INVERCLYDE Ramblers head to Ayr on Saturday (10 November) for a nine-mile walk along stage seven of the Ayrshire Coastal Path. Walkers meet at Brymner Street, Greenock at 9am or at Hourglass Restaurant, Smith Street, Ayr at 11:15.  |  Inverclyde Ramblers 

A HANDBAG auction raising funds for St John's Church, Gourock is being held on Thursday (8 November) at 8pm in Gourock Golf Club. Entry is £2 at the door.

WELLPARK Mid Kirk Guild are holding a coffee morning on Saturday (10 November) between 10:30am and 12:30pm in the Cathcart Square church's hall. Entry is £1.50, and there will be home-baking and gift stalls. Visitors can pay at the door.

GREENOCK Philosophical Society's lecture today (Friday 2 November) features Iain Quinn talking about Clyde steamer Queen Mary. It takes place at Greenock Central Library, Wallace Place at 7.30 prompt. Admission is £1.50 for visitors.

TURNING Point Scotland is holding a Christmas fete in Greenock on Saturday 1 December.  |  Read more

ST John's Church, Gourock is having a Soup Saturday event on this weekend (3 November) from noon to 1.30pm in the church hall. The cost is £2 for soup and crusty bread with a cup of tea or coffee. There will also be filled rolls for sale.

LATEST vacancies from Inverclyde Jobcentre Plus include janitor, finance assistant and project officer  |  Read more

GREENOCK'S Coastguard team is recruiting for the role of volunteer rescue officer.  |  Read more

INVERCLYDE Ramblers head to The Falls of Clyde at New Lanark on Sunday (4 November) for a seven-mile path walk, meeting at Brymner Street, Greenock at 9am. This walk was to have taken place on Saturday 3 November but the date has been changed because of the weather forecast.  |  Inverclyde Ramblers

BETHANY Hall, Drumshantie Road, Gourock is holding its annual coffee morning and bookstall even on Saturday (3 November), from 10am till noon. There will be free tea or coffee with home-baking and Christmas cards and gifts available to purchase.

THE next Inverclyde Intercessors prayer meeting is on Saturday (3 November) at 9.30am in Barnard's Court Mission, East Hamilton Street, Greenock. All those interested in Christian revival in Inverclyde are invited to attend.

A CEREMONY to mark 100 years since the end of World War One, featuring the pipe band from St Columba's School, Kilmacolm, will take place at the village war memorial from 5.45am on Sunday 11 November.  |  Read more

THE next monthly quiz night in St Joseph’s Church hall on Bow Road, Greenock takes place on Friday (2 November) at 7:30pm. Admission is £2 for adults and £1 for children.

A WEDDING ring of sentimental value was lost today (Friday) between 10am and 1pm, possibly in Gourock town centre or pier area, Greenock Tesco petrol station or Wellington Street. Anyone who finds it is asked to call 07979 095915.

THE next Tuesday Trail health walk being held by community organisation Your Voice is in Port Glasgow on 30 October, meeting at the library at 11:15am for a two-and-a-half hour walk to Parklea gardens.

THE Greenock Cut Conservation Blitz project is holding a tree-planting event on Saturday (27 October) from 1 to 3pm at the Cut visitor centre, Cornalees Bridge, Loch Thom. For more details or to book call 01475 521458.

CRIME writer Douglas Skelton will be at Greenock Central Library, Wallace Place on Monday 19 November, 6 to 7pm, as part of Book Week Scotland. There will be a buffet from 5.30pm. Entry is free -- to reserve a place call 01475 723723.

THERE will be overnight closures -- 8.30pm to 6am -- of Wallace Place and Wallace Place access slip road in Greenock from Monday 29 October to Friday 23 November work on the A8 High Street bridge.

GREENOCK Philosophical Society's lecture on Friday (26 October) features Alison Bolster discussing physics in medicine. It takes place at Greenock Central Library, Wallace Place at 7.30 prompt. Admission is £1.50 for visitors.

INVERCLYDE Ramblers head to Benmore Gardens on Saturday (27 October) for a seven-mile walk including Puck’s Glen, Black Gates Trail and the Massan Loop to Invereck. Walkers meet at Gourock Pier ferry terminal at 8:40 for the 8:50 Dunoon ferry.  |  Inverclyde Ramblers 

A CHRISTMAS Fair Trade cheese and wine night is being held in Old Gourock and Ashton Church.  |  Read more

VOTING to decide on Inverclyde’s voluntary organisation of the year, as part of the Inverclyde Community Awards 2018, closes tomorrow (Thursday) at noon.  |  Read more

ENTERPRISE Childcare is running an Introduction to Autism Course on 9 November in Greenock. It will include practical strategies on how to support children and adults with autism. For more details call 01475 745552.

THE World Ship Society's Firth of Clyde branch holds its next meeting on Thursday (25 October) in Cedars School of Excellence, 31 Ardgowan Square, Greenock, from 7.30pm. Regular contributor Maurice Napier will give a presentation entitled North America 2017. New members are welcome.

AN organ recital will be presented by John Bell at Lyle Kirk, Newark Street, Greenock on Sunday (28 October).  |  Read more

AUCHNEAGH Road in Greenock, between Auchneagh Crescent and Curlew Crescent, is to be closed for around two months from Monday (22 October) while work continues on a housing development there. Traffic will be diverted via Old Inverkip Road, Inverkip Road, Gateside Avenue, Grieve Road and Curlew Crescent.