The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Thursday 6 March 2025
Citz Theatre first look, huge HarperCollins hub opens, anti-abortion protestors challenged outside QEUH, Glasgow-London train disruption, Antarctic adventurer hosts talk + Jinty McGuinty's owner dies
📖 Good Morning Glasgow! It’s World Book Day! The Met Office forecasts a mix of sun and clouds with a high of 12C. Here’s Thursday’s Wrap…
🎭 Take a first look inside the Citizens Theatre as it gets set to reopen this summer with pictures by Gordon Terris. - Ann Fotheringham, The Herald.
📖 HarperCollins has opened a new 550,000 sq ft distribution centre and office in Robroyston bringing 400 jobs to the area. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
↳ Glasgow Life has donated 50 children’s books to every primary school in the city to celebrate.
📢 Anti-abortion protestors from America’s 40 Days For Life group began a series of planned vigils outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital yesterday, positioning themselves outside the 200m buffer zone but visible on one of the hospital’s main approaches. - Kirsty Feerick, Glasgow Times.
↳ They were challenged by a woman who branded them “disgusting” and accused them of “not caring about women” before being probed by a reporter about what support they were offering.
🚌 Buses will replace trains between Carlisle and Glasgow/Edinburgh on the West Coast Mainline from Glasgow to London for engineering works across weekends from March 30 to June 8. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🚁 Michael Stoney, governor of Barlinnie, spoke exclusively to Eszter Tarnai at Glasgow Times about the battle against drone drug smuggling and the exciting potential of the new HMP Glasgow (due to be complete in 2028).
↳ With the future of Barlinnie and its superjail successor in limbo, Glasgow faces prison purgatory - Jacob Nicol’s Sunday Editon for The Wrap.
🏗️ The appeal decision against rejected plans to redevelop a former police station on Balmore Road has been delayed due to “missing” information including a coal mining risk assessment. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
⚖️ Gunman Malcolm McNee, 62, pleaded guilty to murder through his lawyer for shooting a man in Milton in August 2021. - Connor Gordon, Court Reporter, Glasgow Times
🚑 The Scottish Ambulance Service has been called to The Thistle drug consumption facility five times since it opened on January 13. - Beth Franklin, STV.
🚨 Two men are behind bars after police seized £4 million of high-purity cocaine in a Dennistoun drugs handover in October 2023. - Grant McCabe, Court Reporter, Glasgow Times.
👮 Police Scotland has been reprimanded by a watchdog that found children were being held in Glasgow cells for an “inappropriate” length of time despite being charged with “minor offences”. - Gemma Ryder, Daily Record.
🚖 A cab driver who illegally picked up passengers charged them an “excessive” £90 for a six-mile journey after one person was sick before charging an additional £20 for returning a purse left in the taxi. He had his licence suspended for three months. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🍺 Star Pubs and Bars have submitted plans to rebrand The Winkle at Sandyford Place into Gael Grain. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🍕 Pizza Hut is opening a new location on Shettleston Road. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🐧 Photographer and adventurer Matthew Phillips will share his tales of life on an Antarctic island during a Royal Scottish Geographical Society talk at The Glasgow Academy, March 19 (7.30pm). - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times. Tickets.
🗺️ Langside Community Heritage is hosting a Placenames of Cathcart Parish talk with Celtic Onomastics lecturer Dr Alasdair Whyte on March 20 at Finn’s Place. The talk will kick off a new Placenames of Cathcart Parish community project.
🎳 King Pins will open at Silverburn later this year with ten-pin bowling, Duck Pin bowling, tech darts, pool, shuffleboard, ice-free curling and an arcade. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
💐 Jeanette Lynch, owner of Jinty McGuinty’s on Ashton Lane for more than 30 years, has died aged 67. - Paul Trainer, Glasgow World.
🎵 Edwyn Collins has announced his final tour with dates in September and October, kicking off at the Theatre Royal on September 27. - BBC.
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📽️ There’s still time to check out the Glasgow Film Festival, which runs until March 9. The Wrap’s handy guide to what’s on is here:
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📌 A new antique centre has opened in Kinning park. The centre offers a wide array of vintage items, from furniture to collectibles. We’re open 7 days a week. Unit 6, 39 Durham Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, G41 1BS. Thanks to a subsriber at the centre for sharing! More info.
📌 Jackton Distillery, a family-owned gin, vodka and whisky distillery just outside Glasgow, is holding a gin-tasting day on April 5. Tickets include three different gin serves to try, all of which are made at the distillery, including an exciting colour-changing wedding gin. There will also be the chance to discuss the process with the gin-makers and a discounted rate on buying a bottle of gin on the day. Tickets. - Thanks to Jethro Rolland for sharing!