The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Wednesday 3 July 2024
Citizens Theatre facing liquidation, Gaza protest in Govan, GLA company helps Putin's gas flow to Europe, city centre footfall declines, bin workers to strike + Doppio Malto closed
🌧 Good morning Glasgow. ONE day to go ‘til the GeIneral Election. Today’s forecast is from AccuWeather (variety is the spice of life). Expect rain showers and a high of 15C. Here’s Wednesday’s Wrap:
🎭 The Citizens Theatre is under “imminent threat of liquidation” unless a funding gap of £8 million is plugged. The council stepped in with an additional £2 million last month but the cash is contingent on other funders making up the rest of the shortfall. - Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman.
↳ Labour MSP Paul Sweeney said: “There is a major discrepancy between the estimated cost of the project, according to the theatre’s consultants, and the estimated cost according to the prime contractor.”
📢 More than 100 activists returned to the Thales plant in Govan this morning to protest the UK Government’s continued sale of weapons to Israel. - Gabriel McKay, The Herald.
Your ultimate Glasgow guide to the General Election:
⛽ A company in Glasgow, Seapeak, has been named as one of the British companies helping “to keep Russian gas flowing into Europe” and called “an accessory in Vladimir Putin’s was on Ukraine”.
↳ Watch Ed Conway’s investigation for Sky News. He says:
“This is the story of how an obscure company based in an office block on a quiet street in Glasgow became an accessory in Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine. It is the story of how Europe and Russia remain locked in a tense relationship of economic dependence, even as they supposedly cut their ties. It is the story of the uncomfortable truth behind why the cost of living crisis came to an end.”
📉 Footfall in the city centre has declined by around 400,000 compared with this time last year while in April there was a sales decrease of around £60 million, according to the latest figures from the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. BBC.
↳ Businesses cited "cleansing, maintenance & hygiene" alongside the cost crisis woes.
↳ Read the discussion on the r/Glasgow Reddit thread.
🦺 Unite has confirmed that its cleansing workers will strike in the next few weeks over pay. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
⚖ Ex-football coach and Boys’ Brigade leader Craig Menzies, 55, has been jailed after abusing children for two decades. - Ruth Suter, Daily Record.
🏨 The council’s new visitor levy could rake in “£10 - £20 million a year” annually, according to Greens Councillor Blair Anderson. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Times.
🥊 “I bit off more than I can chew”: TikToker Caz Milligan has cancelled his fight at the Hydro against Rangers hero Nacho Novo. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times. See the video.
🚔 Armed police were spotted on Duke Street, Dennistoun responding to reports of a “man with a weapon”. No arrests have been made at the time of reporting. - Chiara Pollock, Glasgow Live.
🌞 Partick Thistle Charitable Trust are looking for donations to help run their summer programme for kids after losing out on funding from the council this year. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times. JustGiving page.
🩺 NHS Glasgow has carried out 1.5 million virtual appointments since the pandemic. - Helen McArdle, The Herald.
🤮 A Glasgow man is among ten claimants seeking a lawsuit against Riu Palace Santa Maria in Cape Verde for serious food poisoning contracted at the luxury resort. - Rosie Lewis, Glasgow Times.
🍝 Doppio Malto at George Square is closing after three years. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
⚡ The latest issue of The Skinny is now out. July’s theme is “touch grass”. Where to get a copy.
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Or a tip for The Glasgow Wrap to look into for you? This newsletter is designed to get the word out about what’s happening around Glasgow, so let us know what you’ve got on. ↪Get in touch using this form or via email.📌 A month of summer events has been announced by one of Glasgow’s newest community councils, tying in with a local landmark celebrating its centenary. Sunday music sessions, a summer fete and a series of public talks are among the events being unveiled by Cathcart and District Community Council as it announces the first ever Cathcart and District Festival. Tying in with the centenary of local landmark the Couper Institute and Library, Cathcart and District Community Council is working with local groups and businesses to run a packed programme of events between 3 - 31 August: with a public lecture on the brothers who funded the Institute as a planned highlight. Details. Thanks Carolyn Lochhead of the CDCC for submitting this!
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