The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Tuesday 25 March 2025
Students set up protest camp, LEZ cash set for city-enhancing groups, Council paying 73k for Celtic stint at Mercat Cross, Notre Dame Centre faces closure + Govan Music Festival this week
🌞 Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts a clear and bright sunny day with a high of 15C. Here’s Tuesday’s Wrap…
⛺ Students have started camping on University Avenue outside the University of Glasgow in protest of the institution’s ties with the arms industry and Israel. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
↳ Before setting up camp, two hundred students staged a protest outside the university’s library in support of five students on hunger strike. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🌳 More than £620,000 collected from Low Emission Zone fines is set to be allocated by councillors to 18 groups for “environmentally-enhancing” projects on Thursday. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
💸 The council are paying £73,032 to repair Mercat Cross where 25,000 Celtic fans gathered on May 19, 2024, to mark the side winning the Scottish Premiership trophy. - Exclusive by Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
↳ Private talks between Celtic and Rangers, and community leaders have been taking place before the end of the football season after previous “disruption and disorder”. - Exclusive by Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
👨👩👧👦 The Notre Dame Centre faces closure due to a £500k funding axe, which would be “harmful and not ethical” for more than 100 kids affected by addiction, mental health issues and family abuse. - Mark McGivern, Daily Record.
🎶 Govan Music Festival is set to launch this week from 26 - 29 March. Launched by The Govan Barons, the festival aims to celebrate local music. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
🏘️ A group of residents have accused the council of “bullying tactics” after they were forced out of their homes near the Wyndford towers demolition by a court order. - Exclusive by Martin Williams, The Herald.
💰 Police have received a report on the scandal of golden goodbyes to former senior staff at the council and are now gathering further details on “possible financial irregularities”. - Paul Hutchinson, Daily Record.
🏗️ The £15.7m redevelopment of the former Shawbridge Arcade in Pollokshaws is making significant progress to deliver 75 rental homes by spring 2026. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🍔 Wendy’s has confirmed it will be opening its first Scottish restaurant on 139 Sauchiehall Street in the coming months. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🕳️ A cordon has been set up by MacConnells pub after the sinkhole on Cowcaddens Road was found by workers conducting street improvement works over the weekend. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🏨 Join Bruce Peter, Professor of Design History at The Glasgow School of Art, to hear about his new book '“Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age” at Bell Street, April 24. - Glasgow City Heritage Trust.
💭 The public consultation on granting Barlinnie A-listed status has been extended until May 31. Comments can be submitted here. - Historic Environment Scotland.
↳ Check out our Sunday Edition by Jacob Nicol on the campaign to make Barlinnie an A-listed historic landmark and turn it into a museum.
🚑 Two ambulances were involved in a three-vehicle crash at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital yesterday morning, there were no patients in either vehicle. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🗳️ After two SNP by-election wins, council leader Susan Aitken has said the low turnout of less than 20% in both areas was a big issue for the council and democracy. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
⛓️ Akbar Razaq has admitted to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving after killing university student Chinenye Okonkwo in a car crash at the crossroads of Newton Street and St Vincent Street. - Grant McCabe, Glasgow Times.
♠️ Amore Ristorante e Pizzeria on Ingram Street has won the coveted Robertson Silver Spade award for the city business with the best floral display. - Scottish Licensed Trade News.
👚 UNIQLO has officially announced the opening of its first Glasgow store in St Enoch Shopping Centre in Autumn, 2025. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
☕ Morrison’s has announced the closure of their cafes in Glasgow, Paisley, Dumbarton, Wishaw, and East Kilbride, putting 365 jobs at risk. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🏛️ Why has interest in buying vacant listing buildings in Glasgow seized up? For this week’s Sunday Edition, Jacob Nicol spoke to Marcus Dean, who bought A-list Flemington House, about the mounting challenges behind redeveloping empty listed buildings in Glasgow.
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📌 Join us on Friday, 28th March to celebrate the launch of Mackintosh Ensemble, a new orchestral collective of musicians dedicated to interactive performances and relevant programming. We’ll be in Glasgow Cathedral at 7:30pm with a programme designed to help us all imagine a better world… - Thank you Mackintosh Ensemble for the submission!
📌 Football Ramble, heralded as 'the original football podcast', is going on tour! Football Ramble: Time Tunnel is a hilariously irreverent journey through the history of football, and after a sell out at the London Palladium in 2024, is coming to 4 more cities, including Glasgow. Coming to the Òran Mór on the 12th of May, it's a wonderful night for those wanting to share a love of the game and good comedy!