The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Thursday 27 February 2025
Future of Glasgow Day 4, Reform UK accused of misinformation, calls to end "tax on the homeless", work starts on UNIQLO + Barklove dog festival
🌤️ Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts sunshine and a high of 9C. Here’s Thursday’s Wrap…
🏗️ The Future of Glasgow: It’s Day Four of the joint series from Glasgow Times and The Herald. You can find all of the articles in the series via The Herald or the Glasgow Times.
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📸 Glasgow in the 1960s: The best images from a changing landscape - Today, The Herald’s photo editor Craig Alexander takes us through the best photos from the archive of the swinging sixties.
🏚️ How can we bring Glasgow's derelict land back into use? - Stewart Paterson speaks to the city’s convenor for housing, development, built heritage and land use Ruairi Kelly.
🏠 Peel Waters plans to build more than 1000 homes for co-living, for sale, and for rent, with a 200-bed hotel and leisure plot. It will also include a publicly accessible riverside walkway across two huge riverside sites. - Stewart Paterson gets the update on the plans for Glasgow Times.
🎶 Mike Grieve, owner of the much-loved Sub Club on Jamaica Street, speaks to Scott Wright to pinpoint key barriers to the city’s revival. - Glasgow Times.
📉 Is Glasgow at risk of being left behind by English counterparts? - CEO of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Stuart Patrick probes the issue for the Future of Glasgow series. - Glasgow Times.
🗑️I carry my litter picker everywhere to make Partick better - Stewart Paterson speaks to resident Jill Ferguson about the area.
❤️ I love Drumchapel, I want to see it thrive but poverty is a problem - Stewart Paterson speaks to longtime resident Andy Lynch about life in the changing area.
🏥 Health board chiefs have agreed to a crunch meeting over the fate of the crisis-hit Drumchapel Health Centre. - Amanda Keenan has the exclusive for Glasgow Times.
🍽️ Marco Giannasi, a veteran of Glasgow’s restaurant scene and former owner of Battlefield Rest, reflects on city's past and future. - Ian McConnell, Glasgow Times.
🏛️ Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said Holyrood’s top-down style of governance is disempowering Glasgow and the city could flourish with a place-based approach and “bottom-up devolution”. - Marissa MacWhirter, The Herald.
💰 Plans are in place to increase charges on people living in temporary accommodation by 5.2% to recover from a huge overspend in the housing emergency, leading to housing campaigners to demand an end to the “tax on the homeless”. - Martin Williams has the exclusive for The Herald.
✍️ A petition has been launched to save the Glasgow School of Sport ahead of today’s council meeting where the local authority and its quango Glasgow Life will decide whether or not to shut it down in June 2026. - Gabriel McKay, The Herald.
🏫 The closing date for the sale of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Martyrs’ School is set for March 20. - Brian Donnelly, The Herald.
🎓 The number of Glasgow pupils moving to university and college after school is at an all-time high, according to new figures. - Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times.
🚔 A huge police cordon was wrapped around the corner of Renfield Street and Renfrew Street yesterday after a road incident that saw a person hospitalised. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🎥 Glasgow Film Theatre’s Unite Hospitality members will boycott Israeli-linked goods at the cinema to call on the GFT board to ditch Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) listed products in support of an Art Workers for Palestine Scotland open letter. - Alasdair Ferguson, The National.
↳ A GFT spokesperson said: “The Board and Executive are reviewing the detailed points and requests submitted by staff with the necessary due diligence, essential legal review and consultation required to ensure that we meet our charitable obligations.”
📢 Meanwhile, the University of Glasgow COO has warned a student of suspension after taking part in a pro-Palestine demonstration at the Rankine Building in November. - Hannah Gross, The Tab.
🚨 Reform UK has been accused of spreading “completely false” claims about asylum seeker accommodation in Glasgow by Labour politicians MSP Paul Sweeney and MP Maureen Burke amid the North East by-election. - Paul Hutcheon has the exclusive for Daily Record.
🏨 The Arthouse Hotel on Bath Street, formerly known as the Abode, will be refurbished after being sold to a private investor. - Sandhya Suresh, Glasgow Times.
🏗️ Plans to build flats at the site of a former police station in North Glasgow at Balmore Road are back on the table. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Times.
🚶♀️ Drumchapel residents are putting on an International Women’s Day march through the area on March 7. - Emily Moore, Glasgow Times.
🔥 Mother India has had to cancel bookings for two weeks following a fire at the Finnieston restaurant. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🐶 Barklove, a new festival for dog lovers, is coming to SWG3 on July 6 with a mix of dog-friendly activities, entertainment and education, a curated market and more. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
🧹 Volunteers from the Merchant City and Trongate Community Council collected 32 bags of litter at their clean-up. - Sandhya Suresh, Glasgow Times.
🛍️ Work will begin on the Argyle Street UNIQLO flagship next week. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
⛪ The fascinating story of Glasgow's 'forgotten' churches’ - Dr Irene O'Brien, Glasgow City Archives via Glasgow Times.
🏡 A home on Blairhill Avenue near Queen’s Park, aka the most picturesque street in the city, has hit the market for offers over £495,000. - Craig Williams, The Herald.
👟 New Balance has submitted plans to take over the former Ted Baker on Buchanan Street. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🥐 Henry’s in Shawlands has launched a new brunch menu with iced matcha, loaded toasts, Bloody Mary’s and more! - Instagram.
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📌 With the advent of spring nearly upon us, it is time again for Strathbungo to show its creative side with the return of Windows Wanderland, on Saturday March 1 6-9pm. One of Glasgow’s largest outdoor galleries, Windows Wonderland is one of the highlights of the Strathbungo Society’s calendar of events. Thanks to a subscriber from Strathbungo Society for sharing! Find out more.
📌 International Women’s Day 2025 Exhibition. March 2-30 at Mono Cafe Bar. Written and visual art championing local women and gender non-conforming artists in celebration of International Women’s Day 2025. Opening night event Friday 7th, 9-12PM. Thanks to AJ and Anna for sharing! Find out more.
