Your Pollokshields News
Fantastic four mark reaching one
EVERY baby's first birthday is special. But for the Baig family it marks the end of an amazing and very busy first year as parents. Because they have not one, but four babies. N...
16/6/2008
Southside Festival
Southside Festival taking place on Saturday 28th June 20088 in Queen’s Park will be opened by Linda Fabiani MSP Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture. The minister has agreed to offi...
22/5/2008
Fury at plans for flats next to historic church
A PLAN to build a block of flats in a conservation area of Glasgow is creating a storm of protest.Thirty-one objections have been lodged against an application to demolish a bungalow and create a four-storey block of 10 two-bedroom flats and a 15 sp...
6/5/2008
Uphill battle suits champ mountain runner Jethro
A SUPERFIT Glasgow runner has lifted a world championship title … after running to the top of three mountains.Jethro Lennox, of Pollokshields, won the Three Peaks Race in the Yorkshire Dales la...
30/4/2008
Conversion of ballroom 'is a monstrosity'
IT was hoped it would breathe new life into an area marred by a derelict ballroom.But a new block of flats built around a famous Glasgow landmark has been branded a 'monstrosity'....
28/4/2008
Unsung heroes who keep Glasgow tidy honoured at awards
GLASGOW'S unsung heroes have been rewarded for their pride in the city at a major awards ceremony.Schools, businesses, individuals and community groups gathered at Glasgow City Chambers for the first ever Clean Glasgow Awards, to be recognised for pl...
14/4/2008
Cops called 1100 times to four care homes for kids
POLICE were called to four children's care homes in Glasgow 1098 times in a year.Officers were sent to the council-run units an average of 21 times a week for incidents that included assaults, thefts and anti-social behaviour....
14/4/2008
Curry chef in fight to avoid being deported
A HEAD chef who has worked in a Glasgow kebab house for four years has been told he can no longer stay in the UK.Mirza Baig, originally of Pakistan, works at the Lahore Kebab House in Pollokshields....
14/4/2008
Father found guilty of killing baby daughter is jailed for six years
A FATHER who was found guilty of shaking his baby daughter to death was sent to jail for six years yesterday, still protesting his innocence.Faisal Younas, 35, trembled in the dock of the High Court in Glasgow and began crying as the judge, Lord Hard...
14/4/2008
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