The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Wednesday 26 March 2025
GFT could ban Disney films, green light for Govan Graving Docks homes, council spend 63k on golden goodbyes lawyers, Celtic fans plan mass protest, mural sparks debate + 4 new airport winter flights
🌤️ Good Morning Glasgow. The Met Office forecasts a cloudy day with shifting spells of sunshine and a high of 14C. Marissa will be bringing you the Culture Wrap’s 40th edition this afternoon! But for now, here’s Wednesday’s Wrap…
📽️ Glasgow Film Theatre could ban Disney films as staff with Unite Hospitality push for a full boycott of companies linked to Israel. - Andrew Learmonth, The Herald.
🏘️ Councillors have given the green light for the construction of 304 new homes as part of the wider regeneration of Govan Graving Docks. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
💸 The council has spent £63,500 on lawyers to investigate the scandal of golden goodbyes for senior staff. - Paul Hutcheon, Daily Record.
📢 A section of Celtic supporters, The Green Brigade, are preparing for a mass protest outside London Road Police Station before Saturday’s match against Hearts in a campaign titled “Fans Against Criminalisation”. - Robbie Hanratty, Glasgow Times.
👀 A petition to have artist Dan McDermott’s mural of a bagpiper on Paisley Road West removed has sparked a debate on the local Craigton Facebook Page.
↳ The petition, started by an anonymous “concerned citizen”, claims the mural “is not realistic or a reflection of its surroundings in Craigton/Halfway/Cardonald” and “feels hostile and provocative towards an Italian-owned business”. – Change.org
✈️ Jet2 has announced an expansion of flights from Glasgow Airport for winter 25/26. The new destinations available will be Malaga, Alicante, Faro and Malta. - Declan McConville, Glasgow World.
❗ Council leaders have hit out at the Home Office after Immigration Minister Dame Angela Eagle snubbed demands for an urgent meeting to discuss the number of asylum seekers and refugees coming to the city. - Andrew Learmonth, The Herald.
🧑⚖️ Former Lord Provost Philip Braat will stand trial accused of stalking his former partner later this year. - Connor Gordon, Glasgow Times.
🪧 Care workers are considering strike action over a plan to cut the Supported Living service, which supports 40 of Glasgow’s most vulnerable people. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🚨 A 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to killing Kory McCrimmon (16) in Greenfield Park on May 31, 2024. The prosecutor accepted a guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide. - Grant McCabe, Daily Record.
🍕 Unite the Union has accused Glenshire Brands, a Pizza Hut franchise owner in Glasgow and West Scotland, of “wage theft” over the removal of drivers’ commission, staff rest breaks, and meal discounts. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🏥 An eight-week-old baby is in a critical condition at the Royal Hospital for Children after being given ten times the recommended dose of paracetamol. - Katy Scott, BBC News.
🗺️ An action plan for Parkhead town centre is being drawn up to improve the area as hopes continue it may get its own train station. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🏟️ Rangers have been handed a suspended partial stadium closure by UEFA for part of the Copland Stand at Ibrox following “racist and/or discriminatory behaviour” by a section of supporters. - Martin McMillan, Glasgow Times.
↳ Rangers are set to issue lifetime bans to Union Bears members over a banner display. - Martin McMillan, Glasgow Times.
↳ If similar behaviour occurs during the sanctioned two-year probationary period, the closure will be enforced.
🫴 Calton is set to receive £1.2m to help reduce child poverty by trying to improve parents’ job prospects. The area has among the highest levels of child poverty in the city, standing at 34.6%. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🚇 Owner of the Hidden Lane in Finnieston, Joe Mulholland, has hit out at “talentless” graffiti vandals who targeted ten old subway carriages he bought to use as part of a restaurant. - BBC News.
↳ Anna Burnside spoke to Joe Mulholland in our Sunday Edition: The man who built Finnieston’s creative backbone.
🐀 Sauchiehall Street residents claim rats have invaded a new drainage system, which is part of the £5.6m refurbishments. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
👎 Andrew Tough and Reece Kearney, who hurled sectarian abuse in Trongate while attending an Orange Walk on July 6, 2024, were fined a total of £1430 yesterday (March 25). - Connor Gordon, Glasgow Times.
🏛️ Hannah Taylor, the University of Glasgow student who was banned from campus for staging a pro-Palestine protest, has been told she can return to classes. - Exclusive by Jody Harrison, The Herald.
↳ The student has agreed to refrain from taking part in similar actions in exchange for the ban being lifted.
📢 The Tesla Showroom on Kennedy Street in Townhead will face demonstrations on Saturday as part of a global day of action against the company owned by Elon Musk. - Laura Pollock, The National.
💐 Dennistoun cafe The Bonnie Bean has confirmed it will stop serving during the funeral procession of Christopher Potter to pay tribute to the Rangers fan who was killed in a car crash in Turkey. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
😢 Kids have been left “devastated” and parents out of pocket after a Matilda Jr performance was cancelled due to a “breach” of licence. - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
🏛️ 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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📌 Looking for Mother's Day plans? Why not treat your maternal figure to a conversations event experience. Expect quality, attentive time with each other and a handwritten poem based on your relationship to takeaway. - Thank you Chris, from ‘that conversations movement’, for sharing!
📌 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!