Scotland's oldest tabloid has been targeted by far right protesters standing in formation with a spear-tipped flag. We've uncovered posts from the group using racial, homophobic and sectarian slurs. But why were they targeting the paper in the first place? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/daily-record...

The Daily Record has a far right problem

The tabloid exposed the people behind Scotland’s anti-immigrant protests. So they showed up at their door

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The Bell has received a threatening email from DF Concerts, demanding we take down our article from last week about King Tut's. The meltdown of its CEO Geoff Ellis continues at pace. We've got an update for you all on the DF director's soaring pay packet 🤑 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/df-concerts-...

The Bell versus the most important man in Scottish music

Plus, what the weekend’s far right protests actually looked like on the ground and does Team Australia have 'the sh*ts'?

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Imagine for a moment you are a rednecked wallaby, nestled happily on an island on Loch Lomond. You and your family have been here since the 1940s. You’re all a bit out of your comfort zone, sure, but the place has grown on you over the years.

Honestly one of the whackiest stories I’ve ever reported on. Why can’t every story involve wallabies, kayaking and wild swimming? Come with me to Inchconnanchan 🚣 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/inchconnacha...

The billionaire, the BBC broadcaster and the wallabies of Loch Lomond

Will Inchconnachan’s next owner cull its beloved marsupials?

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We have extended our summer deal for another 24 hours in hopes to reach our target.. We have only 40 members to go🤞Subscribe now and geet 22% off your first six months. Get a birds eye view of Glasgow with The Bell. Sign up now at www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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It might finally be game over for the Mackintosh building. We've got an update on its future. Plus, why the sale of Martyrs Public School fell through, and more pews news in this CRM special www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-scho...

‘Scotland loses the Mack at its peril’: is it game over for Glasgow’s greatest building?

Plus, where to watch The Odyssey and will the Clyde get a floating swimming pool?

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Why was one of Britain's finest churches sold to a secretive religious sect with links to dodgy billionaires? You've probably never heard of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, but they're one of the UK's biggest charities. Many call them a cult.

Why was one of Scotland’s finest churches sold to a secretive religious sect?

Saints and sinners at St Andrew’s in the Square

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🏘️ Where did a £720-a-month one-bed flat jump to £1300 in just 18 months? And where is gentrifying more quickly, Govan or Govanhill? We've made an interactive map of rental costs in Glasgow.

I’m in the belly of one of Glasgow’s oldest and most architecturally significant churches. For reasons which will become clear, I’ve just been asked to rip up several pages of my notes on their activities in Glasgow... Read for free here🔗 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/rssb-radha-s...

Why was one of Scotland’s finest churches sold to a secretive religious sect?

Saints and sinners at St Andrew’s in the Square

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We’re so close now, and yet still so far! 853 down, 147 to go. Join The Tribune today (for free if you want to) and help make Sheffield a better place. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sh...

It’s a drizzly Tuesday at Glasgow’s High Court. On the docket is a youth murder trial and an organised crime case, but the real drama is happening outside, where a drunk man is fighting with the police. A day in the life of Glasgow's last court reporters www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-cour...

A hectic day with Glasgow’s last court reporters

Thirty courtrooms, endless case loads and two dogged journalists

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We're not the kind of paper that lets petty accusations better us! So, Robbie devoted all his digging skills to answering this one question: what is it called? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/union-corner...

Union Corner or Forsyth House: what was the building really called?

Settling the debate once and for all

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What did you call the part of Union Street that burned down in March? It turns, us calling it "Union Corner" caused a bit of a stir. But who's right? And is it just, "that Irn Bru sign building?" Well... we've got an answer.

Daniel Kinahan was arrested this evening in Dubai. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Cocaine Kingpin Living Large in Dubai

Daniel Kinahan, an Irish drug dealer, commands a billion-dollar empire from the U.A.E. Why isn’t he in prison?

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🍞 The city’s 10 best breads and pastries: our arbitrary but absolutely authoritative guide 🥐 Read our rankings below, from the best focaccia and sourdough to the top viennoiserie in the city. There are a few surprises 👇 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgows-bes...

The bakery rankings Glasgow didn't ask for

The city's 10 best breads and pastries: an arbitrary but absolutely authoritative guide

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Which of Glasgow's bougie bakeries is this? It's number one on our list. "The sourdough is stupendously good, operating at a level above anything else you can find in the Kingdom of Strathclyde." Read our rankings to find out 🍞 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgows-bes... 🥐

Turns out the writer in me is alive and kicking. The hopeless romantic, not so much. Most honoured to have had a piece about dating when you’re ancient published in @glasgowbell.bsky.social today. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/the-down-and...

The down and dirty of dating in your 60s

When her 20 year marriage ends, Mairi Damer finds herself single in Glasgow. How much has romance in the city changed?

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This story is one of the more unusual we've covered. Texts calling Ukrainian women 'prostitut[es]', an alleged fight in a basement office & a 14 month course case that the presiding judge deemed a "disgrace". The cakes are beautiful though. Read here.

Staff walkouts and ‘stolen’ recipes: the bizarre case of SugarFall Patisserie

Influencers love this Byres Road bakery. Why did employees resign en masse?

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BREAKING: Andrew Milne has been arrested. A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police told The Tribune: "Detectives investigating allegations linked to the purchase and sale of freeholds in Sheffield have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud and blackmail."

📰 There's a lot of bakery beef in Glasgow but it usually involves customers and a business. Today's story is about the bizarre events at a West End bakery, that ended with allegations of assault, coercion into signing ChatGPT, NDAs and staff on trial for 'stealing' recipes.

For background on the devastating rent increases hitting artists at Trongate 103 and closures of other vital arts spaces in Glasgow, see this brilliant piece by @libbybrooks.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Is Glasgow losing the spaces that made it an arts powerhouse?

The closing of a cluster of leading creative venues has led to dismay and intensified fears the hubs that fostered Glasgow’s celebrated arts scene are disappearing

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The UK's spud scene has well and truly come to Glasgow. What's it all about? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-mad-...

Two hour queues for tatties: why is Glasgow going mad for spuds?

A southern food craze is coming for us too

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🥔 Five years ago, Jordan McMurrough found God. Then he found spuds. His faith was discovered while living in Tartan Lodge, a hotel for the homeless. This led him to baked potatoes. His shop, Spuddies, is so popular a woman in labour pulled over for one on her way to hospital.

BREAKING: South Yorkshire Police have confirmed detectives have now formally launched a criminal investigation into Andrew Milne. The solicitor bought hundreds of freeholds, then begun a campaign of “very aggressive” letters to pressure homeowners into buying them for more than their true worth.

Andrew Milne: criminal investigation launched by South Yorkshire Police

Plus, sex offender nicknamed ‘killer’ worked at Sheffield youth charity

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I believe the industry term "impact journalism" was invented for stories like this.

Sheffield Tribune@sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 4mo ago

BREAKING: South Yorkshire Police have confirmed detectives have now formally launched a criminal investigation into Andrew Milne. The solicitor bought hundreds of freeholds, then begun a campaign of “very aggressive” letters to pressure homeowners into buying them for more than their true worth.

"Debunking Dumbarton’s doggy suicide bridge". The bridge is right next to the stately home where I was born. It's an over-egged internet phenomenon. I didn't know Captain Kirk had been there! www.glasgowbell.co.uk/overtoun-hou...

Debunking Dumbarton’s doggy suicide bridge

Canines can’t throw themselves off a bridge, or can they?

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Nicely written - and a good plug for @glasgowbell.bsky.social which has been great on this and goes from strength to strength.

Dani Garavelli@danigaravelli.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"The saudade following the fire is also a lament for a Glasgow that no longer exists; for the old Union Street records shops like Bruce's, Missing and Listen...for the days of dancing in Viva and Vamps; and for the A-listed Egyptian Halls" The always-terrific Audrey Gillan for the @lrb.co.uk.

The Bell: Moving the overtoun window as always. Err bridge.

The Glasgow Bell@glasgowbell.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In 2004, Kenneth Meikle told a local reporter his dog had jumped off the infamous Overtoun Bridge. A decade later, an international media circus put the figure at over 500 dogs leaping from the gothic structure. What's the truth? It's time to debunk some myths about the doggy suicide bridge

Anywhere between 5–500 dogs have tried to end it at the suicide bridge of Overtoun House. Or have they? After weeks of barking up the wrong tree, we finally found the man who started it all and arrived at the truth. It’s not what you think. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/overtoun-hou...

Debunking Dumbarton’s doggy suicide bridge

Since the 1950s, 500 dogs have died on Overtoun Bridge. Or have they?

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500 dogs have tried to kill themselves at Overtoun House’s suicide bridge. Or have they? After weeks barking up the wrong tree, I tracked down the man who started it all. The @glasgowbell.bsky.social story involves hauntings, Satanic infaticide & David Byrne www.glasgowbell.co.uk/overtoun-hou...

Debunking Dumbarton’s doggy suicide bridge

Since the 1950s, 500 dogs have died on Overtoun Bridge. Or have they?

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