The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Wednesday 18 December 2024
Above inflation rent rises for social tenants, Cambridge Street works delayed, council to review taxi number cap, terrorism response fears after Old Firm chaos + new production for Citz Theatre
🌦 Good Morning Glasgow. The Met Office forecasts a mix of sun and rain today with a high of 10C. Stay tuned for the Culture Wrap dropping this afternoon. Here’s Wednesday’s Wrap…
🏘 Housing association tenants in Glasgow can expect to see above-inflation rent rises for the next four years due to rising costs and the national insurance hike. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🚧 Cambridge Street between Renfrew Street and Sauchiehall Street will remain closed for an extra two months amid Avenues Project works. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🚕 Glasgow City Council’s licensing committee is being asked to approve the launch of a consultation which could see the cap on taxi numbers scrapped, retained or reviewed “to help determine an appropriate number”. - Scott Wright, The Herald.
🌳 Langside residents have expressed anger after a 100-year-old tree was felled at a Mansionhouse Road housing development that was slapped with a “Temporary Stop Notice” less than a month ago to protect trees on the site. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🏗 The final cost of demolishing the India Buildings on Bridge Street is still unconfirmed according to councillor Ruairi Kelly. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🚨 David Kennedy, the general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, admitted the violence in the city centre ahead of Sunday’s Old Firm match has made him concerned about Glasgow’s ability to deal with a terrorist attack. - Matthew Lindsay, The Herald.
🎭 The Citizen’s Theatre will reopen in September 2025 with a new production, Small Acts of Love, about the friendship bonds forged in the wake of the Lockerbie bombing. - Stuart Gillespie, Daily Record.
👨⚖️ A Glasgow-born gangster has been sentenced to 25 years for his role in “the UK’s biggest-ever drugs conspiracy”. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🏘 Shebbard Robson has submitted a plan for a mixed-use neighbourhood at 23 Cook Street including 220 flats and 750 student beds. - Gino Spocchia, Architects Journal.
💷 Robert Emmott has been appointed Glasgow City Council’s new Executive Director of Financial Services. - See the press release.
🚆 An investigation is underway after a woman in her 20s was sexually assaulted on board a train between Glasgow Central and Barrhead on November 25. - Keiran Fleming, STV.
🚁 The helipad at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was upgraded in a £180,000 project. - Project Scotland.
🎁 Charity Glasgow’s Spirit of Christmas is celebrating 10 years and 900,000 gifts delivered to children in poverty. - Vanessa Taaffe, STV.
🗨 There’s an amazing discussion on the Glasgow Reddit: “Glasgow Maw sayings?”
🔔 Louise Welsh will be talking the Clyde and all things podcasts at the opening lecture for the St Mungo Festival on January 6. - More info.
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