Attack on man 'attempted murder'
BBC News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Police say they are treating an attack on a man at a flat in Greenock, Inverclyde, as attempted murder.
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US senator calls for return of Lockerbie bomber to jail
Jailhouselawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
US senator calls for return of Lockerbie bomber to jail A US senator has written to Gordon Brown, demanding the immediate return of the Lockerbie bomber to prison. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi's early release from Greenock jail in Scotland on compassionate grounds was granted on the assumption that he had only three months to live because he was suffering from...
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US senator calls for return of Lockerbie bomber to jail
The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A US senator has written to Gordon Brown, demanding the immediate return of the Lockerbie bomber to prison. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi's early release from Greenock jail in Scotland on compassionate grounds was granted on the assumption that he had only three months to live because he was suffering from prostate cancer.
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Lockerbie Megrahi Lifespan Row
Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Lockerbie row reignited as Megrahi exceeds life expectancy when released Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, American families of victims question medical advice Ewen MacAskill in Washington, Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent, Ian Black, Middle East editor guardian.co.uk | 20 November 2009 Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is taken from Greenock prison to Glasgow...
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Spence Reunion......part two
Ramblings of Ray (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
In May this year we had our Spence Reunion. Spences from all over the world met in Northern Ireland to discuss our common ancestry. Sadly, one of the founder members of our Reunion Group didn't make the trip to Ireland at that point. Today, we WILL meet in Scotland. Kerr and Kath Spence are here in the UK and have made the trip to Scotland and to Greenock, where we'll finally meet and complete the...
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Scotland: St Mary's, Greenock, Scotland
360 Cities (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Daniel Oi . In 1808, the Greenock Mission was established. The first St Mary's church was built in 1816 though the church on the current site was only built in 1862. An appeal to renovate the church was initiated in 1999 with extensive rebuilding in 2002 and the church reopened on the 10th April 2003.
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Megrahi release 'surprised' US
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Louis Susman says US would have tried to extradite Lockerbie bomber if it had anticipated his release from Scottish prison The United States would have tried to extradite the Lockerbie bomber if it had realised sooner that he was going to be freed by the Scottish government, the US ambassador to the UK said today. Louis Susman said the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds had...
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WEST OF SCOTLAND INTER COUNTY LEAGUES - Youths remain undefeated after week 3
AYRSHIRE GOLF (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The Ayrshire youths side remain undefeated in this years West Of Scotland Inter County Leagues after a 5 - 5 draw against a strong Renfrewshire side on Saturday at Caprington. Match results were :- Scott Clark (Ayr Belleisle) lost to Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyington) by 3 & 2 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) lost to Michael Campbell (Renfrew) by 3 & 1 David Currie (Royal Troon) halved with...
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Lockerbie: Megrahi reported dead
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
[This is the headline over a report which has just gone up on the heraldscotland website. It reads as follows:] The man accused of the Lockerbie bombing has died, according to reports. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi had been released home to die in Libya from prison in Scotland in August. In his only full-length interview since being released from prison, Megrahi told The Herald: "We all want...
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SERIOUS HOME BASED BUSINESS (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
– ADVERTISING Feature — BUSINESS Opportunity Meeting With Arbonne SkincareInverclyde NowCOME and hear about home-based business opportunities with innovative skincare company Arbonne at a meeting in Greenock this week. …
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Back the Bid
Holyrood Patter (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Coming from a newly re-blogging and nationalist young man, what bid could this be you ask? Alex Salmonds bid to join the TV debate? Getting the Olympics to Greenock ? The bid to get Glasgow Council to shoosh about the GARL . Sit comfortably now... because I believe that every major organisation in Scotland (Government included) should be backing England's 2018 bid . I believe that although a number...
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Cunard Line Limited: Queen Mary 2 to Become Largest Ship Ever to Visit the Clyde
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MARKET WIRE) Queen Mary 2, the most famous ship in service, will make her maiden call to Greenock and the Clyde on Monday 19 October 2009 during a special 'lap-of-honour' to mark her fifth birthday. Queen Mary 2 will be the largest ship ever to have sailed up the Clyde - a river which has binding and historical ties to Cunard as over 120 Cunarders have been launched there...
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"Lockerbie Bomber" Issues More Evidence of Innocence
Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
By Katrine Bussey, Press Association Independent Friday, 2 October 2009 The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing today published more documents he claims prove his innocence. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi insisted the move was not meant to add to the upset of the people "profoundly affected by what happened in Lockerbie". But he added: "My only intention is for the truth...
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How to solve a problem like Tommy Sheridan
Yapping Yousuf (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
For all the talk of John Smeaton competing in Springburn the real thing that could wound the SNP in Glasgow North East is Tommy Sheridan when the suntan socialist fights the seat. Now there is an argument that with his ongoing legal battles and Celebrity Big Brother appearances that the Poll Tax crusader isn't quite the credible working class hero he once was but there are still a lot of people who...
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Megrahi puts appeal papers online
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
Megrahi's 298-page rejoinder attempts to show judges were wrong to dismiss doubts over evidence The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has released a dossier of legal papers which he claims are proof he was wrongly convicted of the worst terrorist attack on British soil. The documents, published online today by Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, show that serious doubts about the reliability of the key...