The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Monday 23 June 2025
Hundreds march for World Refugee Day, toxic chemical found in River Kelvin, big turnout for anti-knife walk, businesses fined for 'deliberate' unpaid tax + school librarians at risk
🌦️ Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts early morning sprinklings of rain moving into overcast skies. Here’s Monday’s Wrap…
📢 Hundreds marched through the city on Saturday, June 21, with Stand Up to Racism for World Refugee Day. See 22 pictures from the day in the Glasgow Times.
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💧 The River Kelvin has been found to have the second-highest concentration in the world of trifluoroacetic acid, a toxic chemical, thought to harm human fertility. - Dan Vevers, Daily Record.
🔪 Hundreds turned out to support the family of Kory McCrimmon, 16, who died after being stabbed in Greenfield Park, during their Parents Against Knives Walk on Sunday, June 22. - Ryan Thom, Daily Record.
💸 Eight businesses in and around Glasgow were fined for "deliberate" unpaid tax, according to a recent UK Government report. See the list in Eszter Tárnai’s Glasgow Times article.
📚 Librarians will be removed from all of the city’s 30 secondary schools next year if council budget cuts are approved. - BBC News.
🧹 A ‘local legend’ road sweeper, 60, who cleaned up Byres Road and the surrounding area for 30 years, has retired. - Exclusive by Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times.
🔨 The council could be facing a six-figure repair bill for the community justice centre on Boden Street after leaving the building filled with equipment, and floors and walls damaged. - Exclusive by Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times.
🚑 A man, 42, was taken to hospital after being left seriously injured in a daylight attack on Albert Drive in Pollokshields. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
🧑🎓 Plans for a 19-storey student accommodation on the former Admiral pub site on Waterloo Street have been approved following an appeal, but council consent is still needed. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🏛️ CatB Works has submitted a plan to turn the A-Listed Mercat Building into 44 flats for sale. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
📮 More than 4000 people have signed a petition calling for the Hecla Avenue Post Office in Drumchapel Shopping Centre to be saved from closure. - Exclusive by Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times.
📖 Nina Baker is writing a book about the City Chambers and is seeking memories of the famous building to help produce it. - Exclusive by Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times.
🎸 Summer Sessions came alive on Saturday, June 21, as the Punk All Dayer took over Bellahouston Park. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🔥 One person was injured in a flat fire on Annette Street in the Southside. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
🚦 Labour Cllr Robert Mooney, who is registered blind, has said he was nearly hit by a bus on his way to the city chambers due to a faulty crossing cone. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🚌 First Bus has been named Scotland’s Public Transport Operator of the Year 2025. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
🚗 Police have launched an investigation after three cars were set on fire on Forth Street in Pollokshields. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
🎶 Cllr Jon Molyneux has said Glasgow should follow the example of Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival and set up a dedicated outdoor events space. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🐕 Between 2020 and 2024, the council has seen a near 10% increase in dog fouling complaints in public places, rising from 1,823 to a four-year high of 1,982, while fines have plummeted. - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
✈️ Read all the changes being made at Glasgow Airport, including security, pickup times and costs, in Ben Waddell’s Glasgow Times article.
🪧 Police were called after campaigners with Living Rent protested outside 1st Lets’ office after tenants claimed they were being threatened with eviction over damp and mould complaints. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🛸 New book Glasgow From Above gives a bird’s eye view of the changes that have unfolded across the city over the last 25 years. - Exclusive by Brian Ferguson, The Herald.
🍭 A Hillhead resident fighting plans to develop more student accommodation has accused the council of handing out HMO licences to applicants “like they are lollipops”. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
🚸 Inspectors raised concerns about the safety of children at a Glasgow care home after uncovering “significant weaknesses” during an unannounced inspection. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🍵 Tea Green Events will celebrate designers with markets in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and The Burrell Collection. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
🧪 Chemify’s first Chemifarm, a fully automated chemistry facility based in Maryhill, has been unveiled and is set to create 60 jobs. - Sandhya Suresh, Glasgow Times.
🎞️ Actor Glen Powell visited the Grosvenor cinema on Ashton Lane. - Gabriel McKay, The Herald.
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📌 The next June Round takes place on Monday, 23rd June at King Tut’s, with bar doors at 6PM, venue doors at 7PM, and free entry. The lineup includes Findlay Napier, one of the UK’s most compelling storytellers; Gavin, an alt-folk artist with a soulful debut; Kirsten Adamson, an Americana powerhouse; and E.M. Kane, known for intimate anthems and standout festival performances.
📈 The most-viewed links from the last newsletter:
🍴 Outlier restaurant review — under-the-radar brilliance (for now)
❓ Fact Check: Are refugees given priority for social housing in Glasgow?
🪙 Tourist tax gets go-ahead as city visitors to face nightly charge
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