August 2019

Hundreds of spectators are expected to wave of cyclists from George Square on Saturday 10 August from 11.15am for the start of stage 2 of The Women's Tour of Scotland cycling event.

The end of his first marriage and a long-standing battle with mental health problems drove Derek Chalmers to attempt suicide.

The completion of Glasgow's first Passivhaus development for social rent has been celebrated with an opening ceremony hosted by Shettleston Housing Association..

The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre (GRREC) at Polmadie on the south side of the city has been officially opened by Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council.

In a nod to one of the country's pioneers in making meat free eating more mainstream, the Café run by Encore, the council's hospitality and events service, is serving up vegetarian and vegan hot meals, soups and salads every Monday, as part of the wider Meat Free Monday campaign.

A multi-million pound IT contract that will benefit almost 70,000 children and young people in Glasgow schools and nurseries has begun the roll out of pupil iPads that will empower our pupils to embrace the digital age, improve learning and teaching and help towards closing the attainment gap.