTSE, FTSE 250, Moneysupermarket.com, London, Tesco, Revenue, Buoyancy, Financial crisis, Platinum, and Randgold Resources

...encouraging some of the ships to call along some of the smaller harbours. This would be during their journey between the host ports of Greenock and Lerwick. Paul Brush from EventScotland said the July race would attract a huge number of...

...them said it was only on their return to the UK that the deaths had been thrown into sharp focus. Sergeant Robert McCready, 26, from Greenock, who was reunited with wife Karen, 23, and two-year-old son Jay, said: "This is the time for...

In this article: Black Watch, Dundee, Taliban, and Royal Regiment of Scotland

Reid Kerr College in Paisley has been the main partner, with Cardonald and Langside colleges in Glasgow and James Watt in Greenock also hoping to have a campus presence. Plans for the campus include a replacement library for Barrhead,...

In this article: Scotland

...to produce artworks that reflect their feelings about themselves. But the scheme drew a withering response from Labour's Duncan McNeil, whose Greenock constituency has suffered badly from spray-painted vandalism for many years. "Graffiti...

In this article: The Scotsman, Edinburgh, and Scottish National Portrait Gallery

...but at this stage we don't know whether to do it now or hang off for a while. Morton chairman Douglas Rae hopes to name the Greenock club's new manager tomorrow. Stirling Albion manager Allan Moore is favourite to get the post vacated...

In this article: Jocky Scott, Surgery, Maros Klimpl, Stirling Albion, Motherwell, Morton, and Allan Moore

The Tall Ships event was previously held in Greenock in 1999 The Tall Ships' Races' visit to Greenock in 2011 could generate GBP10m for the local economy and attract 800,000 visitors, organisers believe. Up to 80 ships are expected to...

In this article: Revenue, Stavanger, and Sweden