November 2020

Formal approval was granted today at committee accepting Bus Priority Rapid Deployment funding from Transport Scotland which will see the council implement a series of measures to give priority to buses at key points across Glasgow's road network.

As part of our Spaces for People programme which is implementing short-term travel infrastructure to ease physical distancing during COVID-19, we have installed two temporary bus boarders in the city centre.

Hundreds of unpaid carers in Glasgow have been helped to draw up emergency plans in case they get ill and are unable to look after their loved ones.

When water voles set up home in the playground of St Benedict's Primary School, a contractor working on City Deal surface water management projects in the local area stepped in to help, ensuring the children still had exciting outdoor play space to enjoy.

An attractive woodland walkway has been cultivated as part of a key Glasgow City Region City Deal project that will reduce local flood risk and enhance community greenspace in the south-east of the city.

Glasgow City Council is set to begin preparatory work on the potential compulsory purchase of the site of the former Talisman public house in Springburn, should a sale not be agreed with the owners.

A Glasgow woman whose husband suffered a debilitating brain haemorrhage is urging people to appoint a Power of Attorney before it's too late.

An ecological emergency report with 25 recommendations to reverse declines in wildlife and restore nature in Glasgow has been backed by a council committee. The report was presented to the council's Environment, Sustainability and Carbon Reduction Policy Committee after being developed by a working group involving councillors and a range of local biodiversity organisations and national environmental agencies over the last year.

Glasgow Town Centre Action Programme (GTCAP) grants are now open to applications from organisations in the city. The grants are for projects that tackle food insecurity - with successful pantry schemes already underway in Parkhead and Ruchazie - and others that look to create new life in town centres and local shopping areas across Glasgow.

Glasgow is set to have its say on the 52 point action plan that aims to lead the city's fight against climate change.

Glasgow housing associations are being invited to join the city's Housing First revolution which is providing homes for people with long term, complex issues.

Tomorrow marks the start of the annual, global Sixteen Days campaign (25 November - 10 December) when organisations across the world campaign to end violence against women.