The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Tuesday 25 June 2024
Hundreds in March for Education Scotland, fresh calls for extended Sunday Subway hours, Govan's expectant mothers feel unsupported, man's body found in Elder Park + 40K celebrate Glasgow Mela
⛅ Good morning Glasgow. The Met Office forecasts clouds with a high of 22C. The pollen count is also very high again. Here’s Tuesday’s Wrap:
📢 Hundreds of parents, teachers and trade unionists took part in the March for Education Scotland demonstration yesterday calling on the council and the Scottish Government to “prioritise children’s futures” in the wake of Glasgow education cuts. - James McEnaney, The Herald.
🪷 Around 40,000 people gathered in Kelvingrove Park to celebrate the annual Mela festival. Photos from the event are in the Glasgow Times. - Eszter Tarnai.
🚇 A new petition has been launched calling for an end to the Subway’s “out of date” Sunday hours to be extended. - Laura Ferguson, Glasgow Live. Petition.
🍝 In a statement, owners of Celentano’s at Cathedral House explained they would be closed for lunch on July 6 due to the huge Orange walk planned. Via Instagram.
🚧 Pitt Street is closed until Friday (June 28) for works as part of the Avenues programme. Diversions are in place. - Declan McConville, Glasgow World.
🚨 Two men, aged 23 and 24, have been arrested and charged following a road crash on Balmore Road last year that killed David Gow, 79. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🤰 Govan’s expectant mothers feel under-supported in the early stages of pregnancy, a new study from the NSPCC and Together for Childhood Govan has revealed. - Sandhya Suresh, Glasgow Times.
⚽ The Scotland team were pictured returning to Glasgow Airport last night after their dramatic Euros exit. - BBC.
🔋 A Strathclyde University professor from the Chemical and Process Engineering department is calling for better regulations around battery recycling after the massive Linwood Industrial Estate fire on Sunday night. - Craig Meighan & Olly Dickinson, STV.
🏅 The founder of Refuweegee, Selina Hale, has been honoured alongside refugee-turned-volunteer Remzije Sherifi by Social Security Scotland. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
🚨 The body of a man was discovered in Elder Park, Govan on Monday afternoon. Officers are treating it as unexplained. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
☕ New takeaway spot Coffee Engine is now open at High Street station. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
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