The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 13 - 15 September 2024
Bonfire Night axed again, man dies after GoMA balcony fall, families in homeless hotels surge, plans for £25M Clyde waterfront, Margo opening date + more in the Weekend Guide
🌥 Good Morning Glasgow. Expect a mix of sun, clouds, rain and a high of 17C this weekend. Here’s The Wrap for Friday the 13th 👻 followed by the Weekend Guide for paid subscribers.
🎆 Glasgow Life has axed Bonfire Night at Glasgow Green again. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
↳ I’ve written my column for The Herald this week on the persistent decision to cancel the one safe, centralised firework display in the city.
🎄 Meanwhile, a Freedom of Information Request submitted to Glasgow Life found that the quango spent £76,650 on last year’s Christmas light switch-on. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
🚨 A 55-year-old man who fell from a balcony at the GoMA died at the scene, according to updated reports from the police. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🛏 There has been a huge increase in families living in homeless hotels. On August 1, 97 families were homeless - up from 26 on January 1. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgmow Times.
🔍 An investigation by The Ferret has revealed an investment arm of the Alberta government in Canada (with an alleged history of tax avoidance) holds nearly £20 million of properties in Glasgow. - Jamie Mann.
🗳 Stewart Paterson, political correspondent for Glasgow Times, asked Glasgow’s MPs why they voted to cut the winter fuel allowance for pensioners.
↳ “This was not a decision anyone wanted to make,” the ones who responded said.
🗣 Council leader Susan Aitken has issued an apology to the abuse survivors of Fornethy House, a council-run residential school that operated for more than 30 years between the 1960s and the 1990s. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🏢 Plans for a £25 million new waterfront area on the River Clyde near Carlton Place have been submitted with a public consultation happening on October 9. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow World.
🧦 The closure of Homeless Project Scotland would be a “death sentence” according to campaigners who rallied outside the city chambers on Thursday. The charity was hit with an enforcement notice for its Glassford Street location. - Sarah Hilley & Eve Beattie, Daily Record.
🍻 New pub The Iron Duke will take over from the BRGR at Royal Exchange Square. - Sean Murphy, Glasgow Live.
🏭 The former Glasgow Corporation Electricity building on Pollokshaws Road is going up for auction. - Ian McConnell, The Herald.
🔥 Cafe D’Jaconelli has closed following a fire but owner James Evans has promised the beloved cafe will “be back, that’s for sure”. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
🍝 The team behind Ox and Finch/Ka Pao have confirmed their new restaurant Margo will open at Miller Street on October 28 following a soft launch from October 22-27. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🥪 New coffee and sandwich bar Fern has opened on Argyle Street in the city centre. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
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