The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Monday 16 June 2025
Large Gaza demonstration for Father's Day, GSA says O2 ABC plans put Mack at risk, council leader hits out at UK Treasury, city centre sexual assaults double + Alasdair Gray works go on display.
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📢 The Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee held a national demonstration on Saturday (June 14) to coincide with Father’s Day to 'remember Gaza's lost men'. - Nicole Mitchell & Gordon Terris, Glasgow Times.
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🎨 The Glasgow School of Art says student accommodation plans for the former O2 ABC site on Sauchiehall Street put the rebuild of their historic Mackintosh Building at 'significant risk'. - Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times.
🪙 Council leader Susan Aitken has accused Rachel Reeves of sidelining Glasgow as the Treasury confirmed a £160 million Investment Zone in the region and £20 million for Trailblazer Communities, saying these investments fell short of those given out to English regions. - Exclusive by Andrew Learmonth, The Herald.
📈 Sexual assaults against women in the city centre have doubled from 38 in 2021 to 78 reported last year. - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
🖼️ Nine more works by Alasdair Gray are now on display at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. - Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times.
🚘 A woman, 36, was taken to hospital after a crash on the Clydeside Expressway between Glasgow Harbour and the SEC. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
💉 There has been a drop in the number of public complaints and reports about needles and drug equipment since the Thistle Safer Drug Consumption Facility opened. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
↳ 187 reports between August and December 2024, compared to 175 reports from the centre’s opening to May 20.
🏟️ The controversial “rebel scum” tifo depicting Graeme Souness with a shotgun displayed at the May match against Celtic has been returned to the Union Bears by the police after “No criminality was found”. - Martin McMillan, Glasgow Times.
🚓 A man, 41, was left seriously injured after a ‘targeted’ attack on Scalpay Street in Milton on June 12. - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
💭 The Centre for Cities thinktank has said Glasgow needs a directly-elected mayor and a devolution deal to avoid falling behind other large UK cities, as the city could be missing out on billions in funding without the changes. - Rosie Lewis, Glasgow Times.
🟢 Green councillor for Hillhead, Seonad Hoy, is making a bid to be elected as an MSP for the Glasgow Region. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
📚 Glasgow Women’s Library has become the first library in Scotland to be officially recognised as a Library of Sanctuary, one of 30 in the UK. - Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times.
🧑⚖️ A male healthcare assistant, 27, will stand trial accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Glasgow hospital. - Connor Gordon, Glasgow Times.
👑 King’s Birthday Honours 2025: See the full list of Glaswegians awarded in Mark McDougall’s The Herald Article here.
🔑 Easterhouse residents with the Denmilne Community Action Group are calling on the Scottish Government over landlords who neglect buildings despite renting flats for '£900 per month.' - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🧑🎓 Plans for a 25-storey, 410-bed student accommodation block on Hydepark Street have been recommended for approval. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🍃 A cannabis farm with an estimated street value of around £120,000 was discovered at a property on Carna Drive in Simshill. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
⚠️ The city council is proposing warning signs at the entrance of Kingston Bridge, after a council official spotted risk-taking delivery cyclists using the bridge. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🚆 From ruin to renaissance: Glasgow's industrial cathedral rises again. - Kevin McKenna’s feature on The Caley in The Herald.
☕ Signage for Black Sheep Coffee has appeared on the former Odeon Cinema on Renfield Street. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🛸 Dumbarton-based photographer PixByPedro has shown the West End in a new light with a 360° drone video. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🏃♂️ Scotland's Home of the Year presenter Danny Campbell completed the Glasgow 10k in a pair of Crocs in memory of his late brother. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🪑 Furniture Village has opened its largest ever store on Hillington Road. - Craig Williams, The Herald.
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