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Glasgow Times
14-07-2025
- Climate
- Glasgow Times
TRNSMT festival: Glasgow Green clean-up operation underway
The festival, which began at 12pm on Friday, 11 July, came to a close last night, Saturday, 13 July. TRNSMT 2025 concluded after a spectacular weekend featuring standout performances from some of the biggest names in music. READ MORE: Huge TRNSMT act visits Gorbals pub and chats to staff Festival-goers enjoyed sets from artists including 50 Cent, Fontaines D.C., and Biffy Clyro. Snow Patrol delivered a show-stopping performance to close the event on the Main Stage, while rising star JADE also impressed the crowds. Revellers were treated to an unusually sunny spell in Glasgow, with temperatures reaching as high as 30°C over the weekend. READ MORE: Check out these 17 amazing shots as music lovers arrive at TRNSMT for final day Photographs taken by our photographer, Gordon Terris, show the clean-up operation now underway at Glasgow Green. Images depict an empty field, with cranes positioned to dismantle the Main Stage. Lorries can also be seen being loaded with metal barriers used throughout the series of shows. (Image: Gordon Terris) (Image: Gordon Terris) (Image: Gordon Terris) (Image: Gordon Terris) (Image: Gordon Terris) (Image: Gordon Terris) (Image: Gordon Terris)
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
I saw the demolition of Gorbal's Caledonia Road flats - I heard great stories
GLASGOW'S skyline was changed on a historic day today as two high-rises defined as "landmarks" were pulled down. The towers at 305 and 341 Caledonia Road were built in 1971 and will be replaced by the owners, New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA), with more than 100 new social rent homes. I went along to watch the explosions just outside the large safety exclusion zone. This was my first time seeing a controlled explosion in person, and the whole area was filled with a nervous anticipation. I cycled through the city centre before making my way through Glasgow Green, almost crashing as I started noticing the two 23-storey flat blocks at certain viewpoints. People were already lining the bridges, and some had brought picnic blankets to sit in the park and watch the flats being razed to the ground. The blocks were razed to the ground today, June 29 (Image: Julie Howden) READ MORE: Glasgow Caledonia Road high rise flats in Gorbals demolished READ MORE: Glasgow reacts to Caledonia Road flats demolition in Gorbals I arrived at the roundabout at the end of Caledonia Road before 11am, and a small hive of people had already gathered. Some had been there since they were told to evacuate their homes at 7:30am that morning, and they rushed to leave, making sure to shut their windows to avoid dust. There was a tension in the air as anticipation rose for the controlled explosion, and an emotional atmosphere as many locals shared stories about the high-rise flats. Tales were being exchanged, including stories of people growing fruit on their verandas. One local claimed that he used to leave for work and come home to find that his tomato plant had almost doubled in size due to the heat on the 23rd floor. There were laughs as others shared some stories full of mischief that weren't fit for newspaper publishing. But, many couldn't speak as they were overcome with emotion, and the phrase "end of an era" was repeated by everyone. They also spoke of the "landmark" that the towers were, noting that the many views they had of them would always "remind them they were coming home" - especially when seen from the M74 motorway. I saw the demolition of the Caledonia Road flats in Glasgow (Image: Newsquest) READ NEXT: Major road outside Scottish city closed as emergency services race to scene Just after 1 pm, a warning drone sounded from inside the sealed-off site. Gasps were heard around the street as the hundreds of people who had gathered collectively held their breaths. Then a loud pop started the demolition. First, the left, westerly, high-rise collapsed, shortly followed by the right one. The ground was shaking, and everybody was watching in silence as a cloud of dust billowed into the air. In the silence that lasted for a few seconds, but felt like minutes, the clear blue sky began to emerge from where the 226ft buildings used to be. The crowd broke out in a cheer, which seemed out of place considering the emotional conversations that had been taking place just minutes earlier. The crowds dispersed almost as quickly as the few short seconds it had taken for the high-rises to come down. I stood and looked at the rubble that lay where those stories were now buried before starting my cycle back to the city centre. The dust had blown up the Clyde, and I was coated in a layer of it as I made my way through Glasgow Green again. I couldn't help but stop to look at the space where the blocks had once been, while thinking of veranda-grown tomatoes and the sense of loss felt by the Gorbals community.
BBC News
29-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Double demolition as Glasgow tower blocks to be blown down
Two well-known Glasgow tower blocks are to be blown down in a planned demolition on 305 and 341 Caledonia Road in the Gorbals will be brought down to make way for new New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA) will replace the high-rise flats with more than 100 new social rent homes. It is understood the explosion will take place on Sunday afternoon with a large exclusion zone set up including the nearby Southern Necropolis cemetery and the Gorbals Rose Garden. The Caledonia Road flats were constructed in the 1960s as an answer to slum housing, overcrowding and struggled after World War Two and the Gorbals area became known as one of Europe's worst 40,000 people lived in deteriorating tenement the time the 1960s arrived, high rise flats were one solution to clear the accommodation and build new concrete blocks were often criticized for being poorly designed, damp, and failing to improve community life, although many local people spent happy lives in these flats before they started being rehoused in 2021. Many were eventually demolished in controlled explosions as part of ongoing regeneration spectacle of collapsing Gorbals tower blocks has attracted attention over the years. Towers in Sandiefield Road came down in 2013, with Norfolk Court's flats taken down in Stirlingfauld Place towers were blown down in large Queen Elizabeth Square towers came down in September 1993, ending in Helen Tinney died after being struck by debris as she watched the demolition. The future of the two Caledonia Road had been sealed by the costs involved in bringing dangerous cladding up to acceptable safety these two blocks come down, just one tower will remain, the neighbouring Waddell controlled blow down will be managed by contractors company has been liaising with other local residents on the arrangements for the demolition. About 850 households will be evacuated from the surrounding area before it can go exclusion zone will allow people to observe from a safe distance and people have been warned to expect a loud and dusty has been preparing the towers for several months - stripping the buildings and making sure viable materials can be said that it had worked with the housing association to save tonnes of material from going to landfill.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lorraine Kelly praised for sharing candid detail about her appearance on live TV
Lorraine Kelly has been praised by fans for sharing a candid detail about her appearance on live TV. The broadcaster revealed during her show that she wears hair extensions "for telly," while speaking with celebrity hairstylist Richard Ward. During the segment, the Gorbals telly star reached behind her head and removed one of the extensions on camera, saying: "Can I just say, every morning when I'm on the telly, I have these wee things." She then playfully swung the extension in the air and said: "Look, da, da, da, da." READ MORE: Lorraine Kelly admits 'I'm in trouble' after sharing huge rule break Her guest, the famed stylist Richard Ward, exclaimed with amusement: "Oh my god, that's fantastic," to which Lorraine humorously answered: "Aren't they great?! She continued saying: "I don't do it for real, true life, but I do it for telly. Helen puts them in in the morning." She then held the hairpiece under her chin and joked: "Look, ta da! It can double as a beard." READ MORE: Lorraine Kelly shares worry over weight loss drugs like Ozempic (Image: Lorraine Instagram) Richard then declared: "That is amazing." She replied: "It just gives you a little bit more round there." This afternoon, fans witnessed the fun through a clip shared on Lorraine's official Instagram account The caption read: "After celebrity stylist Richard Ward gave one viewer a transformation to help with thinning hair on today's show, Lorraine makes a confession about her own hair!" Fans reacted warmly to the clip after it was shared on the show's official Instagram account. One viewer said: "I just love you." Another wrote: "Love you for doing this." A third commented: "It's so nice that you're so normal, Lorraine! "Love that dress too!" Others praised her openness and relatability, with one writing: "I just love Lorraine, she is so real and down to earth." Another commented: "Lorraine, I love you. "Everything you do is about reality and what people are going through. "My hair is thinning due to menopause, and I put the tracks in my hair to make it fuller. "Thank you for being real." Another fan said: "Thanks, Lorraine for being so honest about what ladies going through Menopause need."
