The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 12-14 April 2024
India Buildings demolition begins, Doner Haus closes, cyclist attacked with machete, £96K heroin recovered, council talks bulk uplift charges, swans protected+ the Weekend Guide
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🏗 Demolition of the historic India Buildings on Bridge Street has begun after the roof collapsed last week. Pictures by Gordon Terris are in the Glasgow Times. - Morgan Carmichael.
↪ Residents who were evacuated from nearby flats say they have been “left in limbo” by the council. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
🌯 Doner Haus on West Nile Street is officially closing after seven years. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🚨 James Muirhead, 26, has been charged after attacking a cyclist with a machete in broad daylight inside a Dennistoun butchershop last September. Sentencing has been deferred until next month. - Connor Gordon, Court Reporter, Glasgow Times.
🍻 To celebrate its 21st birthday, Innis and Gunn are charging £3 for a pint of lager at its taprooms in Ashton Lane/West Nile Street. The offer is valid April 16-18. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🍹 The Botany, Maryhill Road has submitted a planning application to open an outdoor dining area. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🚔 Heroin with an estimated street value of £96K was recovered from an area on Station Road, Bearsden after a significant police operation. A man has been arrested and charged with alleged drug and road traffic offences. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🚢 The Govan shipyards are undergoing the biggest transformation in 40 years. Stewart Paterson from the Glasgow Times took a tour of the facility you can read here.
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🗑 Council officials have denied that introducing bulk uplift charges has led to more flytipping after the Drumchapel and Anniesland councillor insisted the problem had escalated. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
↪ A council officer agreed that the messaging was unclear about the charge: “I am happy to take away your comment to let more people know about the £5 charge as opposed to people assuming it’s costing £35 for the ten items.”
☕ The team behind La Pastina and Serendipity are opening a new venue, Lagom Bakery and Eatery, at the former Sips & Baker on Great Western Road. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🏅 Scottish authorities are in talks over staging the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 12 years on from the last time they were hosted in the city. - Martin Ross, SportBusiness (subscription required).
🕳 A furious driver who has burst three tyres from potholes has hit out at an “unavoidable” huge pothole off the A739 at Balshagray Avenue that has metal rods poking out of it. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
↪ A council spokesperson said they would fix it “as a matter of urgency”.
🏫 School attendance rates in Glasgow are still below pre-covid levels at 89%. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
↪ It comes as councillor John Daly highlighted “worrying” attainment gaps between the most and least deprived children across the city.
🖼 Councillors have approved plans to loan Salvador Dali’s Christ of St John of the Cross to the Vatican next year. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🦢 Victoria Park in the West End has erected a barrier in front of one of its ponds to protect nesting swans. - Laura Ferguson, Glasgow Live.
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🖌 Sunday is your last chance to see France-Lise McGurn’s exhibit at the Modern Institute, ‘What Everyone Wants’.
🚒 Fire Engine Rally is taking place at the Riverside Museum on Saturday & Sunday from 10am-4pm. Glasgow Life.
🚘 There’s a vintage vehicle pop-up at Langside Halls on Saturday from 11am-3pm, hosted by MyShawlands and the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust.
🍎 Park Lane Market x Secondhand Wonderland is on Sunday from 11am-4pm.
🛞 Strange Field is hosting a Family Roller Disco from 12pm to 4pm on Saturday. Entry is free and there will be refreshments. More here.
🎨 Civic House is hosting a Creatives of Colour Festival today and tomorrow celebrating all things colour with free workshops, discussions, film screenings and performances. Eventbrite.
🎙 Comedian Mo Gilligan is performing at The Pavilion on Sunday as part of his In The Moment World Tour 2024.
🪩 Exit nightclub is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday after a major electrical fault damaged their sound system. Lineup TBC. Tickets and donations via RA here.
🕺 More club nights:
↪ Friday: RTM: Rødhåd & Slam, Sub Club
↪ Friday: Co-Accused with Radioactive Man, The Berkeley Suite
↪ Friday: MUTT #10 [2 YEARS], Exit
↪ Friday: Sweeney's House Party, The Poetry Club
↪ Saturday: Clank with Boosterhooch, AKUMU & Nat Earthsine, La Cheetah Club
↪ Saturday: Loose Joints - Al Wootton (live), Mia Koden, The Berkeley Suite
↪ Saturday: STUDI-HO 54, Stereo
↪ Saturday: TAQA with Plantainchipps, effua, DIJA, La Cheetah Club
↪ Saturday: Subculture with Harri & Domenic + Ogazón, Sub Club
↪ Saturday: Loosen Up, The Rum Shack
🎵 Gigs:
↪ Friday: Barenaked Ladies, Royal Concert Hall
↪ Friday: Le Boom, King Tut’s
↪ Friday: Eric Cantona, The Garage
↪ Friday: Blair Dunlop, Hug & Pint
↪ Friday: Blind Guardian, SWG3
↪ Friday: John Smith, CCA
↪ Friday: Liam McGrandles, Saint Luke’s
↪ Saturday: Van Houten, King Tut’s
↪ Saturday: Cleaners from Venus, CCA
↪ Saturday: Cock Sparrer, O2 Academy
↪ Saturday: Doctors of Madness, Hug & Pint
↪ Saturday: The Black Delta Movement, Broadcast
↪ Sunday: Vince Freeman, King Tut’s
↪ Sunday: Louis Culture, The Garage
↪ Sunday: Joker Out, Saint Luke’s
↪ Sunday: John Miller & his country casuals, Partickhill Bowling Club
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