The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 17 - 20 January 2025
Cllr Thomas Kerr defects to Reform UK, dads fundraising for Battlefield playground, man dies after Southside fire, Blank Street Coffee plans, new upscale pub for Bothwell Street + the Weekend Guide
☁ Good Morning Glasgow. The Met Office forecasts an overcast weekend with a high of 11C. Here’s Friday’s Wrap followed by the Weekend Guide for paid subscribers.
🗳 Thomas Kerr, Shettleston councillor and leader of the Scottish Tories on Glasgow City Council, has defected to Reform UK. - Hannah Brown, The Herald.
↳ The former Tory was subsequently “kicked off” important council committees after he defected “in the middle of a meeting”. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🏃♂️ A pair of Southside dads aim to run 500km this month to raise money for new equipment for Battlefield Primary School’s “depressing” playground. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🤑 Glasgow East MP John Grady has raised concerns about the potential of a secret donation to Glasgow City Council by an anonymous organisation. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🚒 A 69-year-old man has died and a woman is in hospital after a fire in a property at Greenview Street, Pollokshaws on Wednesday evening. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live.
💨 The council won its appeal against a ruling that allowed drivers sent a LEZ fine via untracked post to overturn their fine. - BBC.
🚌 A man, 57, has been charged after the Cook Street bus crash on December 14 that left seven people injured. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🗽 CitizenGO, a global right-wing petition site set up by an anti-LGBT Spanish lawyer is campaigning to “protect” statues in George Square. - Karin Goodwin, The Ferret.
📢 Around 350 workers at the University of Strathclyde could strike over changes to the university’s pension fund, Unite revealed on Thursday. - Lucy Jackson, Glasgow Times.
👑 Former Glasgow Labour MSP Margaret Curran has taken a seat in the House of Lords. - Xander Elliards, The National.
✍ Reports are swirling that The Lighthouse could reopen thanks to a mystery organisation. But how could we keep it open? My column in The Herald this week.
☕ Viral US coffee chain Blank Street Coffee is set to replace Black and Lizar’s Optometrists on Gordon Street. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
🍺 The Superlative Collection (Glaschu, The Duke’s Umbrella) has revealed plans for an upscale pub called The Noble in the former 63rd + 1st unit on Bothwell Street. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
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