This was the scene to be found on Allison Street in Govanhill on Sunday 30th August 2015. This filthy heap also contained blood splattered mattresses. It had lain on the pavement since at least last Thursday and apparently both Police Scotland and Glasgow City Council had been made aware of its presence. These scenes are… Continue Reading

Photographer Norman McNamee I am an adopted Glaswegian born in Wales 1945 and brought to Possilpark in 1946 and then moved to Springburn later that same year. Eventually I moved to the new housing scheme known as Milton around 1955. After I married I lived in Scotstoun, East Kilbride, Kings Park and now Rutherglen. I… Continue Reading

Govanhill councillor Soryia Siddique has called on Scotland’s top cop to completely overhaul policing in Govanhill. She has written to Sir Stephen House setting out residents’ concerns and urging the chief constable to personally intervene in Glasgow’s south side. In her letter the councillor said there are “ongoing concerns raised by residents about crime and fear of… Continue Reading

Govanhill Housing Association has been awarded 9.3 million pounds from the public purse to spend over the next two years buying up and repairing properties in four tenament blocks around Allison Street as part of Glasgow City Council’s South West Govanhill Acquisition Programme. Six hundred letters have been sent to property owners and staff have… Continue Reading

August 2015 in Govanhill and children will soon be returning for the new school term, some will be starting school for the very first time. Are the sights of filthy streets strewn with litter and garbage on their way to school the lasting impressions we want for our local children, do they not deserve to… Continue Reading

Police Scotland Greater Glasgow Police Division update. Man in custody after rape attack on Victoria Road Thursday 6th August.