The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Monday 27 January 2025
Ghost sign revealed at Brooklyn Cafe, Storm Eowyn batters the city causing widespread damage, vistor levy could bring in £12.5M, Townhead regeneration begins + Tropical Cafe opens in Merchant City
🌦 Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts light rain with potential for a bit of sunshine later and a high of 7C. Hope everyone managed to stay safe amid Storm Eowyn. Here’s Monday’s Wrap…
☕ Brooklyn Cafe was badly damaged by Storm Eowyn on Friday after deciding not to close for the day. - Gabriel McKay, The Herald.
↳ A ghost sign was revealed on the unit, which Lost Glasgow traced back to a chain of chippies.
🚆 Network Rail engineers are still battling to reopen railway lines in the city after Storm Eowyn. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live. Check your journey via ScotRail.
🌪 Storm Eowyn caused widespread disruption as strong winds actually did batter the city on Friday. Thousands were left without power and transport was suspended. Here’s a round-up of key events:
↳ Aftermath of Storm Eowyn revealed in Glasgow - in pictures. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
↳ A tree smashed through the roof of a City Building van on Balmore Road, injuring the driver who was treated by paramedics at the scene. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
↳ A roof blown off in the storm was discovered at a Queen Street High Level tunnel entrance. - Chiara Pollock, Glasgow Live.
↳ The Darnley Sycamore, an ancient tree with links to Mary Queen of Scots, collapsed. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
↳ Pictures show a car crushed by huge concrete blocks on Crow Road. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
↳ Part of Shettleston Road was closed after masonry fell from a tenement building. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
↳ A lorry overturned on the Kingston Bridge on Friday afternoon. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
↳ More than 200 flights were cancelled across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. - Keiran Fleming, STV
↳ The Scottish National Whisky Festival was cancelled. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
✈ A proposed visitor levy on overnight stays could bring in £12.5m per year, according to a report by city treasurer Ricky Bell. Plans will be presented to the city administration committee on Thursday. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🗳 How will Glasgow view the legacy of SNP and Susan Aitken? Gabriel McKay shines the spotlight on the leader of Glasgow City Council for The Herald.
🛣 Townhead is to be redeveloped under the Glasgow City Centre District Regeneration Framework. An engagement survey is now open.
🏡 The council has launched enforcement action over missing tre es on a plot where work is underway to build a new house at the corner of Queen’s Park Avenue and Crosshill Avenue. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🌴 Tropical Cafe has opened on Bell Street in Merchant City, the first restaurant for Trinidad-born Leo Flores serving Caribbean cuisine. - Paul Trainer, Glasgow World.
🍴 Cail Bruich and Brett’s latest venture, The Clarence, will open in Hyndland on Friday taking over from their previous outlet Shucks. - More info.
📰 For this week’s Sunday Edition, I visited The Community Newsroom to speak with Greater Govanhill and The Ferret about the power of local news in the face of ongoing polarisation, and how local and national outlets can work together to produce hard-hitting, solutions-based journalism. Read it here.
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