EXCLUSIVE Glasgow Central Mosque gets Category A-listing, education cuts update, A&E wait times cause "dozens of deaths", council tax bands outdated + Bar Gallus looking for new licensee
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🕌 Glasgow Central Mosque in the Gorbals has been awarded Category A listed status by Historic Environment Scotland. It’s the country's first mosque building designed according to Islamic architectural traditions. - Historic Environment Scotland.
🚑 Dozens of people have died this year already due to poor A&E waiting times, according to Conservative MSP Sandesh Gulhane. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
💷 Over half of the properties in Scotland are now effectively in the ‘wrong band’ of council tax, according to new research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. - Andrew Learmonth, The Herald.
👷♂️ Merchant City residents are hitting out at City Property over the installation of fans on the roof of the City Halls and Old Fruitmarket without planning permission. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
⚖ Barlinnie governor Michael Stoney described the prison as a “pressure cooker” that he would struggle to survive in as he backed the new early release laws. - Mark McGivern & Rory Cassidy, Daily Record.
💰 City Treasurer Ricky Bell is calling on the city’s MPs to step in and prevent the forthcoming National Insurance hike from costing the council up to £10 million. He has written asking them to urge Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ensure UK Government funding is available to mitigate the costs. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🎒 Education cuts will be removed from Glasgow City Council’s budget next week amid strike talks between EIS union and council representatives. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🏫 GMB Scotland, the union representing school support staff, is demanding clarity over Glasgow City Council cuts or it “risks losing the trust of all pupils, parents and staff”. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
🚨 A girl, 10, was taken to hospital after being hit by a car on Dunkenny Road in Drumchapel on Tuesday evening. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🔨 McTear’s auction house will stop hosting Nazi memorabilia and SS artefacts following backlash. - Jody Harrison, The Herald.
🎶 Unite Hospitality and Crowded Flat are teaming up for the second Serve Solidarity concert at Hug & Pint on February 27 to raise vital funds for Gaza. - Gabriel McKay, The Herald.
📢 University of Glasgow students blockaded the engineering department in a bid to enforce an academic boycott on Israel. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
🥐 A Glasgow man has been found guilty of defrauding Leeds City Council out of more than £710,000 during the pandemic by pretending to be a Greggs manager. - Fergus Matheson, STV.
🍻 Malones Irish Bar on Sauchiehall Lane will open a Guinness rooftop bar this weekend. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🍔 Nick Watkins of El Perro Negro was crowned National Burger Chef of the Year at the National Burger Awards 2025. - Paul Trainer, Glasgow World.
🍺 Greene King is looking for a new licensee to run Bar Gallus on Dumbarton Road. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🍸 Daddy Marmalades, The Absent Ear and The Gate have all placed in the list of the UK’s top 50 cocktail bars. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
🍴 Where to eat and drink in Glasgow 2025, according to a handful of the city’s top insiders (Celentano’s, Scoop Restaurants, Fallachan Kitchen, Superlative Collection…)
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🕺 The Glasgow Culture Wrap: 12 - 18 February 2025: Judges announced for GICF panel, James McAvoy honoured, Glasgow International programme forum + 15 food/drink updates, gig/stage announcements and more…
🍺 David Tennant was spotted pulling pints at Slouch. See the post.
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