The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Monday 16 December 2024
Seven hospitalised after bus crash, 'ultras' take over city centre, Springburn Cowlairs Cooperative Society Monument returned, murder bid in Auldhouse Park, marketing firm sacks 60 staff
☁ Good Morning Glasgow. The Met Office forecasts an overcast day with a high of 12C. Here’s Monday’s Wrap…
📷 Photographer Gordon Terris snapped festive Christmas shoppers in the city centre over the weekend for Glasgow Times. - Nicole Mitchell.
🚌 A man is fighting for his life and six others were hospitalised after a double-decker bus crashed into a railway bridge at Cook Street and its roof was torn off. - Gemma Ryder. Daily Record.
🚨 Violence and disorder broke out in the city centre yesterday ahead of the Scottish League Cup final between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park. Footage of terrified shoppers hiding while a sea of ultras in Santa hats take over Argyle Street has been doing the rounds on social media. - BBC.
⛲ Springburn residents celebrated the return of the Springburn Cowlairs Cooperative Society Monument on Saturday. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🌳 Castlemilk Park has been named Scotland’s 100th Local Nature Reserve. - Jody Harrison, The Herald.
↳ A path in the park has been majorly upgraded for accessibility and active travel thanks to £134,000 from Paths for All. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
🚨 A man was found seriously injured in Auldhouse Park on Friday evening and police are treating the incident as attempted murder. Officers want to speak to three men who were in the area, one whom was riding an e-scooter. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
📱 Marketing group 4iCG Ltd, who operate under Pursuit Marketing and Your Shortlist, allegedly axed 60 workers over WhatsApp without pay before bosses jetted off to Spain. - Paige Beresford, The Scottish Sun.
💻 The BBC’s work-from-home policy has been blamed for harming businesses near its Glasgow HQ. Staff are only required to be in the office two days a week. - Paul Drury & Lizzie Roberts, The Times.
🚗 A woman has been charged after two pedestrians were hit by a car that mounted the pavement at Vinicombe Street. - Matthew Fulton, STV.
💐 Glasgow bin lorry crash victims remembered 10 years after Christmas tragedy - Emma Lawson spoke to witnesses and rescuers about how the tragedy still impacts them for the Sunday Post.
👨⚖️ Barras market trader turned “surveillance expert” Ian Sweeney has been hit with a “super-Asbo” when he is released from jail. - Connor Gordon, Court Reporter, Glasgow Times.
🎙 Comedian Kevin Bridges made huge donations to charities including £30,000 to West Dunbartonshire Foodshare and £10,000 to Y Sorit It, a youth charity. - Tristan Stewart-Robertson, Glasgow Times.
🏊♀️ Members of the Dennistoun community spoke to Morgan Carmichael at Glasgow Times about the ongoing devastation caused by the closure of Whitehill Pool.
↳ Morgan penned a column about her experience as a swimmer and why the sport is so vital for young people. “To think of people not having access to their local pool is a loss we must all take seriously.”
👮♂️ A police officer has pled guilty to repeatedly punching a country music fan while on duty after an event at the Hydro. - Connor Gordon, Court Reporter, Glasgow Times.
🏘 Glasgow’s creative exodus: Is the south side the new west end? Read this week’s Sunday Edition.
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