The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Thursday 12 June 2025
11-year-old hit by car, Barlinnie highest in drone smugglings, skyscraper guide causes stir, roads to close for filming with Sam L, dealer lands parents in court + new free bookshop
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🚗 An 11-year-old girl was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after being hit by a car on Firhill Road on Tuesday, June 10. Her condition is currently unknown. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
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🛸 Barlinnie saw nine drug-smuggling drone incidents last year, the highest in Scotland, up from four in 2023. - David Walker, Scottish Daily Express.
🏢 The new skyscraper guide for the city has sparked debate. Norry Wilson of Lost Glasgow has expressed skepticism of the new guidelines, describing them as a “pencil pushing exercise”, while Labour MSP Paul Sweeney welcomes them. - Alasdair Ferguson, The National.
🎥 Roads will be closed for filming of JJ Abrams’ new film Ghostwriter starring Samuel L. Jackson until June 23. - Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times.
🧑⚖️ A drug dealer landed his parents and brother in court after a police raid on their family home, after discovering £25,000 of cannabis and cocaine at a property in Pollok. - Connor Gordon, Glasgow Times.
↳ The family members had their not guilty pleas accepted by the Crown.
📚 Buchanan Galleries announced that Global Educational Trust Bookshops opened its new free book shop, where customers can take three books home for free. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
🏨 AC Hotel by Marriott has announced a plan to open an events venue in the A-listed Collectors Hall, which had been expected to form part of Soho House. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🦅 One of the University of Glasgow's peregrine falcon fledglings, Jack, appears to be “seriously unwell” in an update from volunteers. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🔥 A landlord has been banned from renting properties after he deliberately set fire to his family shop in the Gallowgate alongside his brother in an attempt to defraud insurance. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🟢 The BBC Debate Night’s “Glasgow Special” was issued a formal complaint for “bias” by the Glasgow Greens after no representatives from the party were present. - James Walker, The National.
🦷 A man, 22, knocked out three of an 18-year-old’s teeth with one punch outside Nico’s Bar on Sauchiehall Street in October 2023. - STV News.
👮 A warrant is out for the arrest of a female former armed forces member who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at Cathouse nightclub in August 2024. - Connor Gordon, Glasgow Times.
🌱 The Glasgow Seed Library has reaffirmed its endorsement of The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and commitment to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, after expressing disappointment at the CCA’s recent statement on the issue. - Posted on Instagram.
♻️ GMB cleansing convenor Chris Mitchell has claimed better education through schools and community events is needed to help shift Glasgow's attitude to recycling after it was revealed to have one of the lowest recycling rates in the country. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
⚠️ A carer working at Fair Deal who called a resident "fat" and verbally abused a colleague has been handed a 36-month warning by the Scottish Social Services Council. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
🚮 Garnethill residents have hit out at plans to roll out four temporary on-street bin hubs on Buccleuch Street and West Graham Street. - Exclusive by Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
📰 Greater Govanhill is joining Public Interest News Foundation for the second annual News Week Drive until June 15. - Posted on Instagram.
🩷 Maryhill schoolboy Charlie Nugent, 11, has raised £5,000 for the Beatson after undertaking numerous challenges following the death of his grandfather to cancer in 2023. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
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