The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 1-3 November 2024
Legal setback for Rogano owners, funding boost for road safety, cleansing works face abuse, £15M confirmed for Drumchapel, honorary degree for Janey Godley + more in the Weekend Guide
🎆 Good Morning Glasgow. Happy Diwali!! The Met Office forecasts an overcast weekend with a high of 13C. Here’s Friday’s Wrap followed by the Weekend Guide.
🦪 The owners of Rogano have suffered a legal setback in their fight against landlord Pontegadea at the country’s highest civil court. Owners are battling to recover damages after three floods forced the closure of the restaurant. - James Mulholland, Glasgow Times.
🚗 The council is to receive £1 million from the Scottish Government’s Road Safety Improvement Fund as part of a national effort to reduce road deaths. - Charles Pring, Glasgow Times.
🛣 A section of Renfrew Street in Garnethill has reopened almost 10 years after it was closed following the first Art School fire. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
🦺 GMB convenor Chris Mitchell has claimed that cuts to bin collections have led to a rise in attacks on cleansing workers. - Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times.
💻 Thousands of Glasgow six-year students have been told they could be banned from prom as the council struggles to recover missing school iPads. - Sian Maher, The Scottish Sun.
💷 Nearly £15 million in funding has been confirmed for the regeneration of Drumchapel following uncertainty over promised Levelling Up cash. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🚨 A 10-year-old girl was mauled by a dog in Parkhead. Two people were arrested and a dog was euthanised following the alleged attack. - Keiran Fleming, STV.
🏘 Cruden has revealed plans for the fourth phase of a mixed-use housing development in Toryglen which will see the firm build 114 new homes. - Claire Lindsay, Glasgow Times.
🩺 Professor Jann Gardner has been appointed the new chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. - Health and Care Scotland.
🎓 Janey Godley was given an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow while in hospice. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
🥐 Greggs is now open in Queen Street station. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
☕ Roast Magazine has awarded Dear Green Coffee Roasters the “Micro Roaster of the Year award”. - Will Abbott, Glasgow Times.
🏗 How can we avoid a repeat of the O2 ABC demolition? My column in The Herald this week.
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