Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol. GLASGOW City Council is calling on the UK Government to pursue nuclear disarmament. Councillors have backed a motion which supports the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons – and urges the government to scrap plans to replace its Trident nuclear arsenal. It was presented by Councillor Feargal Dalton, the convener of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities Scotland Forum (NFLA). A letter will be sent to the UK Government to inform it of the resolution. Cllr Dalton, who has a military background, said: “There is no moral justification for nuclear weapons; I never heard one in all my years in the submarine service.
MAIN door properties in the city’s South Side are to move to a three-weekly green bin collection next month, the Glasgow Times can reveal. Those who present their bins for a kerbside collection will see the change come into force on from April 5. The controversial scheme was rolled out to the North West of Glasgow last week, having been launched as a pilot project in the North East last October. Glasgow City Council insists moving the rollout is aimed at increasing recycling rates, which are currently trailing behind other UK towns. However, critics have blasted the move as being driven by budget cuts and called for it be halted.