The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Wednesday 22 January 2025
Fire breaks out near Langside Halls, thieves steal TVs from Refuweegee, McGill's bus fare hike, two city centre shops close, Leopardo Pizza for city centre + Housing Emergency Action Plan published
⛅ Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts a mix of sun and clouds with a high of 6C. The Culture Wrap drops this afternoon! Here’s Wednesday’s Wrap…
🔥 Firefighters were called to Langside Halls to extinguish “a fire in the open” adjacent to the A-listed building on Monday night. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
📺 Thieves stole three TVs from Refuweegee on the charity’s second day in its new George Square office. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🚌 McGill’s will hike bus fares by at least 10p amid “rising costs due to inflation”. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
⚖ Glasgow's Youth Court was established to deal with under-25s who are charged with crimes. Its primary aim is rehabilitation. But how does it work? - Eszter Tarnai reflects on reporting from the Youth Court for Glasgow Times.
🍪 Trade union GMB has slammed McVitie’s owners Pladis for their £1 million donation to Glasgow City Council after the firm’s departure from the east end is thought to have cost the Scottish economy £50m. - Andrew Learmonth, The Herald.
↳ “Pladis should not be leaving a ‘legacy’ in the East End of Glasgow, it should still be running a factory there.”
👟 Size? closed its Royal Exchange Square location. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🥾 Meanwhile, Blacks on Argyle Street is also closing down. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🎦 Glasgow MSP Pauline McNeill has branded the council’s decision to reduce CCTV monitoring hours “scandalous” and has written to the local authority to question the move. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
💃 The future is uncertain for Parkhead dance charity Distinctive Dance Academy and with funding running dry it could close before the end of the academic year. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
🦺 A row between Yorkhill residents and the council over bin collections continues. After the bins were left piling up for weeks, rubbish was left strewn around following a collection triggering an apology. - Kirsty Feerick, Glasgow Times.
💸 Glasgow Chamber of Commerce boss Stuart Patrick has blamed remote working, expensive train fares and rent controls on the decline of the city centre. - Kristy Dorsey, The Herald.
🍕 Leopardo Pizza is set to take over the former Doner Haus on West Nile Street. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🕺 A huge Strip the Willow will take place on the newly reopened part of Sauchiehall Street this Saturday (January 25) to kick off a new National Lottery-funded project called Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
🏘 A Housing Emergency Action Plan has been published by the Health and Social Care Partnership and the council’s Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability department to combat the housing crisis. - Scottish Housing News. Read the report.
💉 The Thistle sanctioned drug room was used more than 100 times in its first week. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
📰 What can we learn from two decades of drug consumption rooms in Vancouver? This week’s Sunday Edition.
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