The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Wednesday 11 June 2025
Govan Fair Cup winners celebrate, Calton residents fume at needle bins, suspected drug deaths increase, nursery "not fit for purpose", fly tipping site investigated + medals for Pollokshields couple
🌤️ Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts shifting sun and cloud with a stunning high of 22C. Here’s Wednesday’s Wrap…
🏆 The winners of the Govan Fair Cup from Craigton and St Saviour’s primary schools were driven through Govan in an open-top bus to celebrate their success. - Exclusive by Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
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💉 Furious Calton residents have said new drug bins in the area 'normalise' needles on their streets, as locals continue to voice their concerns over the safer drug consumption room. - Exclusive by Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times.
👮 Latest figures from Police Scotland show suspected drug deaths in the city have increased by 11 over the first three months of the year, with 61 deaths in the Greater Glasgow division during that period. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🧸 Penilee Nursery has been described as "basically portable cabins bolted together” by Cardonald Cllr Alex Wilson, as a meeting heard children may have to move out to a nearby primary. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🪰 The Glasgow Times investigated the flytipping site behind Claddens Street in Parkhouse to find 12 shocking items, including two Christmas trees, a wardrobe, and a motor scooter. - Exclusive by Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
🎖️ A husband and wife who have worked for 40 years to serve the Pollokshields community, as part of the Nan McKay Hall management committee, have been presented with British Empire Medals. - Exclusive by Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times.
🧑🎓 Glasgow doesn't need thousands of new flats for students. Here's why - Marissa’s column in The Herald.
💻 A former teacher who resigned from Bannerman High School in Baillieston after pupils discovered her explicit OnlyFans account in 2022 has now been struck off the teaching register for professional misconduct. - Rosie Lewis, Glasgow Times.
✈️ Kieran Webster has created a guide for holidaymakers flying from Glasgow Airport, as Unite has warned that around 800 workers may strike. Read the Glasgow Live article here.
🛒 Lidl is set to buy council-owned land next to its Springburn store in a £300,000 deal. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
⚖️ A man, 59, with 115 previous convictions, has been jailed for four years after he admitted to the attempted rape of a woman in the city centre on October 10, 2023.- Grant McCabe, The Herald.
👔 Designer retailer Tessuti has announced it will close its Glasgow Fort store. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🏫 Holyrood Secondary School has been named a winner for their creative efforts in the Show Racism the Red Card's anti-racism competition. - Sandhyra Suresh, Glasgow Times.
⚽ More than 900 players from 92 teams played in the Walking Football Scottish Cup and Festival on Saturday, June 7, at Glasgow Green Football Centre. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
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