The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 13 - 15 June 2025
Tributes for drugs reform pioneer, council blamed for covid memorial delays, O2 ABC plans recommended, Glasgow charity hits out at Sabrina Carpenter, first Avenues project complete + the Weekend Guide
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💐 Tributes have been paid following the sudden death of pioneering drugs reformer Peter Krykant, 48, who set up an unofficial drugs consumption room in 2020 in a converted ambulance. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
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🦠 The council has been accused of “moral” and “bureaucratic” failure by Govanhill Baths Community Trust over delays to a memorial for victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is sitting in storage at taxpayers’ expense. - Karin Goodwin & Paul Dobson, The Ferret.
↳ The council claims that “valid” safety concerns about the memorial have not been “adequately addressed”.
🏢 The redevelopment of the former O2 ABC site on Sauchiehall Street into a 350-bed student accommodation by Vita Group has been recommended for approval. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
↳ Historic Environment Scotland and Glasgow School of Art are among 130 objectors to the plans.
♀️ Glasgow Women’s Aid has criticised Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover, depicting Carpenter on all fours with a man pulling her hair, calling it “regressive”. - Beth Franklin, STV News.
🌲 The Holland and Pitt Street Avenue project is the first of the Avenues projects to be completed with new tree-lined streets, widened pavements, segregated cycle lanes, and green landscaping. - Craig Williams, The Herald.
😢 One of the two young peregrine falcons, Jack, who nested at the University of Glasgow, has died after a suspected bird flu infection. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🚪 A new front door could be placed on Central Station’s Gordon Street entrance if plans for Boots to move into the former ticket office unit are approved. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
🚲 A controversial cycle lane plan for Kilmarnock Road has been moved to Pollokshaws Road after the council received a large volume of comments about it. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🚑 A man was taken to hospital after being hit by a bus on Gorbals Street yesterday, June 12. His condition has not been confirmed. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
🪰 Parkhouse residents have said the council has failed to enforce environmental law at a fly-tipping site behind Claddens Street for nearly 10 years. - Ezster Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
↳ The council had contacted the site owner, Reigart Contracts Ltd, in 2018, threatening law enforcement. Locals claim this never happened.
🏘️ Homes, properties, and pieces of land in Bellahouston, Drumchapel, Carnytyne, Carmyle, Springburn, Partick, Dalmarnock, and George Street will be sold off by the council to allow new homes, a supermarket, student accommodation, shops, and advanced manufacturing to be built. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
🏫 Plans have been submitted to develop the former Howford School site on Crookston Road into 57 new homes, with woodland enhancements, amenity open space, and associated infrastructure by Bellway Homes. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
🍔 The McDonald’s on Helen Street in Govan has banned under-16s unaccompanied by an ‘appropriate adult’ from dining after 6pm for ‘staff and customer safety’. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
🍗 The KFC in the Great Western Retail Park has been permitted to open until 5am every day. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🛥️ Garscadden/Scotstounhill Cllr Malcolm Mitchell has said “all options must be considered” to save the Renfrew to Yoker Ferry, which ceased operating on May 31. - Exclusive by Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🖼️ Councillors have backed an exhibition of Italian artwork from Glasgow’s museum collection that will tour China, bringing in £30,000 per venue. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter.
🚉 Engineering firm COWI Ltd will work with Scotrail to improve the “aesthetics” and green spaces of Charing Cross as part of the Adopt a Station initiative. - Sandhya Suresh, Glasgow Times.
🎥 Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd will be filming his new series Half Man on Dumbarton Road in Partick for interior and exterior scenes. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
🚌 FlixBus is now offering a new daily service between Glasgow and Heathrow Airport, beginning June 16. - Craig Williams, The Herald.
👩⚕️ A Drumchapel nurse who is now the chief executive of Kidney Research UK received an OBE from HRH The Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle. - Ann Fothering, Glasgow Times.
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