The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Tuesday 27 May 2025
Six arrested in trans demonstration, council staff stress-related absence figures revealed, child in hospital after hit and run, more than 100 hours of rail delays + First Bus celebrate end of Ramadan
⛅ Good Morning Glasgow. The Met Office forecasts sunny spells with a high of 15C. Marissa will be keeping paid subscribers up to date with all the creative arts news happening in Glasgow with the Culture Wrap later today! Here’s Tuesday’s Wrap…
🚓 Six arrests, including four teenagers, have been made after demonstrators with Scottish Trans Youth (STY) occupied the EHRC building’s balcony on West George Street yesterday (May 26). - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
↳ The demonstration was in protest against recent EHRC guidance, which STY claims supports the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of ‘sex’ and ‘woman’.
💢 Council staff have called in sick a total of 10,192 times over the last eight years due to stress, with 1612 instances of absence in 2024 alone. - Exclusive by Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times.
🚗 A child, 13, riding an e-bike, has been left seriously injured after being hit by a car on Saltmarket on May 20. Police are hunting the driver who fled the scene. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🚉 Glasgow rail passengers faced 112 hours of delays in March, with the Mount Florida to Central service found to be the most delayed. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🚌 First Bus drivers were invited to a Ramadan event to mark the end of the Muslim holiday in a first-of-its-kind celebration. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
🔴 Protesters from Palestine Action Scotland covered Castle Precision Engineering in the Southside with red paint over its links to firms that supply weapon parts to Israel's military. - Alasdair Ferguson, The National.
💉 The council has denied a Calton resident’s claims that the opening of the safer drugs consumption room, The Thistle, has created a “war zone” in the area. - Chris McCall, Daily Record.
🔗 A total of seven arrests were made at the Celtic v Aberdeen game at Hampden Park for the Scottish Cup Final on May 24. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🏥 Two police officers were taken to hospital and three men were charged following a disturbance on Kirkton Avenue on Friday (May 23). - Beth Franklin, STV News.
🔥 Police have arrested and charged a man, 21, in connection with two attempted murders and a fire-raising in Glasgow and Bishopbriggs last month amid a gangland turf war. - Billy Gaddi, Daily Record.
🏡 Read Sarah Wishart’s Greater Govanhill article on how local people are leading the way in community sponsorship, a grassroots initiative led by the community and supported by Reset UK helping refugee families resettle into new homes.
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