The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 16 - 18 August 2024
Opening confirmed for Govan-Partick Bridge, pensioners fight for fuel payments, 40% homes below energy standards, care home fined £500K, hospital probe continues + the Weekend Guide
🌥 Good Morning Glasgow. Expect sunshine, rain and a high of 19C this weekend. Here’s Friday’s Wrap followed by the Weekend Guide for paid subscribers.
🌉 A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at the new Govan-Partick Bridge on September 6 with ministers from the Scottish and UK Governments alongside council leader Susan Aitken. It will be officially open to the public from mid-morning on September 7. - Josh Carmichael, The Herald.
↳ Aitken said: “Reconnecting Govan and Partick can help unlock the potential along the Clyde, create more opportunities for the people who live and work there, and continue the transformation of these areas.”
↳ Govan Footbridge Festival will bring local grassroots performers and huge Scottish acts together for a day of music to celebrate. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
📢 A group of furious Carntyne pensioners led by Winget Residents’ Association chair Ann Ayre are launching a petition calling for a U-turn on the Scottish Ministers’ plan to means-test the winter fuel payments for OAPs. - Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times.
🏢 The new owners of the College Goodsyard are moving forward with plans to erect 1,000 student beds, 560 build-to-rent flats and 260 co-living properties. New drawings show plans to rebuild the crumbling railway arches at Bell Street to make a distinctive entrance. - Urban Realm.
🔌 Nearly 40 per cent of homes in Glasgow fall behind the government’s energy efficiency standards. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, STV.
🌆 Robin McAlpine has written an interesting piece for Common Weal about how the land prices in Glasgow combined with a historic focus on retail have contributed to the city’s decline.
🏠 HC-One Ltd, the firm that runs Arcadia Gardens care home in Bridgeton, has been fined £500,000 after health and safety failings led to a fire that killed a 54-year-old woman in their care. - Gabriel McKay, The Herald.
🤰 Expectant mothers are invited to attend a drop-in session to receive a Respiratory Syncytial Virus jab once they are 28 weeks into their pregnancy. - Shannon Milmine, Glasgow Live.
🚔 Police Scotland has released the latest sex offender stats with 815 living among the general population in Glasgow and another 312 in custody or hospital. - Ryan Carroll, Daily Record.
🏥 The Scottish Hospitals inquiry into the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Children continues with a third hearing starting next week. The extent to which non-compliance led to ventilation and water contamination at the hospital is being probed. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
🏫 East Park, a school for young people with complex additional support needs, is celebrating after the number of qualifications gained by pupils more than doubled. - Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times.
🤑 “Give councillors a pay hike: they deserve it” - my latest Herald column on the value of local politicians.
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🎶 World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green start at 10am this morning and conclude on Saturday. You can purchase tickets here or watch the livestream.
🚂 Hop on the train to Edinburgh fringe. *Checks service*
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