The Glasgow Wrap 🗞️ Wednesday 9 April 2025
Ruchill anger at student flats plan, further Barlinnie report finds, three more homes firebombed, emissions-based parking permits cuts, ladies Orange parade this month + Chief Fun Officer wanted
🌻 Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts clear sunny skies and a high of 15C. Here’s Wednesday’s Wrap…
😡 Plans to turn an old paint factory on the bank of the Forth and Clyde Canal into 43 student flats have sparked anger in the Ruchill community. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
📋Barlinnie HMIP report findings.
↳ Hundreds of prisoners are waiting too long for rehabilitation and alcohol and drug recovery programmes. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
↳ Prisoners have complained they do not have enough to eat, and that the food is awful. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🧨 Three more homes were fire-bombed by masked assailants associated with an Edinburgh gang war at Meadow Court, Ashgill Road, and Gala Street on April 7. - Iona Young, Daily Record.
↳ On April 4, firebombings took place in Robroyston and Kirkintilloch.
↳ Police are treating the attacks as linked to similar ones in Edinburgh recently. - Rory Cassidy, Daily Record.
🅿️ The cost of emissions-based parking permits in the city has been cut for more polluting vehicles after a public consultation. Under new plans, annual fees will start at £80 and rise to £225. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🍊 Around 500 people will participate in the Ladies Orange Association of Scotland Orange Order procession on Sunday, April 27. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🤡 Glasgow Fort is searching for a “Chief Fun Officer” to try out activities for free and rate how enjoyable they are. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
⛪ Two directors of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society are facing calls to resign after allowing Maryhill’s Queen’s Cross church pews to be sawn up and sold for £80. - Marc Horne, The Times.
🫐 The Acai Parlour will reopen in the St Enoch Centre this month. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🏹 A police raid seized a haul of weapons, including zombie knives and a crossbow, and cocaine at two properties on Dougrie Place in Castlemilk on April 7. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
🚧 Road workers resurfacing Lindsay Drive in Kelvindale had to abandon the job by lunchtime on the day they started after running out of materials. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
👨⚖️ Callum Quayle, a drunk driver who left his friend in a wheelchair for life and a pal seriously injured after a crash in Springboig in 2022, has been jailed for 14 months. - Connor Gordon, Glasgow Times.
⛔ Old Dumbarton Road, between Lumsden Lane and Blantyre Street, will be shut from 8am today until just before midnight on April 13. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
✉️ The Post Offices on West Nile Street and Springburn Way are to be offloaded to franchisees by autumn. - Gillian McPherson, Glasgow Times.
🌮 Mexican food joint Mezcal has teased that it will open a second “flagship restaurant” in the city this summer. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
⚒️ A McTaggart Construction team volunteered to deliver essential refurbishments at Hampden Primary School, including repairs to walls and floors. - Project Scotland.
🛋️ The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital has revamped its Garden Room into a new quiet space for parents who experience baby loss. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
🏘️ Inside the build-to-rent boom and bust with Moda Living's head of planning. For this week’s Sunday Edition, Marissa MacWhirter spoke to Moda Living’s head of planning, James Blakely, who shared his views on the rent cap, investing in the city and how private developers and the council must work together.
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📌 Hop into the Easter spirit at Jackton Distillery on 19th April with a magical day of family fun, sweet treats, and a touch of Wonderland! Meet the Easter bunny, free face painting, Mad Hat Competition, and Easter bakes and cards on sale at our mini craft market. Tickets include chocolates and mini eggs for children, and a complementary miniature RAER whisky or Jackton gin for adults! - Thank you Jethro Rolland at Jackton Distillery for sharing!