The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 11 - 13 July 2025
City centre crash puts three in hospital, body found in Necropolis, Glasgow Airport strike dates confirmed, Subway strike action averted, super hot Southside + the Weekend Guide
🌞 Good Morning Glasgow, the heatwave is here! The Met Office forecasts a weekend of unstoppable sunshine with a jaw-dropping high of 30C. Don’t forget your sunscreen for TRNSMT! Here’s Friday’s Wrap, followed by the Weekend Guide…
🏥 Three people were taken to hospital following a serious two-vehicle crash between a black hackney cab and a Ford on High Street yesterday. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
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🪦 A body has been found at the Necropolis on Castle Street in the search for a woman who vanished from Dunoon. - Ryan Thom, Daily Record.
✈️ Unite has confirmed that around 100 Glasgow Airport workers are set to strike for 48 hours from 6am on July 24 to July 26. - Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times.
🚇 Subway disruption during TRNSMT has been avoided after Unite struck a deal with SPT to increase workers’ basic pay, allowances, sick pay, and overtime rates. - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
🥵 STV’s Sean Batty has said that the Southside is expected to be one of the hottest places in Scotland this weekend. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
↳ Glasgow has been placed under an extreme wildfire warning by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🧑⚖️ A male driver, 25, who murdered a pedestrian and injured another victim in a hit-and-run in Springburn in April 2023 was jailed for at least 20 years yesterday. - Dave Finaly & Samantha Croal, Daily Record.
🏠 The council has refused a proposal to house asylum seekers, refugees, and homeless people at the former Alexander Court care home. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
🔥 A clean-up operation is underway after an electrical fire broke out at the City Chambers on the second-floor canteen. There were no injuries. - BBC News.
🚘 The threat of strikes shutting down the Clyde Tunnel has been averted after unions voted to accept a new pay offer of 4% this year and 3.5% next year from the council. - Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times.
💾 The council is still working to restore some of its online services three weeks on from the cyberattack on June 19. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
↳ Residents are still unable to pay parking and bus lane penalty charges online; however, these can be paid over the phone.
🏟️ An 18-year-old man has been left with a facial injury after an attack following the Kendrick Lamar and SZA concert at Hampden Park. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🎤 Lewis Capaldi has added an extra gig at the OVO Hydro for September 14 due to 'incredible demand'. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🎸 Bob Dylan will play the SEC Armadillo on November 16 and 17, with the event being phone-free. - Lucy Jackson, The National.
🌲 The money raised from LEZ penalties is to go towards planting trees in neighbourhoods across the city as the council has partnered with Trees for Cities. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
🔋 First Bus has launched a new electric vehicle charging programme, ‘First Charge’, for the public, beginning with the Glasgow Caledonia depot. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
💃 The Ando Glaso Roma Fest, Scotland’s annual celebration of Roma culture, has returned to the city for its 2025 showcase. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
💰 A man, 42, stole around £5000 from McLean’s Funeral Directors, where he worked in Dennistoun, by covering up a CCTV camera in June 2022. - Connor Gordon, Court Reporter.
🚅 No trains will be running between Central Station and West Calder on Sunday, July 13, being replaced by buses for the day. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🍺 The Absent Ear on Brunswick Street was named the 466th best bar on the Top 500 Bars global rankings for 2025. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
😋 Delictoria has opened in Merchant City in the former premises of Pania on Candleriggs. - Declan McConville, Glasgow World.
🎥 Cast and crew have been spotted filming on a West End street for the second series of BBC comedy Dinosaur. - Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times.
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