The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Monday 21 April 2025
Protest against Supreme Court ruling, NHSGGC paid out millions in compensation, repairs planned for the Lighthouse, West End petition rejected, council works with Stockholm + duck gets tour in pram
🌧️ Good Morning Glasgow and Happy Easter Monday! The Met Office forecasts a drizzly day with a high of 12C. Here’s Monday’s Wrap…
📢 Protestors took to George Square on Saturday in response to the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of “woman” applying only to biological females. - Amy Myles Glasgow Times.
💸 NHSGGC has paid out the most compensation in five years compared to other health boards, with just under £50m. - Craig Paton & Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
💡 A £2m repairs project is planned for The Lighthouse, with talks about reopening the building as a hub for start-up climate tech firms approved earlier this year. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
💀 The ‘West End or Dead End’ petition against new student flats to be built on the Lilybank Gardens car park in Hillhead has been rejected. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
💚 Council bosses have been working with Stockholm on how best to reach net-zero targets, as work begins to develop a new version of the city’s climate action plan. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
🦆 Emotional support animal and social media sensation Frosty the duck has been given a tour of Parkhead stadium while riding in a pram. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
🚑 Four people were rushed to hospital and eight others arrested following an alleged disturbance near the St Enoch Centre. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
↳ Those hospitalised have since been discharged.
📚 A book swap event, Bookface Sip, Swap and Support is set to raise funds for Refuweegee in a one-off event on May 18 at Rickshaw & Co. in Partick. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🏍️ More than 900 bikers took part in the city’s 46th Easter Egg Run, which was held in aid of Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity on Easter Sunday (April 20). - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🏥 A 27-year-old man has been hospitalised following a gang attack in the Southside on April 11. - Rosie Lewis, Glasgow Times.
🏢 Palestine Action targeted the Allianz office on Waterloo Street by smashing the front door, as the group says the insurance company has ties with “Israel’s weapons firm". - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
✉️ Netting above the Royal Mail building on Turner Road has killed five gulls, despite previous warnings about the net’s faults. Humane Wildlife Solutions is demanding Royal Mail remove the netting immediately. - Posted on Facebook.
🤖 Family-owned Bannerman’s Pharmacy has installed a £600,000 dispensing robot, enabling pharmacists to spend more time with patients. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
👩🦼➡️ A woman with muscular dystrophy has expressed dismay over Barrowland Ballroom’s lack of accommodation for power wheelchairs due to weight restrictions on their stairclimber. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
🏠 The Scottish Tenants Organisation calls for women-only emergency homeless accommodation after staging a protest outside the City Chambers and lodging a petition with Scottish Parliament. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🧑🎨 Maryhill-based Glasgow Tool Library revamped an 80s portacabin into an arts hub for Make It Glasgow, a project which teaches skills through clay projects. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
👎 Vandals reportedly "travel for hours” to graffiti in Garnethill, leaving some residents “feeling unsafe”. - Exclusive by Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
💧 Scottish Water has completed the first phase of peat restoration at Loch Katrine, aiming to protect water quality for Glasgow residents. - Craig Williams, The Herald.
🍀 An Irish Culture and Heritage Conference will be held at St Francis Community Centre on May 16 by Govanhill Bath’s Irish History Group. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
🦆 Florence House Care Home residents in Govan celebrated Easter by caring for five eggs, which hatched into ducklings. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
🌔 Can we save Glasgow’s club scene? For this week’s Sunday Edition, Marissa MacWhirter saw a panel discussion on saving the city’s night scene as it continues to shrink.
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📌 Refugee Community Sponsorship Glasgow is holding a Cabaret fundraiser at the Rum Shack on May 1. Doors open at 7pm for a night of poetry, comedy, burlesque, bingo and more, all raising money to welcome a refugee family to Glasgow through the Community Sponsorship scheme. Sliding scale tickets available online or a limited amount on the door. - Thank you Refugee Community Sponsorship Glasgow for sharing!