The force responded to reports of a man possibly approaching children along Collina Street yesterday evening. Inquiries were carried out and it was established that the man did not make contact with the youths. The incident is being treated as a misunderstanding. A Police Scotland spokesman said: We received a report relating to a man possibly having approached children at Collina Street in Glasgow shortly after 5pm on Sunday, May 9. Inquiries were carried out and it was established the man did not speak to or make any other attempt to engage with the children and this is believed to have been a result of a misunderstanding.
Posted on 8th February 2021 // Scotland // 0 Comments
On Friday the 15
th of January, a gazebo went up on a patch of vacant land at Collina Street in Maryhill, Glasgow, and a group of local residents settled, as much as one can settle anywhere on a cold and wet day, into an occupation. Their goal: To remain in place on the land until either the city council comes to the negotiating table to speak with them, or they are forcibly evicted. What is it that has led a group of people to take up position on a windswept hill not just in the middle of a damp and frosty winter, but in the middle of a global pandemic? Such conviction suggests that a keen political struggle is in progress. So to get an idea of why Collina Street is being occupied, I got talking to Norman Cunningham, a resident of Maryhill’s Wyndford neighbourhood who helped organise the action.
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Pope Francis said: Weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, create nothing but a false sense of security ON January 22 there took place a truly momentous event; after decades of campaigning we finally “Banned the Bomb”, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force. It is now illegal under international law to develop, test, produce, manufacture, acquire, possess, stockpile, transfer, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. This treaty is “jus cogens” or compelling law; that is, a peremptory norm from which there is no derogation (like piracy, genocide, or enslavement), as opposed to customary law, where parties have make a mutual agreement. States that ignore this are stigmatised, and stand revealed as criminal. And nuclear weapons are delegitimised. Yet this historic event was ignored by our media. Why?
Last November, the deadline for bids was extended to allow developers more time due to Covid restrictions. It is the Glasgow Times understanding that the new deadline for bids will be at the end of next week. Campaigners who want the land retained for social housing have begun an occupation of the site and are preparing for a stand-off. Living Rent want to prevent the sale of the land to any private developer. Their argument is land that was previously social housing should only be used for social housing in the future. Meanwhile the council says that mixed tenure is the successful model that supports sustainable communities across the city.