Inverclyde

British

/ ˌɪnvəˈklaɪd /

noun

a council area of W central Scotland: created in 1996 from part of Strathclyde region. Administrative centre: Greenock. Pop: 83 050 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)

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Speaking after the sentence, Ch Supt Rhona Fraser, Police Scotland's divisional commander for Renfrewshire and Inverclyde, said Cowan was back at work and doing well after the "extremely traumatic" incident.

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Molly, from Gourock, Inverclyde, was 15 when she was diagnosed with metastatic Ewing sarcoma.

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Kilmacolm, Inverclyde - which had been "dry" since the early 1900s - only got its first pub in the 1990s.

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In Inverclyde, the A78 road in Greenock remains shut in both directions due to flooding after a night of heavy rain.

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Blackwood told BBC Scotland that staff were treating it a a top priority and working with Inverclyde Council and Scottish Water to find a solution.

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