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‘ STOP WITH THE SELF- INTEREST OVER BARLINNIE’
OPPOSITION to plans to make Barlinnie Prison a listed building have been branded as being out of “self- interest”. The jail is to close when the new HMP Glasgow is opened nearby and it is expected the jail halls would be demolished and land would be...
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FLEET FURY OVER £ 34M BIN LORRY BILL
ANGER is growing over Glasgow City Council’s soaring spending on cleansing vehicles after a Glasgow Times investigation revealed almost £ 34 million has been spent on leasing, hire, maintenance and repairs over the past five years. Critics say that –...
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SEWAGE STENCH SPARKS FURY
FAMILIES say they are being forced to live beside a festering pool of raw sewage after a waste spill gathered behind their homes. Residents claim they have been left unable to open windows, sit in their gardens or hang out washing because of the...
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THUG JAILED OVER MACHETE ATTACK ON PENSIONER
A THUG was part of a gang who tried to kill a pensioner in his own flat. Robert Craig, 28, and two other attackers forced their way into the 67year- old’s home in Tollcross.
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‘COLD FEET’ HITMAN JAILED
SHOCKING new images have revealed the gun and bundles of cash a hired hitman was set to use in a plot to murder a Scottish gangster. James Richards, a 36- yearold hitman from Liverpool, was jailed for seven and a half years for his involvement in a...
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EX- SNP CHIEF ADMITS EMBEZZLING £ 400,000
JOHN SWINNEY said he is “horrified” by Peter Murrell’s admission of embezzling SNP funds and that Murrell alone is responsible for his crimes. Swinney spoke hours after the former SNP chief executive and estranged husband of former first minister...
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SCHOOLBOY ‘CHOKED’ BY FELLOW PUPIL IN PLAYGROUND
THE furious parents of a seven- year- old boy say they have withdrawn him from school after he was allegedly ‘ choked’ by another pupil in the playground. Nicola and Roger Roe claim their son Reggie suffered injuries to his neck during an incident at...
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VITAL SHOP FACES CLOSURE
RESIDENTS in the East End of Glasgow are outraged as their local shop could close. For more than three decades, the Calvay Superstore has been a pillar of the community.
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AIRPORT STAFF VOTE TO STRIKE
WORKERS at Glasgow Airport have voted in favour of strike action this summer. Unite union has confirmed around 320 workers employed by ICTS and Menzies Aviation at Glasgow are set to strike after a majority backed industrial action following the...
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WOMAN ADMITS KILLING GRAN IN HORROR HAMMER ATTACK
A KILLER murdered her neighbour in a horrific hammer and knife attack. Claire Kilduff bludgeoned and stabbed Ann Coll to death having also taken more than £ 300 from the grandmother’s bank account. The 40- year- old later went on to lie in a 999 call...
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AUTHORITIES CONDEMN ‘EMBARRASSING’ SCENES FOLLOWING CELTIC’S TITLE VICTORY
ONE of Scotland’s top cops has said that the violence, hostility, and disorder seen during the unofficial Celtic title celebrations in Glasgow “cannot happen again” as he called on the club to be “more accountable”. Thousands of Hoops fans gathered in...
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‘EYESORE’ 5G MAST BATTLE
RESIDENTS are desperately pleading with developers not to install a 30- metre ‘ eyesore’ phone mast in Glasgow’s ‘ prettiest park’. Concerns were raised by people who stay near Victoria Park in the West End after it was revealed that proposals had...
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CELTS STAY IN TITLE HUNT
TIME will define the significance of Celtic’s first league victory over Rangers in 20 months. Martin O’Neill’s men downed their city rivals by three goals to one yesterday afternoon, and by this time next week, they could be champions of Scotland once...
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NEW FACES HEADING TO HOLYROOD
GLASGOW will see big changes at Holyrood as voters in the city elected new MSPs. With several SNP MSPs standing down new faces have emerged into the political picture in the city. The SNP have won six of the seven constituency seats in Glasgow. Ivan...
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‘ABSOLUTELY SCANDALOUS’
A PENSIONER says it is “absolutely scandalous” he has been left unable to top up his meter for almost 10 months, despite repeated phone calls to his energy supplier. William Morrison had a new smart meter installed by Scottish Power on July 13, last...
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RIVER CLYDE CHOKED BY LITTER
CITY centre residents say the River Clyde is being “seriously under- cherished” as rubbish is left strewn along its banks. Members of Merchant City and Trongate Community Council ( MCTCC) are calling for the river to be treated as a “major...
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FAMILY TAKE FIGHT TO LONDON
A BEREAVED family hoping to win better protection for franchisees in honour of a much- loved dad have taken their fight to change the law all the way to London. Adrian Howe, 58, was just days away from launching his Vodafone franchise when he died.
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‘DECISIVE ACTION’ CALL ON FLY- TIPPING
FRUSTRATED residents say they are “fed up” with their street being plagued by litter and fly- tipping. Mir Hassan lives on Belsyde Avenue in Drumchapel and claims the issue has been ongoing since he bought his property in December last year. He...
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COUNCILLOR’S RACIST ABUSE HELL
A GLASGOW councillor has spoken out after being subjected to a relentless wave of racist abuse that she says has made her life a “living hell.” Dr Soryia Siddique has revealed the scale of the “toxic and degrading” messages she receives daily after a...
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RESIDENTS UNITE TO GIVE GOLF COURSE NEW LEASE OF LIFE
A GROUP of residents have made a local golf course playable again six years after it was closed. Steven McKinney, along with his friend Edward Montgomery and other volunteers, have currently cut 15 holes on the course. Steven says the team initially...
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CRIME KINGPIN JAILED
SCOTS crime kingpin Stephen Jamieson, who directed a million- pound drug gang, has been jailed for six years.
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TOP COP’S CYBER CRIME WARNING
A TOP police officer revealed the most common crime committed online, as he warned city citizens to stay vigilant ahead d of a busy summer. Detective Superintendent ndent Richy Taylor explained that incidents both dependent on and enabled by the...
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AMMONIA HORROR FOR SHOP WORKER
A ROBBER left a shop worker’s eyesight badly affected after spraying ammonia in his face. Colin McKay attacked Ameer Sikander, having initially gone into the USave store in Glasgow’s Springburn, claiming he wanted to buy an iPhone charger. The then...
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POTHOLE PAYOUTS REVEALED
GLASGOW’S most pothole- ridden roads have been revealed – as new figures show the council has paid out over half a million pounds to drivers in compensation claims. The settlements – which total £ 534,000 since 2019 - include one 12- month period...
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‘STRANGLED’ FAMILY FIRM TO CLOSE
A FAMILY business is set to close its doors after six decades. Its devastated owner warned that rising costs and street changes are “strangling” small traders into closure.
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FAILED PLOT TO KILL GANGSTER
A HITMAN hired to gun down a Scots gangster pulled out at the last minute before being snared by armed police. James Richards, 36, was part of the plot to execute Ryan Carvil for apparently being “a grass”. Crime boss David Nisbet, 35, had wanted...
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FIREWORKS TERROR
TWO teenage boys were injured in a suspected fireworks blast as a bomb disposal unit sealed off a busy street in Glasgow yesterday. Police, paramedics, and firefighters descended on Dixon Avenue in Govanhill at around lunchtime on Thursday, April...
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ROAD FEARS
CONCERNED parents who have been voicing fears over a “very dangerous” road outside of a primary school for years claim that “nothing is changing”. Members of the parent council at St Ninian’s RC in Blairdardie are worried about a “lack of safety” on...
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‘ WE DON’T WANT LUXURY HOMES’
ANGRY residents have slammed plans to build five luxury homes in Barrhead – which would decimate a large area of nearby woodland. Residents in Montfort Gate – whose homes are at the rear of the targeted green land – say that if the proposals went...
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DRUG DEBT LEADS TO BAKERY THEFT
A MANAGER at a bakery stole £ 68,000 from the company to pay back a drug debt. Taylor Curl, 31, was caught after a string of discrepancies were discovered at Aulds in Glasgow’s St Enoch Shopping Centre. Curl accumulated the cash over a 22- month...
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MANHUNT WARNING AFTER ‘ MURDER’
A MURDER probe has been launched after a woman died in the East End. Police named the victim as 82- year- old Elizabeth Colligan. Earlier, the public was warned not to approach a “dangerous” missing man police are hunting. Grant McKinnon ( right)...
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REVIVAL OF CAR PARK PLAN
A PROPOSAL to transform a Glasgow car park could get the go- ahead after 10 years of the planning process. The empty site at the corner of Renfrew Street and Rose Street, next to Fleming House, in Garnethill, could be home to a sevenstorey building,...
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‘ NIGHTMARE’ AS LOCAL BUSINESSES STRUGGLE
ROADWORKS on the M8, rising energy prices, the cost of living crisis and Covid19 have all caused some of the hardest years for local businesses to survive, according to a Glasgow entrepreneur. Chris Ward has been running Box Fresh in Polmadie for six...
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‘ I’VE BEEN BITTEN, KICKED, SLAPPED’
SCHOOL staff have told of being subjected to violence on a daily basis and are demanding the council take action to protect them.
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COUNCIL CUT CAUSES PAIN FOR BEREAVED
A CLYDEBANK OAP who visits his late wife every Sunday has slammed a decision to close the town’s memorial hall at the weekend. Ian Falconer has written to bosses at West Dunbartonshire Council imploring them to rethink their plans which would deny him...
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CITY COUNCIL HOLDS TITLE PARTY TALKS
TALKS have taken place to “reset” the relationship between Glasgow City Council and the city’s two biggest football clubs and possible title celebrations. Discussions have taken place, which included Police Scotland, with the Scottish Premiership race...
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SMART METER ‘ NIGHTMARE’
A PENSIONER has been forced to pay almost £ 7000 to have her home rewired after she says damage was caused when a smart meter was fitted. Mary Morgan, 85, says she has been left in a “nightmare” situation after OVO Energy sent out a contractor to fit...
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MIRACLE BABY DEFIES THE ODDS
A MUM said her baby has “amazed” medics after he was diagnosed with an ultra- rare genetic condition while still in the womb. Lauren MacLaren, 25, was given the devastating news that her baby Mack had MSL2, a condition so rare that only around 25...
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£ 85M LEGAL BATTLE
A MAN who ran Vodafone stores in and around Glasgow is among a group of 62 former franchisees who are bringing an £ 85 million legal claim against the firm. Simon Doherty today revealed his experience of the Vodafone Franchise Programme.
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12- WEEK CLOSURE
SINKHOLE repairs on Cathedral Street in Glasgow city centre are now expected to take up to 12 weeks after workers uncovered a collapsed Victorian sewer and a series of unexpected complications underground. The road was closed on safety grounds last...
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TAXI DRIVER RAPED CUSTOMER
A VILE taxi driver who raped and sexually assaulted a vulnerable woman after picking her up from a Clydebank pub has been jailed. Thomas Tosh, 39, had collected the victim and her friends from a bar in the town in the early hours of September 30,...
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COPS HUNT FOR KILLER
TRIBUTES have been paid to a “one of a kind” man whose death is being treated as a murder by detectives. Craig Hamilton, 42, was found at a property on Drakemire Avenue in Castlemilk at around 8.10pm last Thursday.
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‘ PROGRESS’ SHOULD BE EXPECTED
SUSAN AITKEN said people have the right to expect to see progress on Union Street after the fire. The council leader, speaking to the Glasgow Times four weeks after the blaze and building collapse, said the city must seize the opportunity to look...
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VAPE CHAIN BACKS CLAMPDOWN
ONE of Scotland’s leading vape retailers has backed enforcement action on “illicit operators” following the Union Street fire. VPZ, which has shops in Glasgow and around the UK, said it wants the focus to be on ensuring safe practices rather than...
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£ 1.1M HEROIN HAUL
A DRUG trafficker was caught with heroin worth more than £ 1.1 million on the streets after police targeted a crime gang behind the large- scale importation of narcotics. Shaun Miller leased a garage at an industrial yard in Glasgow, where officers...
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GRIME FIGHT
A GLASGOW woman is taking matters into her own hands after claiming that her residential area has become a “wasteland” of fly- tipping and littering. Chloe McFarland has printed out funny and creative signs to ask people not to litter or flytip after...
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FALSE ARREST IN SHOWER SCANDAL
A PERVERT caused his innocent partner to be arrested after pretending to be her to share videos of women showering. Stephen Mould, 32, made a hole in a washbag and placed the recording device inside the bathroom of a property in Glasgow’s...
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LEAF IT TO GLASGOW! GEORGE SQUARE’S NEW LOOK TAKES SHAPE
THE next phase of the George Square redevelopment has started as 46 trees are being planted. Glasgow City Council announced that as the transformation of the city centre space continues, rows of trees will be placed. In a social media post, the local...
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‘ I WAS ALWAYS OUT OF BREATH’
A GLASGOW councillor has opened up on his own health battles after undergoing a triple heart by- pass after first reporting “breathlessness.” Chris Cunningham, an elected member for Scotstounhill and Garscadden, was becoming frequently out of breath...
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‘ WE WON’T EAT WITH RATS’
CLEANSING workers in Glasgow have demanded investment in their depot, which they claim is overrun with rats. Staff staged a protest outside the Polmadie recycling centre depot yesterday and union reps have sent a letter to council management calling...
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£ 3M FACELIFT FOR GOVAN
A GLASGOW area has received a £ 3 million boost to help with its facelift over the next five years.
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TRAFFICKER JAILED FOR £ 1M BUST
A DRUG trafficker caught with £ 1 million of heroin during a probe into an international crime gang has been jailed for four years and eight months. Henry McAulay was snared after he drove into an industrial estate in Glasgow’s Mount Vernon in...
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HEFTY PRICE TAG FOR VIOLENT PUPILS
HALF a million pounds have been paid out to teachers in Glasgow in compensation for physical assaults since 2019. The Glasgow Times obtained the details of the claims and payouts under Freedom of Information from Glasgow City Council. It shows that...
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‘ LEFT IN THE DARK’
A GLASGOW MP is fighting for a constituent who claims he and his staff ’ s livelihoods are at risk as their funding comes to an end this month. Kevin McLaughlin is the founder of KKS Consultancy, a company that helps homeowners and tenants in and...
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FUNDING FOR CHURCH AXED
A HISTORIC church has had “the rug pulled from under” refurbishment works after the UK Government scrapped a “vital” funding scheme.
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CRACKDOWN ON ‘ BEST KEBAB BANDITS’
TARGETED patrols are being carried out near a city centre kebab shop, which has been a hotspot for antisocial behaviour. Police are working with the owner of Best Kebab to reduce offending in relation to the business. Officers are carrying out...
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SUBWAY BIDS TO EXTEND HOURS
GLASGOW’S Subway is to be given extended opening hours in the first major change in decades. The Subway will see extended opening on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Councillors on the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport board are being asked to...
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FEVER PITCH
RESIDENTS fighting plans to build houses on East Kilbride football pitches have expressed fears the land could be “contaminated”.
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PARKING FURY
FURIOUS residents say they are being pushed to the ‘ brink of financial ruin’ by wardens ticketing them for parking next to their homes. People living on Sydney Street at the Calton Village development claim they have no other option than to park on...
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UNREGISTERED VAPE SHOPS EXPOSED
SEVERAL shops selling vapes in the city centre do not appear on the government register, the Glasgow Times has found. There are dozens of shops, from supermarkets and specialist vape retailers to convenience stores selling vape products on the city’s...
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School unveils memorial to star of Pavilion
A MEMORIAL plaque celebrating the life and legacy of Sydney Devine has been unveiled at the school he attended as a boy. The late singer’s daughter Karen laid 18 yellow roses as pupils blew bubbles, in tribute to two of his big hits – at the plaque,...
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Teenager wins ‘ rare’ legal action over crowd crush
A TEENAGER who was injured in a crowd crush at TRNSMT has won a “rare” legal action. Jessica Gatherer, now 19, suffered an “agonising” knee injury after being crushed against a fence ahead of Becky Hill’s performance at the festival on July 9,...
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‘ It is time to regulate vape shops after horror blaze’
THE regulation of vape shops was raised in Holyrood with the First Minister after the devastating Union Street fire. Following the blaze on Sunday, which appears to have started in a vape shop, people have been asking how safe these shops are. There...
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‘ Union Street vape shop fire has scarred heart of Glasgow’
MORE than 250 heroic firefighters battled a blaze in Glasgow for nearly 24 hours as a historic building was reduced to rubble. Water was pumped from the River Clyde to tackle the fire well into yesterday and people rallied around the businesses which...
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‘ SHAMEFUL’ SCENES AT OLD FIRM
HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds of damage was caused to Ibrox as a result of the sickening crowd disorder which broke out following the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup quarter- final between Rangers and Celtic yesterday, it has emerged. Hundreds of away...
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POLICE READY FOR ‘ SCHOOL WARS’
FEARS are growing amid viral social media posts organising a “Glasgow war” among schoolkids in the city. Online posts have been widely shared on social media, showing schools from across Glasgow split into red, blue, green and yellow “teams”. It...
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SCHOOL PLACE SNUB ANGER
A DISTRAUGHT mum has blasted education bosses after they insisted her severely autistic son is fit to attend a mainstream school. Natalie Little says she will be forced to give up her nursing career to home school four- year- old Jay, who suffers from...
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