Callum McQuade
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Senior Reporter @Clyde1News | @radioacademy 30 Under 30 Class of 2024/25 | @JSchofieldTrust Fellow | own views
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20-07-2022 18:07:35
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🏍️ The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has just arrived at Turnberry for a meeting with Donald J. Trump. 🚨 The pair will then make their way up to Aberdeenshire later this afternoon.
📚✏️ BACK TO SCHOOL 🚍📘 Thousands of kids across Glasgow, Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire are back in the class this morning. 67 new primary 1s are starting St. Fillan’s Primary School, Glasgow in Cathcart including 4 sets of twins. I caught up with them.
The family of Emma Caldwell murdered in Lanarkshire in 2005 says the police and Crown Office can't avoid accountability. Her killer Iain Packer roamed free for almost two decades. Her mum Margaret met with the justice secretary Angela Constance. Here’s her lawyer Aamer Anwar✊🏾🏳️🌈#BlackLivesMatter.
⛴️ Passengers who rely on the ferry between Ardrossan and Arran are protesting outside Peel Ports’ office in Glasgow. ⛵️ They say the MV Caledonian Isles should have gone for repairs at the dry dock in Inverclyde.
⛴️ John Swinney says getting a ferry service going between Ardrossan and Arran remains a “priority”. ⛵️ It follows a protoest in Glasgow earlier over the delayed return of the MV Caledonian Isles. 🗣️ I spoke to him in Maryhill.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar refuses to answer questions about Ian Murray’s sacking as Scottish Secretary. He’s been speaking to me outside a shop in Glasgow.
🚓 A former police sergeant turned Glasgow shop owner is being asked to help officers catch thieves. 🛍️ Gillian Frew spent thousands of pounds installing a new security system to deter shoplifters last year. 👖 She’s been speaking to our Senior Reporter Callum McQuade.
🏃🏊♀️ Do you want to be part of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next year? 🚴🏟️ 🧑💻 Applications for volunteering opportunities are officially open 🏴 I’ve been finding out more from Jack Carlin and Stephen Clegg
🏃 Have you ever wondered what it’s like to sprint around the tarmac Glasgow Airport ✈️ at night? 🌌 ✈️ 50 runners are recovering after completing the 4.5k distance. 🥳 It’s part of the city’s 850 celebrations. 🛬 I met them at the finish line.
The University of Glasgow is facing questions as to why staff allowed a student who later took his own life to believe he'd failed his course when he'd actually passed with a 2:1. 23-year-old Ethan Brown was told he wasn't being awarded a grade for a course in September last year leaving
🏃♂️ A Stewarton man who lived with a tumour on his pancreas for years is tackling the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow on Sunday. 🎽 Doctors struggled to figure out what was wrong with Ian Houson who had fatigue and brain fog. 👟 He’s says it’ll be emotional.
🎸Lanarkshire duo 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐇𝐍𝐗 now have charity status to deliver mental health workshops to P7s. 🗣️ The chart stars are performing at the OVO Hydro at the end of the month but still get kids talking about grief and loss. 🎤 We caught up with them Robert Smillie PS.
💨 Significant road closures are expected around Glasgow tomorrow for the Great Scottish Run. 🏃♂️ More than 32000 people are tackling the 10K or half marathon. 👟 I’ve been meeting some of the inspirational runners taking part.