The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 27 - 29 September 2024

ScotRail peak fares ends, pensioners to sue over winter fuel payment cut, new Glasgow Uni principal, low satisfaction with the council + more in the Weekend Guide

Strathungo 📷 Colin Mearns

🌥 Good Morning Glasgow. It’s September weekend! Expect a mix of sun, clouds and some rain. Here’s Friday’s Wrap followed by the Weekend Guide for paid subscribers.

🚆 Today is sadly the final day for ScotRail’s off-peak fares programme. - Kirsty Feerick, Glasgow Times.

👮‍♀️ The Scottish Police Authority has raised concerns about the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow in 2026. SPA chairman Martyn Evans said it was “outside [their] risk appetite”. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.

👴 Two Coatbridge pensioners “intend to sue” the Scottish Government over cuts to the winter fuel payment. - Kirsty Feerick, Glasgow Times.
↳ Martin Lewis has shared a key explainer on the subject. - Steph Brawn, The National.

💼 Union leaders are urging COSLA to expedite a pay deal, warning that delays may push some of Glasgow City Council's lowest-paid workers over the Universal Credit threshold. - Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times.

🎓 Glasgow University has named Professor Andy Schofield as its new principal. - Gaby McKay, The Herald.

🛍 Ten Glasgow pubs from the Proper Pubs group have collected 34 “bags for life” worth of food to donate to a food bank of their choice. - Will Abbott, Glasgow Times.

📺 Former Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle is set to feature in a new BBC series, Inside Barlinnie. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.

🗳 The new leader of the Scottish Conservatives will be announced today. - Glasgow Times.

👨‍💻 A man has been arrested following yesterday’s “cyber security incident” that impacted 20 train stations, including Glasgow Central. - Jordan Shepherd et al, Glasgow Live.

🚨 A fugitive on the run from Hertfordshire is believed to have travelled to Glasgow, police warn. He is wanted for an alleged public order offence. - Jordan Tennant, The Scottish Sun.

📋 Glasgow City Council published its household survey which found that only 40% of residents were 'satisfied' with the services it provided. - Beth Franklin, STV.

🚦 A financial consultant, Robert Hasebe, was convicted of causing the death of 26-year-old Noor Court after running a red light and striking a signpost near the O2 Academy in 2021. - STV News.

🏋️‍♂️ A former Mr Scotland bodybuilder from Glasgow was jailed for his involvement in a lucrative drug trafficking operation. - Court Reporter, Glasgow Live.

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