A REWARD is being offered for the return of an engagement ring lost on Friday in the Oak Mall, Greenock. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if found.

A SET of keys was lost on Friday in Union Street, Greenock or the surrounding area. Anyone who found them is asked to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

CLYDE Activity Bikes are hosting a Cycling UK Big Bike Revival event in Gourock next week.  |  Read more

KANSAS Raiders Country and Western Club raised £405 towards the Rosie Mitchell Appeal from a dance in Port Glasgow on Friday. Hugh Higgins of the club said: "We wish Rosie's family all the best and thank very much all who came to support us in such wet weather."

ACTIVE travel project Community Tracks Inverclyde is holding a free electric bike led ride and walking and cycling consultation at Craigend Resource Centre, McLeod Street, Greenock on Monday 6 August from 4 to 6pm.  Click here to register for a place.

GOUROCK Baptist Community Church in King Street is holding a silent auction on Saturday 4 August, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Entry is £2 and includes tea and coffee. Proceeds will go towards the cost of providing disabled facilities at the church.

GREENOCK'S annual vintage fire engine festival takes place on Saturday (28 July).  |  Read more

KANSAS Raiders Country and Western Club have thanked Port Glasgow shopkeepers who have donated vouchers and prizes for their charity dance on Friday (27 July) in aid of the Rosie Mitchell appeal. The dance is in the 68 Club, Brown Street, Port Glasgow from 8pm till midnight and features band Carson City. Entry is £5 at the door.

A BLACK iPhone 6 in a grey case was lost by a couple visiting from Aberdeen today either at Lunderston Bay or Largs. Anyone who found it is asked to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

CLUNE Park Resource Centre, Montgomerie Street, Port Glasgow are having a fun day and craft fair on Saturday 4 August, 1 to 3pm. There will be refreshments, burgers, hot dogs, ice cream plus a face painter, bouncy castle and balloon maker.

ENTERPRISE Childcare is running a free Handling Children's Behaviour course on Wednesdays, 12.45 to 2.45pm, from 22 August to 3 October, at Westburn Church, Nelson Street, Greenock. Call 01475 744404 to book a space. Free childcare is available.

A GREENOCK mum has lost a pendant, possibly in the Grieve Road area. It contains her daughter's handprint from when she was a baby, plus a tag with her name and date of birth on. Anyone who found it is asked to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

INVERCLYDE Leisure's summer playscheme at Kilmacolm Primary school is running a bake sale between 11.30am and 12.30pm and between 1.30 and 2.30pm on Wednesday (25 July). Proceeds will go towards the end-of-summer trip.

BREAST Cancer Care is holding a free course in Inverclyde to help women adjust to life beyond breast cancer.  |  Read more

BOGLESTONE Community Centre playscheme, Port Glasgow is holding a talent show and bake sale on Tuesday (24 July) at 2pm. Entry is £1 with proceeds going to the playscheme end-of-session trip.

INVERCLYDE Carers Centre is providing free Carers' Act training for professionals who work with or come into contact with carers. The aim is to raise awareness of carers among professionals who will then provide them with information on available support. Places can be booked online. 

LATEST Inverclyde Jobcentre Plus Vacancies include a team leader and a facilities supervisor  |  Read more

A BAKE sale is being held tomorrow (Thursday) at the St Patrick's School playscheme, Broomhill Street, Greenock, from 10am to noon and from 2 to 4pm. Funds raised will go towards the end-of-playscheme trip.

RESERVOIR Road in Gourock will be closed between Larkfield Road and the Clydeview Academy entrance from Monday (23 July) to Friday 27 July for carriageway resurfacing.

A SUMMER fun day is being held in the car park at Morrison's supermarket, Greenock on Saturday (21 July) from 11am to 4pm. There will be a bouncy castle, face-painting, home-baking and various stalls Proceeds will to Guide Dogs for the Blind.

CHURCH Street in Port Glasgow town centre will be closed between Princes Street and King Street on Sunday 22 July from 8am to 5pm for BT repair works.

CAR boot/table-top sales are being held every Saturday, 11am to 2pm, until the end of September, at St Andrew's Church car park, Auchmead Road, Greenock. Pitches cost £6 and can be booked by calling 07906755154, or just turn up on the day. If raining, the table-top sale will take place in the large church hall

THE class of 1975 from St Columba's High School, Gourock are holding a reunion on Saturday 1 September.  |  Read more

KANSAS Raiders Country and Western Club in partnership with the Comet Festival Committee are holding a charity dance featuring band Carson City on Friday 27 July in the 68 Club, Brown Street, Port Glasgow from 8pm till midnight, in aid of The Rosie Mitchell appeal. Entry is £5 at the door.

VOLUNTEERS are needed for a beach clean-up being held by Clyde Muirshiel Park rangers at Lunderston Bay, Cloch Road, near Gourock. on Saturday (14 July), 11am to 1pm. Gloves and litter-pickers will be provided. Litter collected will be recorded with results given to the Marine Conservation Society.

PEOPLE in Inverclyde are being urged to nominate deserving community groups to be honoured with the Queen’s Awards for Voluntary Service.  |  Read more