Yeah, a lot of these old Victorian buildings haven't been maintained well
09.03.2026 12:29
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Yeah, a lot of these old Victorian buildings haven't been maintained well
Ooh interesting.
There's definitely plenty of that around!
If it had been The Egyptian Halls, on the other hand...
If they do, I will reconsider
Another reason I don't think the Central fire is sketchy is, well, I doubt they're going to sell the site to some developer to build student flats
a lot of comments this morning about the rate at which old buildings in Glasgow go up in flames so I just want to say: as a bystander with no direct knowledge of this fire, but a good bit of knowledge about old buildings burning, i don’t think this one is sketchy.
www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/co...
So much for the notion that the Olympics / Paralympics are a peace project, huh?
The discovery of the man, who was wearing nothing but a £200 XXL wetsuit, sparked extensive police searches and international appeals, but no loved ones have ever come forward.
"The wetsuit that he was wearing was classed as an XXL size which gave us a weight range of approximately 200 to 220 pounds," Ponting said.
In today's episode of 'BBC journalists misunderstanding stuff': at the start of this article I wondered what the price of the wetsuit had to do with it, then towards the end all became clear.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Especially because there are a million legit photos!
Glad we've boiled a lake to generate a picture of a bridge labelled with its nickname.
Obviously it's entirely the wrong corner, but for me it's a toss up between the people still waiting for a train on the inside of a police cordon and the Heilanman's Umbrella with a big sign designating it "the Heilanman's Umbrella" that truly elevates this to Art
What the actual hell
Awful news about Glasgow Central, I'm still hoping the station itself escaped serious damage.
But while we're here, can anyone spot the problem with the news photo below, from thetraveler.org/glasgow-cent...?
We've really got to STOP using AI to fake things.
About the best outcome possible for the union street fire - nobody hurt and the station seems OK, which seemed unlikely last night!
Gonna be such a mess for a while though
Drone footage of the site this morning… Source Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/...
No report in the Guardian about a woman MP being attacked on International Women’s Day by transphobic fascists after just a week in the job.
They have these “news” items though
Medical transition for trans kids is now banned for new referrals on the NHS. Trans kids in the UK can still go private or DIY (for now).
This means the new clinics that replaced GIDS are close to useless at best, conversion therapy at worst. 1/5
I'm hoping that they've got a main roastery elsewhere so will be able to get back fairly quickly
I've spent the last 15 years telling myself I definitely have to do it some time! Hope I haven't missed my chance...
The other thing is accessibility. Lots of stations surrounding Central (and much of the subway) are not step-free, so people rely on the lifts at Central.
I am genuinely not looking forward to trying to get to campus tomorrow.
Biggest city in Scotland! Edinburgh is the capital but it's smaller. So yeah, it's gonna be huge impact
Thank you - hopefully they can save the main part of the station itself!
This is no longer about saving the corner building. It's lost. All the SFRS can do is try to prevent what would be a catastrophic spread to Glasgow Central Station.
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This is worse than the art school for me
I know this will sound overly dramatic, but it's genuinely gut-wrenching seeing buildings gutted and coming down in the fire at Central Station. It's yet another devastating loss in a city centre that has been absolutely ravaged in the last few decades.
To be fair I think for a couple of hours it seemed contained to the Vale shop, they'd only shut a couple of the station entrances at 5
Hah I KNOW
Fire is awful and I hope no one is hurt and it doesn’t spread into central but I can’t help but lol at the thought of “sexy coffee has collapsed” being delivered in a grave intonation.
I'm genuinely upset about it, it's a great building! Glad nobody seems to have been hurt though