New life for Clydeside Market Halls, by elections for two city wards, petition to save River City, jobs aplenty with GCC + iconic sign from The Thornwood up for auction
🌞 Good Morning Glasgow! It’s by-election day if you live in the North East or Southside Central wards! The Met Office forecasts sunshine with a high of 15C. Here’s Thursday’s Wrap…
🏛️ Wasps Studios and its partners have completed a major restoration of The Briggait Clydeside Market Halls. The new riverfront spaces promise to breathe new life into a forgotten section of the Clyde. - Marissa MacWhirter, The Herald.
🏚️ Disability charity COJAC claim they have been “left to rot” by Glasgow City Council and City Property who refuse to pay for mandatory work to remove dangerous RAAC from its premises. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times. ↳ The council and quango City Property say they are in discussions with the charity.
🚒 The Festival of Fire, a two-day event showcasing historical and modern-day firefighting vehicles, will return to the Riverside Museum in April (5-6). - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🏘️ Plans to house “asylum seekers, refugees and the homeless” at a former care home in Carntyne have been ruled out by authorities. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🏛️ Glasgow City Council has issued an update on its Heritage Asset Plan, including where money is being spent and why. - Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
⚖️ An 84-year-old woman known as one of Scotland’s oldest knife attackers has avoided jail after she stabbed her husband of 50 years at their West End flat in 2022. - Glasgow Times.
🪙 Santander is set to close three Greater Glasgow locations: Teviot Walk (Cumbernauld), St Vincent Street, and The Avenue (Newton Mearns). - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
📋 The council has launched a huge recruitment drive with applications open from March 21-April 6 for roles in Cleansing, Roads, Parks, Pest Control, Enforcement and Parking. - Glasgow City Council.
🍹 Club Tropicana on Renfield Street has been refused a licence for daytime discos despite the events attracting hundreds of people. Only around 40 people turned up at night. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Times.
🗞️ Scottish Greens councillor Anthony Carroll has joined Substack with The Dennistoun Digest!
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