Largs & Millport Weekly News - 27 Aug 2025
FURIOUS ROW ERUPTS ON EVE OF VIKING FESTIVAL
Flower show is a blooming success
May, 93, realises lifelong speedboat ride dream
Bomb disposal team called to beach for suspected ordnance
Viking festival awaits!
Rape figures
On stage
SEEING DOUBLE
UK’S second national Emergency Alert test
Eight pages of puzzles start on
May, 93, ticks speed boat ride off her list
‘Shoplifters’ arrested
Furious row over trader access to Viking Festival
School data is released
Largs to benefit from new minibus scheme
Calls made for better support for stroke survivors
Years of waiting
Clubs return
Sharp rise in anti-social behaviour complaints
New round of participatory budgeting
Tidelines Book Festival
Room for sale as busy venue hits the market
Probus Club hears of vital Fisherman’s Mission work
Jogger in theft scare
OAP hurt by dog bite
Probe into retail abuse
Dolphin pod parade delights firth boaters
Concerns raised over lack of school crossing patrol
Bridge club lesson offer
Support for disabilities
Flat plans approved
Court access
Team step out to raise charity cash
Police probe alleged assaults
Dozens of adults and children learn how to sail
RNLI rescue tired kayaker
Huge rise in shoplifting
Organist plays aisle walk classic at own wedding!
Thistle star takes on ‘bushtucker-style’ challenge
Cafe put on the market
Offensive graffiti
‘For me, boating is about freedom, connection, and challenge’
Free packs of plants
It’s lucky we sent the Vikings packing from Largs and Millport
It would take years of negotiations to prise theatre away from KA Leisure
Thought for the week
Sam’s miracle escape after being run over
FLOWER PO ER
FLOWER PO ER
Scotland A view of SOS: SAVE OUR SCHOOL
As the school roll falls, how do you save a Scottish village?
Famous faces who performed at the Citizens Theatre
LOVE LOCAL businesses
ADVERTISING FEATURE Down to earth delights on sale at boutique shop
Perfect reasons to enjoy a drink
Growing stronger together at St Columba’s in Kilmacolm
A powerful reputation for high-quality doors
Trust and integrity at Tagg estate agents
Celebrating a decade of quality, taste and style
Fabulous bathrooms are affordable for all
Make super savings with roof solar panels
Nine great September gigs
One of the finest formal gardens in Scotland
Future-proof against climate change
Plant of the week
The Edinburgh of the south …
Drumlanrig Castle is full of unexpected treasures
Travel notes
Oh, we do like to be beside the
Seaside... come on, sing along...
Past carnivals and a noisy airshow
Traditional three-bed bungalow on market
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Thought for the week
Largstides
How to use ‘the compound habit’ for incremental gains
DEAL OF THE WEEK
Share treasured memories in one space
Glen Matlock
LAST YEAR
The last descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, died, aged 83.
Francis Chichester left Plymouth in Gipsy Moth IV on his single-handed voyage around the world.
Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first went into print as a magazine serial.
Largs Thistle se thrilling victory over Arthurlie
OFF THE WALL
Largs Thistle se thrilling victory over Arthurlie
Largs Thistle 2012s kick off the season with hard-fought draw
Thistle prepare to face Wishaw
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