The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 8-10 November 2024
Remembrance Sunday, £1bn plan to tackle Housing Emergency, woman dies after crash and ex Rangers star arrested, council branded "idiotic" over care complaint stats + more in the Weekend Guide
🎖 Good Morning Glasgow. Remembrance Sunday is this weekend. The Met Office forecasts an overcast weekend with a high of 13C and a chance of sunshine on Sunday. Here’s Friday’s Wrap followed by the Weekend Guide.
🏘 The council has revealed an ambition £1 billion five-year plan to tackle the city’s Housing Emergency. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🚨 Ex-Rangers star Kyle Hutton was arrested after a 40-year-old woman was hit by a pick-up in Rutherglen and died in hospital days later. - Mark McGivern & Gemma Ryder, Daily Record.
👀 The numbers of social care complaints have jumped at Glasgow City Council but the system sees some recorded twice, earning the authority backlash. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
↳ Councillor Ricky Bell told the meeting: "Every day I come to work I think today will be the day when I don't hear something completely idiotic at Glasgow City Council. So far that day has not arrived.”
⛪ St Columba’s A-listed Gaelic Church on St Vincent Street could become a new mid-sized arts and music venue under new plans. - Liam Smillie & Paul Trainer, Glasgow World.
🛝 Unions want plans to hand over Linn Park to The Yard charity to be paused, claiming “this proposal is unusual but one the council seems intent on driving through without scrutiny or consultation.” - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Times.
↳ The council says the deal will safeguard the future of the playground.
👷♀️ After years of scaffolding around 110 Queen Street, work has finally started to secure windows that have a tendency to pop off. - Paul Trainer, Glasgow World.
🏫 Glasgow does not have a single headteacher from black and minority ethnic communities. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🏘 The council is set to make £3 million from the sale of the former Howford Primary School and schoolhouse. The land will be sold to Bellway Homes for 57 houses. - STV News.
⛪ A priest who was spat on in 2018 has hit out at Glasgow City Council for allowing a loyalist march to pass by two churches in Calton on Sunday. - John-Paul Clark, Daily Record.
🔍 The UK Government has ordered the Chinese owners of a Glasgow semiconductor company to sell their stake in the firm after a “national security” assessment. - Matthew Fulton, STV.
🎂 A Govan-born Rangers fan celebrated his 100th birthday and was surprised by Ibrox Hall of Famer Bobby Russell. - Gillian McPherson, Glasgow Times.
🎙 Frankie Boyle and Nicola Sturgeon have been named among headline acts at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2025. More details on what expect by Mark McDougall, The Herald.
🛍 A two-story Primark will open at Glasgow Fort on December 5. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🏛 The case for reconstruction: Glasgow School of Art & other stories is on at Riddle’s Court in Edinburgh on December 11. Tickets.
✍ This week’s column in The Herald looks at trying to balance the need for affordability and rent controls with the city’s need for development. You can check it out here.
📰 Glasgow Zine Library has released its busy programme of events for November. - Instagram.
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🎅 The Scottish Fire & Rescue Service Santa Dash and family day returns on December 1 to the Cambuslang training centre. - Charles Pring, Glasgow Times.
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📌 Amyl and The Sniffers, iconic Australian punks, recently hosted a special soundcheck and Q&A session for young musicians from Girls Rock Glasgow ahead of their sell-out O2 Academy show. The event aimed to inspire and empower the next generation of female musicians. The band shared their experiences, offered advice, and encouraged the girls to pursue their musical passions. This initiative highlights the band's commitment to supporting women in the music industry and fostering a more inclusive environment.
📌 A bunch of chums who first met at a jazz session in a Glasgow bar are promoting a gig by a world famous guitarist, just because they wanted to hear him play live themselves! The gig is by Robin Nolan (one of George Harrisons favourite guitarists) and it's on at Cottiers Theatre on November 24. The guys decided to ask Robin if he wanted to play Glasgow on his upcoming tour and Robin said, 'If you organise it, I will!'. Robin will be playing tunes from his new album on Dark Horse Records, "For The Love of George" as well as some Django Reinhardt classics. - More info.
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🎖 Glasgow City Council will host a solemn service for Remembrance Sunday at George Square from 10.30am-11am. The Lord Provost will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph.
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