Susan Lochrie

Scotland

Reporter at Greenock Telegraph

Greenock Telegraph reporter and lucky mum-of-three girls

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Greenock college lecturer rubs shoulders with royalty at palace garden party

1 week ago | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Susan Lochrie

Suzanne Thomson rubbed shoulders with the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. (Image: contributed /pa) A GREENOCK college lecturer enjoyed the chance to rub shoulders with royalty after she was invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace. Leading scientist Suzanne Thompson was recognised for her outstanding contributions to further education through her work at West College Scotland in Greenock.
Get set to hit the dance floor at community event in Greenock

1 week ago | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Susan Lochrie

Your Voice Tea Dance (Image: contributed) THE Inverclyde community is set to come together on the dance floor for a special afternoon. Health and wellbeing project Your Voice are hosting a Tea Dance next month. There will be music, tea, cakes, sandwiches and lots of fun. It takes place on Friday June 27 from noon to 3pm in the St John's Episcopal Church, Jamaica Street, Greenock. Tickets cost £2 and include refreshments.
Inverclyde hip hop dance superstars are crowned world champions in USA

1 week ago | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Susan Lochrie

DM Diamondz come home World Champions (Image: George Munro) YOUNG dancing super stars from Inverclyde have come home from the USA as hip hop world champions. Gourock-based DM Diamondz entered their own teams for the first time in the international Allstar Cheer and Dance World Championships in Florida. The hip hop senior sensations went on to take the world stage by storm finishing in first place.
Martin Compston makes Unicef appeal for donations to end child hunger

1 week ago | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Susan Lochrie

Martin Compston (Image: unicef) SOCCER Relief star Martin Compston is appealing for help to end child hunger and poverty. The Greenock actor made his emotional plea in a short film urging support for a new Unicef fund to help children across the world. On World Nutrition Day he is asking people to donate to the new Children's Investment Fund Foundation to stop the devastating impact of 'wasting'.
Health walks programme aims to make big strides after Greenock hub steps in

1 week ago | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Susan Lochrie

The programme of walks which had been run by the Inverclyde Bothy faced an uncertain future after Cycling UK announced earlier this year that it was pulling the plug on its financial support – not just for the walks programme, but for the whole Bothy project. The health walks run by the Bothy team had made a massive impact on many locals after the initiative was set up in 2018.
Man, 32, rushed to hospital after being found seriously injured in Larkfield

1 week ago | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Susan Lochrie

Police (Image: Newsquest) A 32-YEAR-OLD man was found seriously injured in Larkfield last night. Emergency services were alerted to the incident at around 8:50pm and raced to the scene at Burns Road. The injured man was rushed by ambulance to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. Police Scotland has now launched an investigation into the incident and told the Tele enquiries were ongoing.
Scot with deadly Hep C virus not told for 20 years he was infected

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Susan Lochrie

Our sister title the Greenock Telegraph reports how the 58-year-old was told in October that he had hepatitis C and that it was likely he’d had the virus for 40 years as a result of an operation in 1984. But Frank said he later discovered that his GP surgery, Ardgowan Medical Practice, knew he’d tested positive for the virus back in 2002 – results he says were confirmed in January of the following year.
Parents face 'huge' nursery bill after Scot council's cost-saving move

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Susan Lochrie

In Inverclyde, free funding places in nursery are reduced to only three term intakes a year (Image: Newsquest) Parents in Inverclyde could be set to face bills running into thousands of pounds after a cash-saving move by council bosses left children facing the prospect of missing out on months of free early years education.
Inverclyde parents could face huge nursery bills after council cost-saving move

1 week ago | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Susan Lochrie

In Inverclyde, free funding places in nursery are reduced to only three term intakes a year (Image: Newsquest) PARENTS in Inverclyde could be set to face bills running into thousands of pounds after a cash-saving move by council bosses left children facing the prospect of missing out on months of free early years education.
Inverclyde Bothy health walks saved by Lyle Gateway

1 week ago | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Susan Lochrie

Former Inverclyde Bothy co-ordinator Jenni Murray who is now part of the team at the award winning west end community cafe is working closely with the Gateway's Derek Mitchell to reach out to even more people. We reported earlier this year that the Bothy, which had set up health walks from scratch in 2018, making a massive impact had lost its funding. To launch the Gateway Walks at the Lyle Kirk they held a big celebration day with partners including Inverclyde HSCP.