Jings crivvens it might happen. With Glasgow City Council telling Scot Gov that they favour demolition of the M8 at the Woodside Viaduct, east of Charing Cross, the unthinkable suddenly looks possible. We've heard one alternative is a sort of grand boulevard into the centre.

Over 2,500 pipers left for the trenches of WW1. They would usually go “over the top” first, an act of courage for the troops who followed the music. 500 were reported dead, and 600 injured.

The name comes from the region’s old exchanges - the Corn Exchange in Leeds, the Wool Exchange in Bradford - places where people met, ideas took shape, and word got around. We’re here to do the same. 🌐 theexchange.news Launching 1st June.

Any readers with friends or family in West Yorkshire? They might like The Exchange!

Greens and Reform "buzzing" after historic Glasgow breakthrough. Labour feeling "sh*te", Tories sent "back to the drawing board", and SNP dominant. And which Glasgow councillor spotted "two cock and balls" on ballot papers? Here's how a dramatic day of election results unfolded.

Energy difference between Greens and Labour and SNP is palpable

Can a restaurant be humble while having gold cutlery, waiters in waistcoats, and the option of buying a whole lamb for £350?

📝 Who'll win Glasgow's newest seat in the north? In 2025, the Scottish parliament decided that parts of the old Holyrood seats of Glasgow Kelvin and Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn should be chopped up and stuck back together in a new seat.

On 23 October 2025, four days after the daring robbery at the Louvre, Glasgow had ones of its own treasures stolen. We are revealing it to the public for the first time, and police are appealing for any information relating to the theft of the Lipton Cup.

What did you call the part of Union Street that burned down in March? It turns, us calling it "Union Corner" caused a bit of a stir. But who's right? And is it just, "that Irn Bru sign building?" Well... we've got an answer.

Brilliant piece from Alice Austin in The Bell. The sort of investigation that holds someone to account while also treating them with respect. Makes me wonder whether the various barriers to entry in the DJ/MC scene are what created Kieran Wells the DJ deceiver.

Turns out the writer in me is alive and kicking. The hopeless romantic, not so much. Most honoured to have had a piece about dating when you’re ancient published in @glasgowbell.bsky.social today. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/the-down-and...

I believe the industry term "impact journalism" was invented for stories like this.

🥔 Five years ago, Jordan McMurrough found God. Then he found spuds. His faith was discovered while living in Tartan Lodge, a hotel for the homeless. This led him to baked potatoes. His shop, Spuddies, is so popular a woman in labour pulled over for one on her way to hospital.

🔔 Another ill-fated Glasgow cultural hub is in its final four days before tenants must sign a new lease or get kicked out. The landlord is the council's City Property, and tenants aren't too happy with them. 🧵 (Photo: Neil Scott)

this story is WILD. This office really doesn't make sense as a workspace in a city wth so many other empty offices (the noise and rattle from the M8 will be unavoidable) but this is....utterly wild. Excellent local journalism from the Bell.

The Bell: Moving the overtoun window as always. Err bridge.

Cities all over the UK deserve great local journalism, and Leeds is next! Very excited to see our new sister paper slowly taking shape. Check out their early writing and pledge if you can.

What about the ownership of Union Corner? There's two main landlords at the centre. One is Afton Estates Ltd, who own the unit the vape shop is located in. The other is an offshore company with a trail to Tel Aviv. They own most of Union Corner. 👇

🍺“I recognised her face right away,” my coworker tells me about the night she ordered at our workplace. A busy shift and a dodgy cooler earned us a 2/10 rating, alongside a description of “monstrous head.”

Great work by @glasgowbell.bsky.social A recommended read, particularly for Glasgow’s residents. It’s about your money: www.glasgowbell.co.uk/humanitarian...

🔔 Another major arts hub faces peril, accusations of 'cultural vandalism' 🧵 Also in today's briefing: ✝️ Co-founder of Homeless Project Scotland dies aged 47 🛣️ Is this the end for the M8 at the Woodside Viaduct? Or just a new beginning? Photo: GMAC

Council tax goes up, free school meals get made, and why Glasgow could be "one catastrophe away from bankruptcy". The city's budget has been set for the next year. So what? Is it tinkering at the edges or a victory for cooperation and democracy?

Really excited to be part of a company growing local journalism across the UK.

Yet another exciting update: We're launching a sister paper in Leeds. Check it out and pledge support for Leeds getting its own quality local newspaper.

🔔 If you haven't yet read our insider's report on how the CCA's collapse happened, do it now, as our friends at @theferret.scot report the CCA is being investigated by the charity regulator over "potential financial mismanagement'.

Thanks to the people who spoke to me. I hope you can find new venues soon!

'When staff at the beleaguered Centre for Contemporary Arts logged onto a scheduled Google Meet video call yesterday lunchtime, they had an inkling of what might be coming'. We've got the inside story on the CCA's troubled final days.

Bad news for Sauchiehall St, staff, Glasgow, and Scotland's art scene.

Glasgow Caledonian don't seem to be entertaining the idea of firing him at the moment, as has happened to his cousin in the States. He's been in Scotland for 30 years, so it's an interesting question.

I'm only a wild swimming casual aka summer not winter. But it'd be soo good to take a dip in the city.

Thanks for sharing our piece. Alec Nove sounds like a real one.

Briefing out now: 🏛️ built heritage double-header 🚗 parking: Glasgow's golden goose? 🥘 is Sri Lankan food having a moment? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/parking-cont...

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Briefing out now 🇵🇸 Exclusive: council removes Palestine flags 🔥 Yet another mystery fire 👮‍♂️ A death in police custody www.glasgowbell.co.uk/palestine-sa...

In today's news briefing: 🇵🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who's behind a campaign to bring down the Palestine Saltires? 🏚️ Long-awaited good news for displaced Albert Drive residents 🥃 Does Glasgow need a whisky quarter?

This morning we sent Calum to a primary school picket to see why English lessons are stoking community tension👇 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/dalmarnock-f...

🔍 We've spoken to staff, volunteers, and patrons of the Mitchell Library. What we found about its condition makes for worrying reading about Glasgow's most celebrated public resource. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/your-favouri...

Story in @glasgowbell.bsky.social this morning about the dire state of the Mitchell Library which needs £25m for stabilising works. If I was an immensely wealthy Scottish writer this is the sort of project I would fund with 2% of my fortune instead of obsessively trying to eradicate a minority group

Today's briefing: 🏨 Victoria Infirmary flats, ready or not? 🌳 The green investors moving into the Lighthouse 🤑 Mone money Mone problems 🍷 West End wine bar reviewed www.glasgowbell.co.uk/victoria-inf...

Fourwalls co-operative has been in Woodlands for nearly 40 years. But now, a giant landlord and a new male resident threaten to change the feminist co-living sanctuary forever. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/feminist-coo...

This week’s Bell briefing is out! Featuring: 🚩 A new player in Glasgow’s flag wars 👙 The fall of Michelle Mone 🤼 A new wrestling promoter enters the ring 🇮🇪 The academic and the undercover IRA agent 🥙 The unstoppable rise of Shawarma King www.glasgowbell.co.uk/palestine-sa...

Is this the end for the city’s most controversial homeless shelter? To them, "the war only just begins". Calum has a dispatch from inside Homeless Project Scotland as they watched their fate unfold. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/homeless-pro...

Service running late: McGill's buses are punctual (usually) and well put together. Can the same be said for their accounts? We rummaged through filings from the Easdales' bus empire so you don't have to. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/mcgills-easd...

You may have seen saltires flying from lampposts across north Glasgow lately. Well, we've found out that one of the members of the team behind it is a Nazi-sympathiser.

🔔 "Follow me up Carmunnock Road and we’ll end up at Mount Florida Bowling Club. The gates are locked and the foliage is dense. This has been the state of affairs for six years. Believe it or not, in the late 2010s, both Cathcart and Mount Florida were in the same sinking boat."

We're delighted to announce that the former Senior Managing Editor of the Washington Post, Cameron Barr, has joined our central editorial team in Manchester as Investigations Editor. pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...

Is this Glasgow’s — nay the world’s — most prolific curry critic? Curry-Heute has reviewed over a thousand curries across the city. Here are his favourites.

Have Glasgow’s ‘worst’ event promoters struck again? It's hard it is to run an independent music festival in this economy. But, as another festival is cancelled last minute, is there a pattern? Plus, the Star Bar gets a facelift, and a fact-check on Glasgow’s asylum stats