The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 16 - 18 May 2025
Protest against PM's immigration speech, council tell Celtic fans to not attend title party, ex-NHS HQ transformed, council impasse on Kneecap and Palestine, Kelvinbridge Pirates? + the Weekend Guide
🌞 Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts a shining scorcher of a weekend with a high of 23C! Here’s Friday’s Wrap, followed by the Weekend Guide…
📢 Stand Up to Racism Scotland organised an emergency rally on Buchanan Street steps in response to Keir Starmer's controversial speech on immigration. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
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⚽ The council has told Celtic fans not to take part in any “unsafe gatherings” in Trongate this Saturday (May 17). - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
↳ Police promise a ‘proportionate policing plan’ ahead of the title party and an Orange Walk for VE Day happening simultaneously. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🏢 The former NHS headquarters, Dalian House, has finally been transformed into 92 Build To Rent residential flats by Mosaic Architecture + Design. - Scott Reid, The Scotsman.
🎤 The council debated a motion on Palestine, with all three parties united in condemning Israel and branding the war a genocide. Labour did not support the move unless reference to Kneecap was taken out. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
↳ SNP councillors pushed back against John Swinney’s call for Kneecap to be axed from TRNSMT. - Andrew Learmonth, The Herald.
🏴☠️ Kelvinbridge pirates? No, just two people paddling down the River Kelvin in what appears to be an inflatable pool, sunning it up. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
↳ Enjoy the video posted on Reddit here.
🛍️ St Enoch Centre has been bought over by Praxis, a privately owned investor and manager of commercial real estate in the UK. - Morgan Carmichael, Glasgow Times.
☕ Manhattan's West Village Girl plague has already spread to Scotland. - Marissa’s column in The Herald.
🪺 Glasgow’s Easter school holidays could be moving from April to March in 2027 if approved by the council. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
💐 The funeral of Josh Taplin, 28, who was stabbed to death in a Knightswood home, will take place this weekend. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🎸 ‘Teen Warfare’ and ‘Show Israeli Genocide the Red Card’ will put on a free punk gig to protest a performance at the OVO Hydro in October by the metal group Disturbed. - Gabriel McKay, The Herald.
⚖️ A woman who left a toddler alone before he fell out of a window, suffering a fractured skull and a bleed to the brain, in Tollcross in 2020, has avoided jail. - Chiara Pollock, Glasgow Live.
🏳️⚧️ Trans girls will still be allowed to play in Glasgow's school female netball league as part of efforts across the city to keep sport inclusive for LGBTQ + pupils. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🛩️ Loganair has announced its Kids Fly Fare-Free campaign for the summer and a new direct Saturday service from Glasgow Airport to Newquay from May 31. - Declan McConville, Glasgow World.
🔗 A man, 38, has been arrested and charged in connection with a serious assault at a pub on Kilmarnock Road in Shawlands on February 1, 2025. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
🐶 Footage shows two children stealing a puppy from Tundra Retrievers in the Southside on May 14. - Chiara Pollock, Glasgow Live.
🪻 The Perfume Shop is set to open at St Enoch Centre today. - Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times.
✈️ Two drug traffickers from Glasgow have been jailed for four years and six months after being nicked while waiting to board a flight to Amsterdam in 2023. - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
👁️ There are no plans to reinstate 24/7 CCTV monitoring in the city, despite safety concerns raised by councillors. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter.
💍 Pandora at Glasgow Fort has reopened after closing temporarily for a refurb on April 15. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
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