The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Tuesday 26 March 2024
Rising cost of art school fires, guns found in canal, anti-abortion protest controversy, Dachshund pop-up cafe + the tunnel beneath George Square
⛅ Good morning Glasgow. Here’s Tuesday’s Wrap:
🎨 The Herald continues its investigations into the Glasgow School of Art fires:
⮑ What’s causing the delay?
⮑ Expert warned of risk.
⮑ Whistleblower has ‘no regrets’.
⮑ Muriel Gray: other orgs 'could learn from success' of GSA project.
⮑ What was lost or suffered damage?
⮑ The rebuild cost is now estimated to have passed £100m.
🎟️ A two-week Easter holiday event in Glasgow has been cancelled just days before it was scheduled to take place. Rain-soaked ground at Victoria Park means organisers of Inflatable Fun City have pulled the plug. They plan to return in summer, ‘if it stops raining’. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🐤 A city-wide rubber duck hunt begins today, with Fayre Play prizes for those who find them. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🚎 The multi-million-pound bill for pursuing bus franchising in Glasgow should be met by the Scottish and UK governments, according to a councillor. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🏥 Around 100 anti-abortion protestors outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital have been accused of harassing women. - Ruth Suter and Keiran Fleming, Glasgow Live.
🗣️ “You think you know Glasgow, then you discover something new, like the fact there’s a tunnel from the City Chambers to the cenotaph on George Square.” - The Herald’s feature writer Mark Smith writes about how his feelings about the square’s future have changed.
🚨 Four guns were among an almost half-tonne haul pulled from a canal in Maryhill by local magnet fishers. - Beth Franklin, STV News.
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🏥 An NHS watchdog has apologised after it confirmed it did not fully investigate doctors’ concerns about patient safety at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. - Calum Loudon, STV News.
🚈 Crime at Glasgow Central station has risen by over 30% in a year. - Matthew Fulton, STV News.
💃 ‘Incredible pictures of the World Irish Dancing Championships’ - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🧁 A little bakery in Glasgow's East End has been shortlisted for the title of best in Scotland. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🏗️ Local politicians, groups and residents have reacted angrily after last week’s Glasgow Wrap exclusive update about the Hillhead Baptist Church facing full demolition. - There are also lots of reader comments on this report by Eszter Tárnai in the Glasgow Times.
⚽️ Ex-Rangers player Scott Arfield is facing local objections to his plan to open a pub close to Ibrox stadium. - Samantha Croal, Daily Record.
🏪 Sainsbury's plans to open a convenience store on the entire ground floor of an under-construction residential tower block at Lancefield Quay. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🚧 ‘Technical difficulties’ with construction work mean West George Street between Hope Street and Renfield Street will be shut for a few more days until Thursday. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
💻 Glasgow Tech Fest will return in May. - Free tickets via the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
🐾 ‘Calling all Glasgow dog lovers... a Dachshund pop-up cafe is coming to the city next month’ - Chiara Pollock, Glasgow Live.
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City chambers to cenotaph is a pretty short distance. I would hope there is a whole underground base, as in Threads, where the council can run things in the event of a nuclear strike.