🌤️ Good morning Glasgow! The Met Office forecasts sunny spells with a high of 25C.
Here’s Wednesday’s Wrap…
🦇 Preparations for the filming of The Batman Part II have begun, as crew members have been seen painting over murals underneath the Kingston Bridge. - Kevin Maguire, Glasgow Times.
⛔ Stockwell Street will be closed at its junction with Osborne Street northbound to the junction with Trongate until February 5, 2027, for the Stockwell Street Avenue project. - Kevin Maguire, Glasgow Times.
👮 A man, 29, has been charged with racially-aggravated assault after attacking a delivery driver during anti-immigration disorder which spread from a far-right rally at Glasgow Green on July 25. - Lucy Jackson, The National.
🏫 The empty St Francis Primary school house in Hutchesontown and the vacant Battlefield Primary school house could be sold off by the council to be used as accommodation for homeless families. - Sarah Hilley, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🧸 Signs for Chinese toy company Pop Mart have been spotted in an empty unit on Buchanan Street. - Rachel Williams, Daily Record.
🚑 Two men, 25 and 33, have been arrested after a man, 31, was left seriously injured following an alleged disturbance on Balvicar Drive near Queen’s Park on August 10. - Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
🛠️ Central Station has started improvement works on its escalators in a 20-week project. Two will be out of use at a time. - Kevin Maguire, Glasgow Times.
📰 The International Network of Street Papers is to host the Global Street Paper Summit, a major homelessness conference, at Glasgow Caledonian University from September 1 to 3. - Craig Williams, The Herald.
🔗 A man, 20, has been arrested in connection with a stabbing on Sauchiehall Street on August 2, which saw four people hospitalised. - Emily Moore, Glasgow Times.
🚉 Comedian Rosco McLelland will do a pop-up comedy club at Queen Street Station on August 15. - Rose Moncur, The Herald.
💡 Cllr Paul Carey (BEM) has called for money raised from the upcoming tourist tax in January 2027 to be used for more street lighting, safer routes home, and managed taxi ranks. - Catherine Hunter, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🚌 Two First Bus drivers from Scotstoun are in the running to be named the UK Bus Driver of the Year. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
💎 Breitling Boutique on Buchanan Street has closed. - Emily Moore, Glasgow Times.
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📸 Join acclaimed Glasgow photographer Alan Dimmick for a fascinating afternoon of stories, photography and conversation at 2pm, Saturday, August 15, at Govan Old/The Govan Stones Museum. - Thank you Frazer Capie from Govan Heritage Trust.
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