The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Wednesday 30 April 2025
Glorious weather continues, council could sell McLellan Galleries, GLA parking charge hikes, Hielanman's Umbrella plans, cyclist attacked by youths + Glasgow Science Festival returns
🌤️ Good Morning Glasgow! The good weather carries on with The Met Office forecasting sunshine with a high of 22C. The Culture Wrap drops this afternoon so stay tuned! Here’s Wednesday’s Wrap…
🌞 Hundreds of people were pictured basking in the glorious sunshine in Pollok Park and Glasgow Green by photographer Colin Mearns. The good weather should continue until at least next Tuesday. - via Glasgow Times.
🏛️ The council is considering the sale of the McLellan Galleries, a major B-listed exhibition space on Sauchiehall Street because the authority has no “core operational need” for it. - Exclusive by Marissa MacWhirter for The Herald.
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🏢 A bid to turn upper-floor offices on Union Street (next to the Egyptian Halls) into 13 flats has been rejected because they would be “severely detrimental to the amenity of intended residents”. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
✈️ Holidaymakers will face a third year of parking charge hikes at Glasgow Airport for pick-ups and drop-offs. It now costs £6 for up to 15 minutes. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
📢 Thousands are expected to attend the All Under One Banner pro-independence march this weekend. The rally starts at Kelvin Way at 11.30am on Saturday. - Amy Myles, The National.
🚧 Road closures have been announced ahead of Men’s and Women’s 10K races on June 15. Full list in the Glasgow Times via Amy Myles.
🏚️ Pictures from inside the Hyndland flat that sparked a “bidding frenzy” reveal a derelict, fire-ravaged property in need of a serious refurb. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
☂️ Work to transform the Hielanman’s Umbrella at Central Station will start in August with its new look “harking back to the 1950s”. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🍽️ No mugs this time! To mark Glasgow 850, every primary pupil will receive a collection of souvenir badges and a special themed school lunch. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
🏠 The 50th anniversary of Scotland’s first community-based housing associations (CBHAs) was marked at the Trades Hall yesterday. - Scottish Housing News.
🏠 Plans to convert an office block in Springburn into affordable housing have been submitted to the council. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🏢 Vita Group has secured a £100 million loan to build a 591-bed student accommodation block on India Street. - Project Scotland.
🚆 A teen “pushed a woman in front of a train” at Hyndland Station in a murder attempt after escaping from Gartnavel Hospital. - Connor Gordon & Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
🥁 Thousands are expected to join an Orange Order parade to commemorate VE Day on May 17. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🫧 The Savoy Nightclub is 50! I went to its legendary foam party on Sunday night, and it was sheer, unbridled joy. - via The Herald.
🚔 A woman, 58, was found dead in a Penilee flat on Monday afternoon. Police are treating the death as “unexplained” and an investigation is underway. - Ryan Carroll, Daily Record.
🚨 A 31-year-old cyclist was hospitalised after he was attacked by a group of four young men in football scarves on Maryhill Road last Friday evening (April 25). Anyone with information should contact police. - Beth Franklin, STV.
🗳️ Long-serving councillor Feargal Dalton has left the SNP group and is now listed as an Independent. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🅿️ Council bosses are looking at expanding event day parking zones (EDPZ) at Celtic Park and Ibrox and other parts of the city to reduce general parking when events are on. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🔨 Plans have been put forward to repair the B-listed Provan Gasworks. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
👜 Michael Kors on Buchanan Street has mysteriously closed. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
👩🔬 The Glasgow Science Festival returns from June 5-15 with the theme of Glasgow Celebrates. Check out the programme.
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