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SNP is right party to lead Glasgow, insists Sturgeon

The First Minister said SNP-run councils have shown strong leadership during difficult times recently.

The Independent UK

Thursday's headlines: Loch Ness monster sighting and council leader branded 'Sturgeon puppet'

Here are the main headlines from the Daily Record website today.

Daily Record

Glasgow wants to twin with a Ukrainian city to show 'friendship and support'

Councillors cancelled an arrangement with a Russian city following Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Glasgow Live

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Glasgow City Council leader issues slave trade apology after report published

The report, by University of Glasgow historian Dr Stephen Mullen, linked 62 street names and eight statues to the slave trade.

Daily Record

Glasgow apologises to descendants of enslaved people over city's slave trade links

Council leader Susan Aitken received unanimous support for her apology calls and a slavery legacy working group will consider how Glasgow should permanently acknowledge the city’s role and memorialise victims.

Glasgow Live

New report finds Glasgow's links to Atlantic slave trade in statues, roads and buildings

'Glasgow, Slavery and Atlantic Commerce: An Audit of Historic Connections and Modern Legacies' has found a number of shocking revelations about Glasgow's links to slave trades which council leader Susan Aitken says the city 'must apologise' for.

Glasgow Live

Striking Glasgow city council workers suspend action scheduled for next week

Workers have suspended actions planned for Tuesday and Wednesday following assurances from council leader Susan Aitken that the 2019 deal will be maintained for negotiations over interim payments.

Glasgow Live

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Decision on whether to merge two Glasgow schools delayed by council

The matter was withdrawn at a council meeting as a statutory rule was not followed

Glasgow Live

Glasgow City Council could be hit with crippling £1bn bill 'to resolve equal pay dispute'

The cost warning comes as female workers blasted council leader Susan Aitken over a long-running row that will lead to strike action next week.

Daily Record

Glasgow gift card tobacco ban for low income residents sparks row

A councillor fumes that the tobacco ban move implies the poor can't be trusted to spend the money without restrictions

Glasgow Live

Glasgow suspends Russian town twinning agreement following Ukraine invasion

The city has been twinned with Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia since 1986, but following today's invasion of the Ukraine Glasgow councillors agreed to suspend ties with the region.

Glasgow Live

Castlemilk could get 'household name supermarket' amid £3m boost for shopping centre

Council leader Susan Aitken said the money, applied for by the Scotsman Group, previously G1 Group, could be a 'gamechanger' for Castlemilk after residents have been campaigning for a supermarket 'for decades'.

Glasgow Live

Equal pay row as Glasgow council leader claims Labour cost city £30m a year

Council leader Susan Aitken criticised Labour during the city's budget debate, but opposition councillors said the SNP had supported the current unfair pay system.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow Buchanan Galleries demolition would pave way for 'restoration' of historic street

Councillors have agreed to talks with the head tenants, Landsec, over a £825m investment in the city centre, which would include a new mixed-use quarter, with shops, offices, homes and leisure venues.

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Glasgow City Council faces 'brutal' cuts to plug £34m black hole, leaked document shows

EXCLUSIVE: Council chiefs at Scotland's largest local authority face tough choices to plug a huge fiscal gap ahead of elections in May

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