Emergency services race to ongoing incident on Queen Street near George Square
A photograph of the scene shows two ambulances and numerous police vans parked on the road.
Emergency services are responding to an ongoing incident (Image: @Celtic Vines)
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Kelvingrove Art Gallery And Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow One of the gems in Glasgow’s art crown, Kelvingrove re-opens on Monday giving punters the chance to enjoy its world-beating collection. There’s a two metre physical distancing rule and, as with GOMA, tickets must be booked online and are being released in two week blocks with the current block running until May 9. Call 0141 276 9599 or visit glasgowlife.org.uk
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Opening Thursday to Saturday from May 6, the Scottish National Gallery on The Mound has moved seven of its Post-Impressionist paintings to a display on the ground floor. Among them are Monet’s Haystacks, Van Gogh’s Olive Trees and Vision Of The Sermon by Gaugin. They’ll be exhibited alongside other SNG faves such as Landseer’s Monarch Of The Glen and Raeburn’s Skating Minister. Visitor numbers are limited, social distancing rules apply, there’s a timed ticketing system and b
BUCHANAN, Cochrane, Dennistoun, Dunlop, Glassford, Ingram, Oswald, Speirs. The list of Glasgow slavers, revered as “Tobacco Lords”, who are celebrated in the naming of the streets and districts of the city is as long as it is shameful. Even in recent decades Glasgow City Council has thought it proper to renovate and promote “The Merchant City” without facing up to the central role of African slavery in its creation. Was a second thought given when this hub of music venues, theatres, clubs, bars and restaurants was relaunched under its existing name? The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow’s Royal Exchange Square stands, we are often told, in premises formerly inhabited by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Less often are we reminded that, prior to its purchase by the bank, the grand building was the ostentatious mansion of the tobacco tycoon William Cunninghame, who reputedly owned more than 300 enslaved human beings on his plantations in Jamaica.
Landmark A-listed building in Glasgow up for sale A landmark building on Glasgow’s iconic Royal Exchange Square is up for a sale. The A-listed former GSPC building on the corner of Royal Exchange Square and Queen Street, is currently the flagship Scottish store of Virgin Money. The company has agreed a long-term lease on a new head office at 177 Bothwell Street and is to open a new hotel on Clyde Street. Shepherd Chartered Surveyors described the building as a prime investment opportunity . Steve Barnett, managing partner at Shepherd, said: “The highly prominent traditional stone building at 2-4 Royal Exchange Square / 143-145 Queen Street offers approximately 11,400sq ft over five levels and sits alongside the city’s acknowledged prime office building developments and just around the corner from the considerable redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street station, which has been of such benefit to the city centre.
Glasgow homes with S1
A quiet Buchanan Street, Glasgow this morning, Tuesday 5th January. Mainland Scotland went into a full national lockdown from midnight last night to try and curtail the spread of the mutated strain of Covid-19. Photograph by Colin Mearns.5 January Living in the heart of Glasgow City Centre has many benefits. From being the hub of many transport links, the array of shops, bars, restaurants and cafes, popular nightlife and even a world-renowned University, Glasgow City Centre truly has a lot to offer any home buyer. It’s much more than just a living destination for students.