The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Monday 07 July 2025
Shots fired during Orange Walk, council cyberattack update, man charged after Castlemilk stabbing victim dies, First Bus confirms service return + new Botanic Gardens toastie spot
🌞 Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts a welcome day of uninterrupted sunshine with a high of 19C. Here’s Monday’s Wrap…
🥁 Thousands joined the Annual Boyne Parade hosted by the Orange Order on Saturday, June 5. - Glasgow Times.
↳ Police are investigating after four people taking part in an Orange Order walk were struck with what are believed to be air weapon pellets along Sauchiehall Street near Kelvingrove Street. - Lucinda Cameron & Billy Gaddi, Daily Record.
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💾 The council has said it has found no evidence of any data being “leaked or misused” amid a cyberattack which took place on June 19. - Lucinda Cameron & Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
↳ Temporary measures allowing the public to access some online council services have been introduced as the impact of the attack continues. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
🔗 A 41-year-old male has been charged after a man, 58, died in hospital following an alleged stabbing on Arnprior Road in Castlemilk. - Calum Loudon, STV News.
🚌 First Bus has confirmed that it will continue operating Service 65, which runs between the city centre and Cambuslang, on a modified timetable, after it was meant to cease operation on July 13. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
🥪 New toastie spot The Brioche Box has launched at the police box at the entrance of the Botanic Gardens. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
⚖️ Former Lord Provost Philip Braat, who pleaded guilty to stalking his ex-partner between July and September 2024, has been banned from going near her for five years, ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work, and fined £840. - Connor Gordon, Court Reporter.
🚆 Glasgow Queen Street and Partick stations were named as having the most attacks on ScotRail staff last year, with nine, while Glasgow Central saw eight recorded attacks. - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
🚓 A quantity of drugs, including cocaine and heroin, with an estimated total street value of more than £380,000, were allegedly seized by police at four addresses on Thursday, July 3. Two men have been arrested and charged in connection. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
💉 Calton residents have hit out at Scottish Minister for Drug Policy Maree Todd after she visited the Thistle Centre and said it is not causing more crime or needles. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
⚕️ Why are some people painting Calton as a needle-infested hell hole? - Marissa’s feature in The Herald.
✈️ easyJet cancelled two flights from Glasgow Airport to Paris on Friday, July 4, amid air traffic control strikes. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
🕳️ Expletive-laden graffiti attacking the council over the state of a pavement with potholes and defects has been spray-painted onto Lochleven Road in Battlefield. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🏷️ National Retail Workers' Day, organised by the retail trade union Usdaw, will run between 10am and 2pm on Saturday, July 5, at St Enoch Square. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
🌹 The council is “fully committed” to maintaining the upkeep of Tollcross Rose Garden, as concerns had been raised after it was overrun with weeds and debris before being cleaned up. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
📸 Glasgow Kelvin College student Callum McKenzie was named Scottish Student Photographer of the Year after capturing a picture of bickering puffins. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
✂️ Merchant City Barbers, which cut Jim Kerr’s hair, is closing after 34 years in business. - Exclusive by Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
🎖️ Glasgow Salvage Corps worker William Oliver, who died in the Cheapside Street disaster, where a fire and explosion ripped through an Anderston whisky bond warehouse in 1960, is being honoured with the Elizabeth Emblem. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🪽 Strip club Seventh Heaven on Hope Street might need to remove its sign after losing an appeal against a council decision to reject permission, because it would be “detrimental” to a listed building. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🫧 A large queue was seen outside the newly opened Boba Cafe Kiosk in Silverburn on Friday, July 4. - Exclusive by Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🍺 Drury's Bar has issued advice to punters who have forgotten how to queue at bars since COVID, with a sign reading 'Stop f***ing queuing. Elbows on bar.' - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
☕ Southside cafe Potbelly on Victoria Road has closed after more than eight years in the city. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🧀 A Golfhill Care Home resident in Dennistoun who celebrated her 102nd birthday on July 1 credits her long life to cheesy puffs (and the love of her family). - Sandhya Suresh, Glasgow Times.
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📌 SUNBURNT Club night fundraiser at St Judes Bath Street on August 9 celebrating all things pop from the early 2000's-2025. All proceeds going toward opening up a feminist community space. - Thanks for sharing Agora Studio!
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