The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Monday 7 April 2025
Vaisakhi pictures, huge public support for city firework ban, NHSGGC records thousand "significant adverse events", plans for Central Quay student flats revealed + free Easter Subways for kids
🌞 Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts a bright sunny start to the week and a high of 17C. Here’s Monday’s Wrap…
🧡 Pictures of Vaisakhi yesterday show more than 700 people walking through the city for the Sikh celebration. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
🎆 A total of 86% of Glaswegians want a city-wide ban on fireworks, according to a public consultation. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🏥 NHSGGC has recorded more than 1000 “Category 1 significant adverse events” that may have contributed to or resulted in permanent harm or death of patients in the last five years. - Hannah Rodger, Daily Record.
🧑🎓 Unite Students has revealed its development plans for 934-bed student flats at Central Quay, expected to be completed for the 2027/28 academic year. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🪺 Free Subway travel for all under 16s during the Easter holidays (April 5 - April 21). - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
💸 Council chiefs have vowed to “exhaust all reasonable options” to recover funds paid out in golden goodbyes worth more than £1m to five former senior staff, but admit it is unlikely. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🤔 Scottish Greens Cllr Elaine Gallagher owes £1480 in Council Tax arrears since she was elected. - Exclusive by Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
📷 The drunk ex-RAF pilot who killed a Glasgow family after "deliberately" driving in the wrong direction on the M6 has been pictured for the first time. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
💚 15 to 24-year-olds in the city can apply for up to £3,900 to create projects fighting climate change with The Youth Climate Action Fund until April 21. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🧨 Two apparent firebombings occurred in Robroyston and Kirkintilloch on April 4. The incidents are allegedly connected with a gang war in Edinburgh. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🔥 Two 13-year-olds have been charged in connection with ‘sectarian attacks’ on St Joseph’s Primary School in Busby. - Alasdair Ferguson, Glasgow Times.
↳ Fires were reportedly set in the school’s play areas, and buildings were sprayed with discriminatory graffiti.
💐 The sister of Amen Teklay, 15, who died after being found with serious injuries on Clarendon Street, has thanked donors after nearly raising £10,000 for his body to be flown to Ethiopia to rest. - Norman Silvester & Jennifer Hyland, Daily Record.
🌳 Victoria Park trees felled by Storm Éowyn have been turned into works of art, including a crocodile and benches, by a local wood carver from Roaming Chisel. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
📢 SGN has warned East End residents near its Liquified Natural Gas site on Blochairn Road that they will test their warning siren on Thursday, April 10. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🐧 A group of clay penguins on Kelvin Walkway protested against Donald Trump’s tariffs on the remote Heard Island and McDonald Islands. - Laura Pollock, The National.
💬 Westminster’s immigration minister, Angela Eagle, visit next week to discuss the city’s homelessness crisis has been cancelled. Council leaders say they are willing to meet with Eagle “whenever and wherever”. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🎶 The former Beech Avenue Social Club off Paisley Road West is set to become a new music and cultural hub. - Exclusive by Craig Williams.
✂️ The council is urging Westminster to reconsider its planned benefits cuts as the city’s Labour group leader, George Redmond, admitted they are a “step too far.” Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
⛓️ City gangland shotgun murderer Malcolm McNee has been jailed for the rest of his life with a minimum of 22 years. - BBC News.
🗳️ Glasgow will be presented to the Scottish Government as a key location to pilot automatic voter registration in council-run schools. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
☕ Zennor Coffee Roasters will open its new location at 287 Langside Road, South Side, with a soft launch over Easter weekend on April 19. - Posted on Instagram.
🎞️ Renfrew Street Cineword has warned viewers could be removed if they engage in a trend that includes making “excessive noise” during A Minecraft Movie. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
🐈⬛ Thundercat pub and diner bosses are set to open a second location in the West End this summer. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
🐀 The GMB trade union is urging members of the public to back their latest campaign to help eradicate rats from residential areas across the city. - Catherine Hunter, Glasgow Times.
🚭 Scottish Greens Cllr Dan Hutchinson is concerned the ban on single-use vapes won’t be properly enforced in the city this summer. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
💖 The Love and Solidarity Hub has opened in the Braes Shopping Centre in Castlemilk, where people can drop in for free food, workshops, and more. - Exclusive by Ann Fotheringham.
🏘️ Inside the build-to-rent boom and bust with Moda Living's head of planning. For this week’s Sunday Edition, Marissa MacWhirter spoke to Moda Living’s head of planning, James Blakely, who shared his views on the rent cap, investing in the city and how private developers and the council need to work together.
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📌 Hop into the Easter spirit at Jackton Distillery on 19th April with a magical day of family fun, sweet treats, and a touch of Wonderland! Meet the Easter bunny, free face painting, Mad Hat Competition, and Easter bakes and cards on sale at our mini craft market. Tickets include chocolates and mini eggs for children, and a complementary miniature RAER whisky or Jackton gin for adults! - Thank you Jethro Rolland at Jackton Distillery for sharing!