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Travel chaos as five city rail stations close

HUNDREDS of frustrated commuters were left fuming today as a major programme of rail works caused massive disruption.Five stations in Glasgow’s South Side were closed for a month after the colla...

22/7/2008

Slum landlord signs petition over housing

A landlord rapped by Glasgow City Council for slum conditions at a rentedflat has backed a campaign to crack down on poor housing.Mohammed Aslam, whose cockroach infested flat was closed by the counci...

8/7/2008

Rail passengers face travel chaos as five stations close

THOUSANDS of commuters face travel chaos for a month when five railways stations in Glasgow will be closed. The shutdown follows the collapse of old mine works near the Cathcart Circle line. Passenger...

8/7/2008

City's Slum Housing 'Could End With Deaths'

CAMPAIGNERS against slum housing in Glasgow have won promises of urgent action after a stormy public meeting heard the state of some homes could kill.Almost 150 people turned out to vent their anger o...

4/7/2008

Enterprising Business

Hollybrook News On 9th June, Hollybrook Secondary School in Govanhill, had a very successful opening of our Enterprise and Business room. KPMG have supported Hollybrook through many ventures from...

11/6/2008

Festival Wars

AS GLASGOW'S champion arts event, the West End Festival has had its title largely uncontested for 13 years.
But now it faces a battle with a new upstart, a rival month-long festival with £20,000 backing from Glasgow City Council in the Sou...

29/5/2008

Southside Festival

Southside Festival taking place on Saturday 28th June 20088 in Queen’s Park will be opened by Linda Fabiani MSP Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture. The minister has agreed to offi...

22/5/2008

St Brigid's Primary 50th Anniversary

St Brigid's Primary in Toryglen will be 50 years old on 29th April. On Friday 25th April we had a special mass celebrated by Archbishop Conti which all the children, staff, parents and friends old and...

28/4/2008

Lawyer says more must be done to protect families

ROGUE landlords should have slum homes taken from them and given to housing associations for repair, according to a Glasgow lawyer.
Mike Dailly, of the Govan Law Centre, said vulnerable families were at risk from landlords who exploit them in th...

18/4/2008

MAYBE I OWN 60 FLATS, MAYBE TWO ' IT's NOBODY'S BUSINESS

CONTROVERSIAL landlord Mohammed Aslam today promised all his Glasgow tenants he would repair their homes once his army of part-time tradesmen got time off their day jobs....

17/4/2008

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