The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 30 May - 01 June 2025
20 new Finnieston homes plan, TRNSMT refunds sought while Kneecap presale sold out fast, speeding driver who killed student jailed, Saturday animal rights march, new Cathcart mural + the Weekend Guide
Plans lodged for 20 new build homes and community facility in Finnieston (Image: Nixon Blue)
🌤️ Good Morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts sunny spells with a high of 19C. Here’s Friday’s Wrap, followed by the Weekend Guide…
🏘️ Twenty new build homes and a community space could be built on the site of a former bowling club at St Vincent Crescent in Finnieston if plans are approved. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
💻 Google has seen a major spike in web searches for "TRNSMT refund" after Kneecap were axed from the festival. - Lucy Jackson, The National. ↳ The presale tickets for Kneecap’s new gig at the O2 Academy on July 8 “sold out in 80 seconds,” according to the trio. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
⛓️ The speeding driver going at double the 30mph limit who killed student Chinenye Okonkwo, 33, has been jailed for three years and four months. - STV News.
🐷 Around 100 people with Animal Liberation Scotland are set to march through the city on Saturday, May 31, starting at 12:30pm at the MacLellan Arch in Glasgow Green. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
💸 HMRC has named 10 firms in and around the city for not paying the national minimum wage to staff, including Hotel Indigo Glasgow. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🎆 Applications have been made to turn Woodlands Park, Gartcraig, Crossmyloof, Robroyston, Drumchapel, Broomhouse, Ibrox, Yoker, North Kelvin and Govanhill into firework control zones. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter.
🏡 A Glasgow man has told of his delight at finally moving his family into a new home in Ibrox after enduring overcrowding for 16 years in temporary accommodation. - Exclusive by Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🔎 The council will review how convicted domestic abuser Mark Keel was able to miss rehabilitation appointments before killing his partner, Maxine Clark, in Riddrie last year. - Rosie Lewis, Glasgow Times.
🎞️ GFT has announced it will not be backing the full boycott of products and companies linked to Israel. - James Walker, The National. ↳ The cinema said this was to retain “independent decision making” and uphold its “commitment to Cinema For All”.
🚮 Residents of Crossloan Road in Govan complain they have been “living in a dump for years” as large council bins are overflowing - Jonathan Blackburn, Glasgow Live.
♨️ Gin Spa in Merchant City has closed suddenly after going into liquidation, leaving customers “raging” over refunds they are struggling to acquire. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
👩👦 A campaign has been launched to encourage people across Glasgow to consider becoming foster carers, as the number has dropped from 598 in 2018 to 349 in 2025. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
🏠 A landlord in the West End has been refused a new licence after eight tenants were put “at risk” when the property was rented out without insurance. - Drew Sandelands, Glasgow Live.
💦 A water pipe burst on Shettleston Road, causing flooding and resulting in partial closure of the street. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
⚽ Historic Environment Scotland is seeking public opinion on proposals to designate the remains of the football ground in Cathkin Park as a scheduled monument. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
☕ A Black Sheep Coffee will be moving into the old Odeon Cinema building if plans are approved. - Liam Smillie, Glasgow World.
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