😎 Good morning Glasgow. The Met Office forecasts more patchy sunshine with a high of 25C. I hope some of you managed to see the eclipse! All I saw was some bright clouds.
🍽️ The Food & Drink Wrap will be served up to paid subscribers this afternoon.
Here’s Thursday’s Wrap…
🕶️ Crowds gathered all over Glasgow’s parks to witness the partial solar eclipse. - Emily Moore, Glasgow Times.
👮 Part of Sauchiehall Street was cordoned off for around 9 hours after a man, 24, was found with serious injuries. He has since been hospitalised. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🏘️ The council aims to deliver 1007 affordable homes this year after accepting a Scottish Government grant of more than £123m. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🚕 Taxi drivers are set to be able to add a surcharge of 25p to hires for three months due to high fuel costs. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🦇 The murals underneath the Kingston Bridge are expected to be reinstalled following the completion of The Batman Part II filming. The cost will be covered by the film’s production company, which painted over them. - Kevin Maguire, Glasgow Times.
🔥 A bin lorry driver was forced to dump a burning load of rubbish outside MacSorley’s near Central Station after a wrongly discarded battery sparked a fire yesterday morning (August 12). - Exclusive by Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🔗 Four people were arrested in dawn raids in Springburn, Govanhill, Blantyre, and Bothwell on Wednesday (August 12) in connection with disorder at Celtic’s ‘title party’ on May 16. - Keiran Fleming & Brandon Cook, STV News.
🏘️ Keepmoat has received planning approval for 330 homes at its NorthBridge development in Sighthill. - Rose Moncur, The Herald.
🪴 Save Queen’s Park Glasshouse’s petition has garnered more than 12,000 signatures, which goes to a hearing today (August 13). A protest will be held outside the City Chambers at 12.30pm during the hearing. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
📈 Gordon Street recorded an increase in Nitrogen Dioxide in 2025 compared to 2024, a “significant” rise in air pollution. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, The Herald.
🧓 New plans to cut the number of day care centres for the elderly from 10 to four hubs are being drawn up by the Health and Social Care Partnership to address undercapacity amid a reduced budget. - Exclusive by Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
📚 Construction of a new roof at the closed Cardonald Library is set to start later this year, following the facility's closure in 2023 after RAAC was identified. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🛝 Barmulloch and Springburn residents with Living Rent protested outside council offices to demand that Broomfield Playpark be repaired. - Nicole Mitchell, Glasgow Times.
↳ £48,883 has been earmarked for the park, and the council has said a full refurbishment of the play area is set to be carried out, with an online questionnaire to go live at the end of the week.
🫴 The number of full-time social workers employed by the council has increased over the last three years, but there are still more than 70 vacancies. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🧑🤝🧑 Buchanan Galleries has unveiled a bespoke tartan, Twinned in Tartan, to celebrate the growing friendship between Glasgow and Boston following the World Cup. - Rose Moncur, The Herald.
🗼 Plans have been lodged to install a 22.5m telecommunications pole behind the storefronts of Gleddoch Road in Penilee, directly beside Penilee Park. - Kevin Maguire, Glasgow Times.
🍅 Italian supermarket Tutto Italiano will open on Victoria Road in September. - Emily Moore, Glasgow Times.
👕 Fashion brand BLANCS is doing a pop-up at St Enoch Centre from August 15 to 16. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
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