The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Monday 24 March 2025
Wyndford towers demolished, two SNP by-election wins, George V Bridge works start today, third arrest made in connection with Amen Teklay case + Strathbungo named in best places to live in the UK
🌥️ Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts a sunny start to the day with a small chance of rain later, plus a high of 12C. Here’s Monday’s Wrap…
🧨 Three of the Wyndford towers were demolished yesterday as hundreds of onlookers watched 151, 171, and 191 fall from the city’s skyline. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
↳ 386 affordable homes and a community hub will be built on the newly cleared site.
↳ Check out our Sunday Edition on the rise and fall of the Wyndford towers by Eszter Tarnai.
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🗳️ The SNP has extended its lead over Labour in the city after winning two by-elections. - Andrew Learmonth, The Herald.
↳ Mhairi Hunter took the Southside Central ward for the party.
↳ The SNP’s Donna McGill won Glasgow North East.
🚲 Works will start on the George V Bridge today to change the road layout, install cycle lanes, and provide a safer and more appealing environment for pedestrians and cyclists. - Glasgow City Council.
🚨 A further arrest has been made of a 16-year-old boy in connection with the death of Amen Teklay; the 15-year-old boy who died after being seriously injured on Clarendon Street earlier this month. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🏆 Strathbungo has been named one of the best places to live in the UK in the Sunday Times’ Best Places to Live 2025 guide. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🟡 Nicola Sturgeon thanked supporters during her debut comedy show at the King’s Theatre after being cleared by police in Operation Branchform. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🕳️ Cowcaddens Road has been partially closed after a sinkhole opened on Sunday (March 23). Scottish Water was called in to carry out emergency repairs. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
👮 A man has been arrested after the alleged discovery of a cannabis growing operation at a flat in Anniesland on Thursday (March 20). - Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times.
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📱 Police have concluded that a Facebook video posted by Thomas Kerr, Reform UK councillor for Shettleston, is not a hate crime. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
↳ Cllr Kerr was reported to the police after he made comments about the safety of women in the city centre and immigrants.
👟 Tyreece McDonald, the ringleader of the £30k designer clothes theft scam that forced the closure of the Footasylum in Silverburn, avoided jail on Friday (March 21). - Connor Gordon, Glasgow Times.
↳ He has been tagged and sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work for 18 months.
🏥 Families are devastated after the Health and Social Care Partnership decided to axe the Supported Living package by merging it into the mainstream care service. - Exclusive by Amanda Keenan.
🚌 The council has saved £67k with a scheme by the charity Enable that supports school children with special needs to catch buses independently instead of taking taxis. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🏛️ Why has interest in buying vacant listing buildings in Glasgow seized up? For this week’s Sunday Edition, Jacob Nicol spoke to Marcus Dean, who bought A-list Flemington House, about the mounting challenges behind redeveloping empty listed buildings in Glasgow.
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