The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Thursday 05 June 2025
Plans for O2 ABC revealed, Scottish Water workers rally, last minute plea to save historic cinema, low recycling rate for Glasgow, areas for skyscrapers suggested + teacher's Great Wall trek
☁️ Good Morning Glasgow. The Met Office forecasts an overcast morning, followed by light rain and a high of 15C. Marissa is plating up the Food & Drink Wrap for paid subscribers later today! Here’s Thursday’s Wrap…
🏗️ Plans for the O2 ABC site on Sauchiehall Street have been realised in a new lifelike model which shows how the proposal will look. - Exclusive by Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times.
↳ Locals have called the plans 'detrimental', saying they 'wipe out' views of historic buildings.
💧 Scottish Water workers with GMB Scotland held a protest outside the company's Shieldhall depot yesterday morning as part of a week of strike action. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🎞️ Members of the International Coalition of Art Deco Societies have launched a last-minute plea to the Scottish Government to save Vogue cinema, which is earmarked for demolition. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
♻️ Glasgow has one of the lowest household waste recycling rates in Scotland at 27.2%, while the country’s average rate is 43.5%, according to a report presented to members of the scrutiny committee. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
🏢 The Tall Buildings Design Guide has identified areas like Charing Cross, Anderston Quay, Trongate, and Cowcaddens suitable for skyscraper development. - Sandhya Suresh, Glasgow Times.
🚶♀️ A teacher who has lived in Glasgow for nearly 30 years is preparing to take on a 50km trek across the Great Wall of China this September to raise funds for Childline. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
🎒 The council has begun a consultation on school holiday dates for the next two years, which include moving the spring break slightly earlier to accommodate the Easter weekend. - Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times.
💉 The UK Government has said it won’t change the law to make it easier to set up safe drug consumption rooms like the Thistle – even if it’s a success. - Danyel VanReenan, STV News.
↳ The health secretary Neil Gray said the facility is working while giving evidence to the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
💐 Glaswegian tourist Greg Monks who vanished on a stag do in Portugal has been found dead at the bottom of a ravine. - Gerard Couzens & Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
🚮 Storing metals and waste on a site at 1151 Duke Street has been ruled unlawful after 25 years. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
👮 A police officer faces the sack after a racist remark made at Helen Street police office in 2023, which came amid claims that cleaners were unhappy about doing their job at the station. - Connor Gordon, The National.
🔋 A battery storage scheme to be built on greenfield land between Nitshill and Barrhead, which faced 26 objections, has been given the go-ahead. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🏠 Ardenglen Housing Association’s financial support service has secured more than £500,000 for 341 households in Castlemilk by delivering an average income boost of £1,524 per home. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
😎 A care home resident, 71, fulfilled his lifelong dream of getting a tattoo with Florence House’s Unfinished Business scheme in Govan. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
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🏫 High school teacher who sold x-rated pics online faces education watchdog
🥁 Roads affected by nine Apprentice Boys of Derry marches on Saturday
💸 10 firms in Glasgow area named for not paying National Minimum Wage
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