The Glasgow News is celebrating its second birthday this month!
Here, we take a look back at some of the stories we’ve featured in previous issues.

AUGUST 2006


This was the first issue of the paper, published as the Glasgow West News. It was distributed to 30 000 homes within the west of the city. This issue included details of the new Whiteinch community centre, the re-opening of the refurbished Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum and the Clyde waterfront development.

DECEMBER 2006


By October 2006, the re-titled Glasgow News was being distributed to 70000 homes in the west and centre of the city. The December issue included an interview with the Glasgow Girls, a group of young women who highlighted the plight of asylum seekers in Glasgow. We also featured the Show Racism The Red Card football camp for children and included some lovely drawings from children within the Knightswood Learning Community to raise awareness of good oral health.

APRIL 2007


This issue gave details of the £200 million regeneration project in the west, with the proposed construction of 1200 homes within Drumchapel. We highlighted the home fire safety visits which Strathclyde Fire & Rescue can provide and the work of the local Community Planning Partnerships. The Spotlight On ... report this month featured Drumchapel.

AUGUST 2007


One year on, and our front page celebrated the first birthday of the reopened Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Our centre spread feature the work of Glasgow West Regeneration Agency (formerly Drumchapel Opportunities) and we also covered the launch of the Fire Cadet Programme.

OCTOBER 2007


The Clean Glasgow campaign featured in this issue as two milestones were reached in terms of participant numbers. The services provided by the Community Health & Care Partnership in the west were highlighted and we included some photos of a very wet, but well attended D5k.

DECEMBER 2007


With the rest of the city, we celebrated the Commonwealth Games achievement in this issue. Our centre spread showed the restructuring of police divisions in the city, and we included an interview with retiring Drumchapel Head Teacher Wilson Blakey.

FEBRUARY 2008


This issue included the tale of 2 bridges – the final planned completion of the bridge to nowhere and the squinty bridge being closed for repairs. Our Youth Zone was also written by the Glasgow News Youth team.