Jim Burns Smith joined the Glasgow Fire Brigade in 1962 aged 20 and spent years battling major blazes across the city.

In the 18th and 19th Centuries Greenock and nearby Port Glasgow were Scotland's gateway to a lucrative in trade in sugar, tobacco, rum - and sometimes humans.

The 2025/26 football season is just around the corner and the West of Scotland Football Leagues are no different.

The 27-year-old Australian – who qualifies for Scotland through his Greenock-born grandmother Jacqueline Thomson – was appointed skipper ahead of this month’s Autumn Nations Series.

An area of Greenock, in Inverclyde, has been named as the most-deprived area Parts of Greenock town centre have ranked highest for levels of deprivation in Scotland, according to official figures.

In the 18th and 19th Centuries Greenock and nearby Port Glasgow were Scotland's gateway to a lucrative in trade in sugar, tobacco, rum - and sometimes humans. As in Glasgow, those links are still ...