FILMING IN GREENOCK FOR TV DRAMA SHETLAND, 2017 TV crews are returning to Inverclyde to film for the new series of acclaimed BBC crime drama Shetland starring Douglas Henshall. Scenes will be shot for around a week at the end of April into May at locations including Loch Thom. It means that the road between Greenock Cut Visitor Centre to the junction with Old Largs Road will be shut from April 27. The west end of Greenock will also feature in the new episodes. Filming will take place in Ardgowan Square, Union Street, Campbell Street and Robertson Street and parking restrictions will be enforced.
A BUSINESSMAN has blasted the disgusting level of fly-tipping sweeping Inverclyde - and warned that the high cost of disposing of commercial waste locally could be fuelling it. Thomas Ferns, who has worked in the industry for decades, has been appalled to see van-loads of rubbish being tipped onto Inverclyde s streets and beauty spots and says it must stop. In recent weeks the Tele has highlighted rubbish being abandoned in numerous locations across the district by brazen lawbreakers - from the Old Largs Road countryside to Greenock Cemetery, residential streets and beauty spots. Mr Ferns says that while he is angered like everyone else, he also feels it is time for the council to acknowledge that there is an underlying problem which could be contributing towards the anti-social behaviour which is costing a fortune to clear up.
A GROUP of environmental activists are waging war on the scourge of litter blighting Inverclyde beauty spots. The Clean Cut crew - a group of 22 volunteers - armed themselves with litter pickers and rubbish bags and headed to Old Largs Road. Over a three hour period they filled 56 bags of rubbish, with the waste collected by Clyde Muirshiel Park senior ranger Mike Holcombe. The merry band of litter lifters were gathered together by Vicky Cookson and her partner Robert Ross. After living overseas for several years, the couple moved to Greenock three years ago and they head for The Cut regularly to collect rubbish.
INVERCLYDE’S fly-tipping hotspots throughout the Covid-19 pandemic have been revealed. Dempster Street in Greenock has come out top of the pile with no fewer than 11 incidents of illegal dumping reported between the start of lockdown on March 23 and the end of October. The town’s South Street was a close second with eight reports, while Robert Street in Port Glasgow was next in line with seven. More than 300 complaints were logged during the period, with 22 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) of £200 issued by council chiefs. The details were obtained under Freedom of Information laws. Items dumped across the district include sofas, televisions, beds and mattresses, carpets, microwaves, fridge-freezers, washing machines, supermarket trolleys and even a wine cooler.