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Step into 21st century

A new £18 million health and social work centre in Renfrew will open its doors for the first time on Monday.

Mighty Quinn to rock Govan

They have supported Blondie and the B52s, received praise from Madonna and even have album sleeve notes penned by Ian Rankin, so it’s no wonder A Band Called Quinn is set to bring some sunshine to the Pearce Institute in Govan tomorrow night.

MEMORIES: Clyde boaters bank on summer sun

Shouts of encouragement from the riverbank would no doubt have helped to keep this lone rower motivated on the River Clyde.

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Clock’s ticking to run the 10K

You’ll need to get a move on if you want to enter this year’s women’s 10k race AND save yourself some cash in the process.

City band’s single plan took them to Abbey Road

Hear the name Abbey Road and you think of The Beatles – but a Glasgow band could soon also spring to mind as being among the last groups to record in the legendary studio.

MEMORIES: Castle Street has taken many turns

Castle Street in Glasgow has seen many changes over the years since it was first laid out around 1100.

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Charity night is our cup of tea!

One of Glasgow’s top bosses is doing his bit for Sport Relief – by serving up tea and biscuits to his hardworking staff.

Glasgow musician aims to rock the O2 Academy

He’s from Glasgow, he’s talented - and he’s about to rock the very foundations of the Scottish music scene.

MEMORIES: Floorshow brought the house down

This was the scene back in 1951 at Balmano Brae, Rottenrow in Glasgow, as residents, young and old, gathered outside their tenement home after part of the building collapsed.

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A better life is my greatest goal now

More than 400 jobs are to be created at Scotland’s 12 Premier League clubs.

MEMORIES: Old city station soon went off the rails

A man stands checking the train times at a deserted St Enoch Station in 1963.

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Dancing for joy at our ‘Oscars’

Prima ballerina Darcey Bussell has one on her mantelpiece, so do Strictly stars Bruce Forsyth and Arlene Phillips.

MEMORIES: Giant bulb makes boys’ faces light up

Now, here’s a spring bulb with a difference, and two bright sparks to help hold it up.

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Phone call put Phill Jupitus back on comedy stage

When Eddie Izzard telephones to ask why you gave up stand-up comedy, the least you can do is give it another go.

They’re making Govan greater!

Govanites don’t have to look too far to find examples of local icons, as Alex Ferguson or even Rab C Nesbitt could testify.

MEMORIES: Childminding was a stroll in the park

The first glimpse of sunshine brought families swarming to Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens in the spring of 1950.

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When we were kings

In the final part of our three-day series on the St Andrew’s Club, Tommy Gimour shares some treasured memories from his photo album with HUGH MacDONALD...

Get ready to run!

More than 5600 entries have been received for this year’s women’s 10K – that’s 1000 up on the 2009 event as runners try to get their entry in before the early bird discount period comes to an end.

I nearly threw in the towel

In part two of our three-day series on the St Andrew’s Club, Tommy Gilmour tells HUGH MacDONALD how the recession nearly forced him to shut up shop...

We go walking after midnight...

Glasgow’s first Midnight Walk will light up the city and raise funds for a city hospice.

High 5 for Glasgow

With the start of the Glasgow Comedy Festival today, the city is getting its laughing gear in full working order.

Funnyman Carrey takes on wackiest role to date

Boys will be boys and Jim Carrey will be Jim Carrey.

MEMORIES: Sailors snap up Glasgow’s wilder sights

These snap happy Yanks asked the city’s pigeons to pose when they visited George Square in 1957.

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I’ve met Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston but my boxing hero was a laddie from Craigneuk

The St Andrew’s Club celebrates its 300th show on Monday.

Willie ends Chilli Pipers’ fairytale with his final gig in Glasgow

Willie Armstrong has performed for crowds of thousands around the world, impressed Sir Paul McCartney and even tempted Ewan McGregor to join in.

MEMORIES: Building fire proves costly for city club

Glasgow lost more than just another fine Victorian building when fire broke out in Jamaica Street in November 1999.

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Why Amy’s still just a face in the crowd

She’s sold millions of albums, and is now firmly one of Scotland’s most popular singers.

Glasgow girl Celia is ready to step in and star in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical

A host of talented Scots are involved in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-awaited new musical.

MEMORIES: Goodwill, bunting … it’s Coronation fever

It’s back to 1953 for today’s trip down memory lane.

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The Cupcake girls are in the running

There are just nine weeks to go before this year’s Ignis Asset Management Women’s 10K – so get those trainers on now...

Motormouth Stacey Solomon can’t wait to sing in Glasgow

Stacey Solomon will be leading the charge when The X Factor bandwagon rolls into Glasgow today. The Essex girl with the voice Simon Cowell called “really, really good” will be at the SECC tonight and tomorrow.

MEMORIES: Model makes an exhibition of herself

Glasgow has always been known as being a top place to shop for the latest fashions and styles.

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MEMORIES: Rules of the road are still the same

You’re never too young to learn road safety ... and it was no different in 1948.

Hamlet’s skullduggery in Glasgow underworld

There was never the ghost of a chance that Dave Anderson would appear in a Shakespeare play.

We’re both lucky to be alive

The Cheapside Street disaster saw 14 firemen and five Glasgow Salvage Corps members killed when a fire at an Anderston whisky warehouse igited into a ferocious explosion.

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Tragedy in Tinderbox City

The Cheapside Street disaster in Anderston, Glasgow, on March 28, 1960 saw a whisky warehouse explode, showering the area with masonry.

Richard Jobson returns to music with Glasgow gig

Film director Richard Jobson is approaching 50, but he is preparing to return to his first love of music by gigging with his seminal punk band the Skids at the ABC in Glasgow tomorrow.

MEMORIES: Panda pair offered a real police escort

Life on the beat in Glasgow is never dull for police officers.

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Stories to inspire

There’s nothing stranger than young people’s fiction, with terrible claws, enchanted forests and stories to transport young readers from city tenements to far-flung fantasy lands.

Breakfast show beauty Adele is game for a laugh

If Des McLean had any reservations at all about whether Adele Cunningham, his new Clyde 1 breakfast show partner, would fit into the team they disappeared when she revealed she almost killed an ex-Rangers star’s pet labrador.

MEMORIES: Hampden is ready to roar once more

As the Tartan Army prepares for Scotland’s clash with the Czech Republic at Hampden Park tonight – Craig Levein’s first match as national manager – we take a trip back to 1933.

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Singer Brenda Cochrane is back with her hit show

She was a star of TV’s original talent show – and since opportunity knocked for Brenda Cochrane, the singer’s career has gone from strength to strength.

Heard about Glasgow’s youth literacy? It makes for a shocking read

Shocking statistics out recently have revealed just how poor the reading ability of a large proportion of Glasgow’s teenagers is today.

MEMORIES: Dark arts of the Garden Festival site

The Garden Festival in 1988 brought a much-needed splash of colour to Glasgow – and some last-minute planting.

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Meet Jimmy ... grand old man of the mountains

At the age of 70, Jimmy Munro takes on challenges that many younger people would struggle to tackle.

Don’t expect to see McCartney at Backbeat

Chances are that Paul McCartney won’t be coming along to the final week of what has been the world premiere at the Citizens of the theatre show Backbeat, which rewinds on the lives of the Beatles in Hamburg in the early sixties.

MEMORIES: World’s their oyster bar any slip-ups

Some images set the imagination working overtime.

Star Farrell returns to his homeland for latest film

Flirtatious, opinionated and unpredictable, Colin Farrell has made as many headlines for his hard partying as he has for his acting since wowing critics a decade ago as a tough Texan war recruit in Tigerland.

City in a new light

It’s Glasgow ... but not as we know it. These extraordinary pictures, captured by amateur photographer Billy McDonald, show the city in a visually stunning light.

MEMORIES: Daytrippers drift off on wave of nostalgia

The Clyde steamer Queen Mary’s life has been a long and complicated voyage.

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We want to meet more heroes

Our search for the men and women who make life better for everyone in Glasgow is hotting up – and we want to hear about the local champions making a difference in your area.

Record year for big race

This year’s women’s 10K is already a record breaker – thanks to a little help from our Glas-goals campaign!

Sharleen’s back with new album of classic movie songs

She may have moved to London 15 years ago, but Sharleen Spiteri’s Glasgow accent still rings out with authority.

MEMORIES: Haunted by those left broken-hearted

Boots’ Corner, for decades a favourite trysting spot for young Glasgow couples – and a scene of embarrassment for singletons who were given a “dissy” (ask your dad!), lost much of its appeal when the huge chemists with the clock disappeared in 1990.

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Grant will finally get to dance for his gran in Giselle role

As a boy Grant Rae swapped his football boots for ballet shoes and now he’s doing a “grand jeté” back to Glasgow to perform with a top ballet company.

Memories of Red Road life

For half a century the Red Road flats have been an iconic part of the Glasgow skyline but this spring they will be razed to the ground.

MEMORIES: Travel agency boss was a real high-flyer

Travel agent James Moffat was one of Scotland’s fly guys.

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It’s a very important date

The work of a team of scientists and doctors from Glasgow is helping to change the lives of people across the world.

Biking star Boorman ready for own show in Glasgow

There was always the worry that Charley Boorman would not be able to stand on his own two wheels when separated from best pal and riding buddy Ewan McGregor.

MEMORIES: Candidate gears up for election race

In the days before spin doctors, image consultants and PR puffery, politics was a much more down to earth affair.

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Robert’s ready for his Glasgow lunchtime role

Robert Jack is ready to go through hell in his third appearance at Glasgow’s Oran Mor … by starring in a play called Heaven.

We were so unfit, but just look at us now!

A year ago, Michael Daw was unfit, overweight and on his way to serious health problems.

MEMORIES: War fails to halt window shopping

Glasgow is well known for being a stylish city amd it was no different in 1939.

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Hollywood is great - but this is home

He’s the man who lives in Glasgow, buys his clothes from Asda and can’t drive – yet one of his ideas raked in $340million at the box office.

MEMORIES: Apollo countdown fans primed to rock it

Queues are always liable to build up quickly at this Glasgow corner … and the same is true today as filmgoers queue at the same spot to see the latest release at Cineworld.

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Tut’s top 20

It’s the venue where Oasis and Glasvegas were discovered and where the Manic Street Preachers enjoyed their first hot meal as a touring band.

Ready to applaud city’s local heroes

The people of North West Glasgow will meet tonight to find out the six winners of the fourth stage of the Community Champion Awards.

Laughter lines...

How did the idea emerge for the classic Only Fools and Horses episode in which Rodney and Del Boy attempt to clean a priceless chandelier – only to see it come crashing down?

MEMORIES: Land Army had patriotism in spades

When the men of Glasgow marched off to war to fight the Nazi threat in 1939, the girls weren’t slow to step into the breach … or should that be fields.

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