The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Thursday 01 May 2025
Shawlands roadwork blunder, 10,000 illegal vapes seized, East End sports hub closes, new Sano location, Old Smiddy closed + Finnieston coffee shop opening
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🏛️ Barclays will ban trans women from using its female toilets following the Supreme Court ruling earlier this month. - Holly Williams, The Herald.
🚧 Shawlands residents have hit out at a lack of signage and notice ahead of roadworks that saw cars towed from Sunday. - Chiara Pollock, Glasgow Live.
👨⚖️ Mark Keel was convicted of murdering mum-of-four Maxine Clark at her Riddrie home last year. - Ruth Suter, Daily Record.
🚬 More than 10,000 illegal vapes and cigarettes were seized in Govan yesterday. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🎆 Council officers have warned that a citywide firework control zone (FCZ) could dilute resources in problem areas. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🏡 A record 3,5000 affordable lets were provided to the homeless in a new city record. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🏚️ The number of empty homes in the city totals 3,030, with Anderston/city/Yorkhill and Govan having the highest number. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow World.
🔥 A van was torched in Possilpark yesterday amid an ongoing gangland feud. - Graham Mann, The Scottish Sun.
⛹️♂️ Alexandra Park Sports Hub in Dennistoun has closed amid “ongoing financial pressures”. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
💼 Two men were caught at Glasgow Airport trying to smuggle £600,000 of cannabis into the country. - Grant McCabe, Court Reporter, Glasgow Times.
🌳 Around 16,000 trees have been planted across Glasgow with the council’s plants and open spaces improvement fund. Concerns about the number of outstanding projects were raised. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🍕 Sano plans to open a new pizza restaurant in Ashton Lane. - Declan McConville, Glasgow World.
☕ S!ck Coffee is opening on Argyle Street in Finnieston this weekend. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🍻 The Old Smiddy on Old Castle Road is “closed until further notice”. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
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