The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 6 - 8 September 2024
City Centre Improvement Grants approved, Southside cafe torched, Royal Infirmary inspection update, kids attack swans, Govan-Partick Bridge opening, anti-racism rally + more in the Weekend Guide
🌥 Good Morning Glasgow. Expect a mix of sun and clouds and a high of 21C this weekend. Here’s Friday’s Wrap followed by the Weekend Guide for paid subscribers.
🤑 The council has approved the City Centre Improvement Grant Fund to help the look and feel of the city centre and find new uses for vacant buildings. Funding of up to £20,000 is available via the Meantime Use and the Minor Improvement Grant. - Fergus Matheson, STV.
🔥 Hugs and Mugs on Pollokshaws Road was ‘deliberately’ torched on Wednesday. No injuries were reported and no arrests have been made. - Jordan Tennant, The Scottish Sun.
↳ It’s the second blaze at the cafe after it caught fire in December last year.
🚧 Safety projects on a number of roads can go ahead after funding of just over £1 million was accepted. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🛸 Police seized “suspected controlled drugs” near HMP Barlinnie after responding to reports of suspicious drone activity nearby. They failed to trace a suspicious e-bike rider spotted nearby. - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
✈ An easyJet flight travelling from Manchester to Reykjavik was forced to make an emergency landing at Glasgow Airport after a passenger took unwell. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🚚 Around 60 Allied Bakeries drivers have welcomed an “inflation-beating pay rise”, Unite has confirmed. - Ben Waddell, Glasgow Times.
🦺 Meanwhile council cleansing workers represented by GMB Scotland have voted to accept a revised pay offer. - Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times.
🏥 Inspectors made an unannounced visit to the Royal Infirmary over three days in early June and found the A&E department was “often operating at over 250% capacity. - STV/PA News
↳ “Significant concerns” were raised about “fundamental care needs not being met”.
🦢 A young swan at Springburn Park died and three cygnets are feared missing or dead after reports of children “throwing rocks” at the birds. Rangers were forced to relocate three surviving swans. - Eszter Tarnai, Glasgow Times.
📢 Buffer zones to prevent anti-abortion protests outside hospitals and clinics will come into force from September 24. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🖼 Kelvingrove Museum will undergo repairs after plaster fell from the A-listed building, prompting an inspection. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🛎 7 of the best hotels in Glasgow. - Conde Nast Traveller.
🎨 Pensioners from Florence House in Govan spent a day out at SWG3’s Yardworks, trying their hand at graffiti art and creating their own mural. - Lynn Love, Daily Record.
🚪 The Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival programme has officially launched.
🚴♀️ Glasgow City Council is running a series of drop-in events across the city where you can engage with officers about the new Inner North and South active travel network plans. Dates/more info.
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📌 A (non-cringey) small business networking event for the gallus gals of Glasgow. We've all been to them... the awkward, uncomfortable, salesy events where you listen to one scripted elevator pitch after another. This is not one of those events. Small Biz, Big Chat is about building a community of female entrepreneurs. Thanks Sarah, Rhiannon & Emmelie, organisers of Small Biz, Big Chat for submitting! More info.
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📢 Hundreds are expected to gather in George Square on Saturday for Stand Up to Racism Scotland’s counter-protest to a planned far-right rally with trade unions, politicians, celebrities, faith organisations and football fans joining. - Ruth Suter, Daily Record.
🌉 It’s the Govan-Partick footbridge opening weekend! The formal opening with politicians is today followed by the public opening on Saturday, September 7.
↳ Govan Footbridge Festival is on Saturday for the official public opening. It’s a free one-off musical event from 10am to 8pm and all are welcome! More info.
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