12th January 2017
Rowan Harris Writer Nine landlords have been prohibited from renting properties in Glasgow following their failure to fulfil legal obligations. The decision was reached by Glasgow City Council to deregister the offending landlords, six of whom own property in the low-income Govanhill area, making them liable to pay fines of up to £50,000 in the ...
12th January 2017
Tom McDonald Writer In that decade so loomed over by the figure of Margaret Thatcher, there were several flashpoints when the country seemed to snap back as it buckled under weight of her unfeeling economic policies. There were none more memorable, however, than the Miner’s Strike of 1984/85, and within that, none more memorable ...
12th January 2017
Claire Thomson Deputy Editor A study by the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University has found that the UK media portrays women who binge drink more negatively than their male counterparts. The study, published in BMJ Open, involved “quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 308 articles published in 7 UK national newspapers and the ...
12th January 2017
Izzie Keating Deputy Culture Editor -Music Founded in 1995, the station continues the tradition of providing an alternative music choice than that in the mainstream, and now holds events and popular club nights around Glasgow. The team is around fifty people strong and lead by student Hannah Read, the station manager since June 2016, who ...
12th January 2017
Andrew McCluskey Reporter Glasgow City Mission’s Winter Night Shelter is expecting a surge in users this January. The number of individuals using this service has increased year-on-year, with 2017 expected to continue the trend. Numbers typically increase in January as relationships come into trouble after Christmas. This is seen to be particularly dangerous when paired ...
12th January 2017
Katy Scott News Editor Glasgow and Fife councils are both considering a universal basic income (UBI) scheme for every citizen, regardless of their employment status. The two Labour-run councils are currently in the process of investigating the design of initial trials set to be carried out later this year. The scheme, in which social security ...
