The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Tuesday 24 December 2024
Man dies after M74 crash, 2000 potential job cuts after insurance firm takeover, Homebase becomes The Range Superstore, 'beastie house' sex ring sentencing update + £10M sewer upgrade complete
🎅 Merry Christmas Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts some rain with a high of 13C. It’s a short and sweet newsletter today! Here’s your Christmas Eve Wrap…
🚨 A man, 65, died when his Porsche Boxster collided with multiple cars on the M74 at Junction 2 on Sunday. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
👨💼 Direct Line Insurance, a major Glasgow employer, has been bought by rival firm Aviva in a £3.7 billion deal. - Craig Williams, The Herald.
↳ The move has been described as “Christmas come early” for investors, but the combined workforce could be facing 2,000 job cuts. - Ian McConnell, The Herald.
🛍 Homebase in Pollokshaws’ Auldhouse Retail Park will be rebranded as The Range Superstore. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🔬 A project led by the University of Glasgow is seeking participants to “help solve one of the longest-standing mysteries in cancer”: how and why it can take decades for mesothelioma to develop after asbestos exposure. - University News.
👩⚖️ Seven members of the ‘beastie house’ sex ring “may finally be sentenced early in the New Year”, a court has heard. - Grant McCabe, Court Reporter, Glasgow Times.
🚽 The first phase of a £10 million sewer main upgrade between Glasgow and Renfrew is now complete. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🏛 A judge has ordered Glasgow City Council to provide accommodation to a Sudanese family who have spent four years waiting for a home. - James Mulholland, Court Reporter, Glasgow Times.
⛓ With the future of Barlinnie and its superjail successor in limbo, Glasgow faces prison purgatory. Read this week’s Sunday Editon by Jacob Nicol.
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