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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 22h

🔔 Homeless Project Scotland has had its application to run a night shelter refused by Glasgow City Council today.

📝 But committee members confirmed they won't close the site. Instead they'll invite HPS to submit a new planning application.

✒️ Dispatch from Calum tomorrow.

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 1d

You don't need to read today's latest edition to enjoy The Bell (although it's also great). Reposting Dr Porter's take on our story about 'offers over', home reports, and how not to buy a house in the Southside. Enjoy!

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting read by @glasgowbell.bsky.social on the challenges of buying houses in Scotland - though having to offer way more than asking prices and valuations long preceded house reports. Even in 2006 offers 25% above asking prices were common. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/how-not-to-b...

How not to buy a house in the Southside

The 'offers over' system is vastly inflating property prices — and predicting gentrification

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers Kenny. We love Natalie's piece too.

Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 4d

I love the @claypitslnr.bsky.social. It’s wild that deer and red kites are common 20 minutes away from Sauchiehall St, but here we are. Good stuff from the @glasgowbell.bsky.social.

Claypits and Blue Tits

How the canalside went from 'a dump' to a haven

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 1d

Today's briefing:
👀 Homeless Project Scotland v the council
🍉 The Sumud flotilla Glaswegians
🌳 Will you invest in Glasgow Council's solar panels?

Plus MUCH more.

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/homeless-pro...

Homeless Project Scotland v the council

Plus, Sumud Flotilla Glaswegians and investing in council solar panels

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 7d

Service running late: McGill's buses are punctual (usually) and well put together. Can the same be said for their accounts?

We rummaged through filings from the Easdales' bus empire so you don't have to.

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/mcgills-easd...

Late again: the Easdales' and McGill's 'adverse' accounts

Exclusive analysis by The Bell raises questions over bus company's filings

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 7d

Exclusive members club Soho House is going to Manchester. So says our sister paper @manchestermill.bsky.social . It's always hard when your ex finds someone new.

We've been here before, Manchester, as Eve Livingston found out.

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/soho-house-g...

What went wrong for Glasgow's exclusive members club?

How Soho House became 'pure Fyre Festival stuff'

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 8d

"When they told us six months later it wasn’t happening anymore, it really was like, ‘what the hell?’"

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/soho-house-g...

What went wrong for Glasgow's exclusive members club?

How Soho House became 'pure Fyre Festival stuff'

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 13d

This summer, photographer Kirsty Mackay moved back to Glasgow after 30 years away. Here's her story of memories, hope, and a city in recovery.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/moving-back-...

It's aye pulling ye back

Acclaimed photographer Kirsty Mackay explores belonging as she moves back to Glasgow after 30 years

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 15d

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks Nobody 😃

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A ghost, or something @fallingdolphins.bsky.social · 17d

We always knew this place as 'The Ortak'

It later turned out that many letters had fallen off the 'eat in or take away' sign outside.

The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 18d

Is Glasgow’s most notorious takeaway on the brink - and what’s TikTok got to do with it?
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/best-kebab-t...

The tragedy of Best Kebab

TikTok bandits, machete threats and dismal döner meat

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

Glad! We hear the sarbeni was quite the order back in the day. We’d love to hear how it holds up today

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Beer | Celtic | Socialism @petermacciarrai.bsky.social · 17d

I have fond memories of the cheese sarbeni. Fond, fond, cheesey memories. Also, my friend had verbals with some prick outside one Halloween, while dressed as Dracula (my friend, not the prick).

The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

Best Kebab’s infamy has made it both a rite of passage and one of the city’s modern myths. There’s the dismal quality of its döner meat (getting a 1.8 star average on TripAdvisor takes some doing).

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

Intriguing …

The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

But in recent months one of the city’s long-standing jokes has turned much more sinister. After 30 years as a Dundas Street institution, is Best Kebab’s relationship with Glasgow’s citizens turning toxic?
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/best-kebab-t...

The tragedy of Best Kebab

TikTok bandits, machete threats and dismal döner meat

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

Then there’s the pugnacious service. Complaints are met with comments like “ur talking out yer donner filled arse” and “Listen to me ya wee weapon, im gonna skelp your arse … im gonna rip your jaw BARRED!!”, as well as other unrepeatable lines.

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

Best Kebab’s infamy has made it both a rite of passage and one of the city’s modern myths. There’s the dismal quality of its döner meat (getting a 1.8 star average on TripAdvisor takes some doing).

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 17d

Hiya 👋

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 17d

If you want some fact based citizen journalism- have a look at these local outlets. Give them a follow, they are leading the way in speaking truth to power. Well done @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for highlighting their work. This is a starter pack I’d like to see created.

The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 18d

We’re very happy to be name-checked alongside lots of pioneering new local news outlets by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social