Lazy Glasgow 2009-09-10
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Health, Scotland, Statistics.Tags: Lazy Glaswegians
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Lazy Brits would rather watch a television programme they do not like than get out of their chair to change channels.
A survey by Nuffield Health has been finding out our slobbish habits with some shocking results.
Around one in six people said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up. (more…)
Council to Stem Bigot Parades 2009-08-19
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Intolerance, Scotland.Tags: Bigot, Orange order, Protestant
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The number of Orange parades in Glasgow could be cut by up to 90 per cent amid council concerns over policing costs and disruption to city streets, it emerged today. (more…)
George High Fashion for Glasgow 2009-07-11
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Humanities, Money, Scotland.Tags: ASDA, clothing, fashion, George, George Davies, Glasgow, M&S, next, Per Una, shop, store
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Design ‘guru’ George Davies has picked Glasgow as the Scottish home of his new independent clothing chain.
- The retail expert co-founded ‘Next‘, is responsible for the ‘Marks and Spencer’ upmarket ‘Per Una’ range, and designed ‘George at Asda‘.
Now he is set to launch ‘affordable luxury’ brand ‘GIVe’ in seven UK cities, with Glasgow hosting the only Scottish site. (more…)
The Riverside Museum of Transport, Glasgow 2008-11-16
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Humanities, Money, Scotland.Tags: Architecture, Hadid, Museum
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![[Graphic of The Riverside Museum of Transport Glasgow from above]](http://clippednews.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/glasgow_museum_transport.jpg "gThe Riverside Museum of Transport Glasgow")
Seven clipped stories chronologically charting the progress of ‘The Riverside Museum’ (the new museum of transport for Glasgow). From the initial report late in 2004 (Museum of Transport, Glasgow, Scotland) through to the summer headlines of 2007 (Shock call to scrap city’s £74m transport museum), and then the follow-ups in October and November (Good news for Zaha as work on Transport Museum looks set to begin and Work begins on city’s £74 million Riverside Museum), and the the actual starting (First turf cut for Riverside Museum project) and just before last Christmas, work starts properly (Riverside development gets under way in Glasgow), to today’s latest sponsorship fund-raiser (Glasgow’s ‘Guggenheim’ starts to take shape). (more…)
Scottish House Prices Still Rising 2008-04-15
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Glasgow, Money, Scotland, Statistics.Tags: credit crunch, economy, flats, houses, housing, Property
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Scotland is the only part of the UK where house prices are continuing to rise according to ‘The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (‘The RICS’), who state that 90 per cent of its members reported that costs were either rising or staying the same.
However, new buyer enquiries (more…)
Man Rapist Tried 2008-04-15
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Health, Intolerance, Scotland.Tags: assault, asylum-seeker, attacks, rape, sex offender
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A security guard has been convicted of sodomy against two men and indecently assaulting two others in Glasgow.
Mr. Hissein Atie prowled the city’s streets looking for men to attack, ‘The High Court’ in Glasgow heard.
The 30-year-old, who was caught by DNA evidence, committed the offences between January and June last year, 2007. (more…)
Glasgow Full of Violent Gangs 2008-02-02
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Health, Intolerance, Money, Statistics.Tags: Crime, Delinquency, Glasgow Gangs, Violence
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Glasgow has six times as many teenage gangs as London per capita, according to a report by ‘The Centre for Social Justice’ — an influential ‘think tank’ led by former Conservative & Unionist Party leader Mr. Iain Duncan Smith. (more…)
Most Expensive Public Art in Scotland 2007-10-29
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![[Picture of The Most Expensive piece of Public Art in Scotland]](http://clippednews.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/toby_paterson_bbc_art.jpg)
Critics say it looks like a giant washing line — and have pegged it as a waste of 350 000 GBP.
The 18 x 9 m sculpture outside the BBC’s new Glasgow headquarters at Pacific Quay is the city’s most expensive piece of public art.
A spokesman for Taxpayers’ Alliance criticised the BBC for spending so much on art while cutting jobs. (more…)
Glasgow Has Smallest Ecological Footprint in UK 2007-10-23
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The ‘Carbon Footprint‘ or CO2 emissions accounts for 70 per cent of our ‘Ecological Footprint‘, which is a combination of all things we do that draws on natural resources and is measured in global hectares per person (gha).
For example, if you live in (more…)
