GAPING holes have appeared in a city park after the land caved in above mineshafts.

The collapsed mineshaft coverings in Bellahouston Park were sealed off by council officials after they were spotted on Tuesday.

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Residents have now raised concerns about the safety of the site, in particular with the upcoming Summer Sessions concerts, which are due to take place in August.

More than 30,000 people are to descend on the city greenspace on August 26 and 27 as Noel Gallagher and BiffyClyro take to the stage.

Some locals are convinced it is a case of history repeating itself after the Glasgow Show, World Pipe Band Championship and Scottish Dog Show were relocated from the park in 1995 due to potentially dangerous mineshaft openings.

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The ground underneath the 100-year-old park is understood to be riddled with old mine workings.

Elaine McSporran, secretary of Mosspark and Corkerhill community council, said: “The ground is sinking so they’ve fenced it off.

“It is quite dangerous, particularly if we’re having the summer sessions.

“That’s all we need is to have this and a tragedy happening because half a dozen folk have fallen underneath the ground.

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“You can see quite a big hole there.

“If the summer sessions are there, even if they’re not right beside the area, people wander.”

Alex Wilson, SNP councillor for Craigton has called for all events in the park to be postponed until the cause and a solution can be identified.

He said: “I’ve got major concerns about any events being held in the park due to the fact previous events, such as the dog show and the world pipe band championships were taken away previously because of underground mines.

“These coverings would be weakened by having a large number of people on top of them.

“This could be a major public safety issue.

“I think that until investigations have been carried out that no further events should be held in the park.”

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Glasgow City Council officials have now launched a probe and experts have been called in to investigate the issue.

They are examining the ground conditions and potential cause of the subsidence.

A council spokeswoman said: “Bellahouston Park, like many areas across the city, have mining or other underground voids present.

“We are fully aware of this and events are managed and facilitated accordingly with no risk to park users.”