IT was far from a happy New Year for residents in Strathbungo where the demolition of a snooker hall in 2011 caused havoc with the structure of surrounding tenements.

Factors diverted a waste pipe into the back court, causing a build up of sewage that left locals at their wits’ end.

Despite Nicola Sturgeon stepping in to offer assistance, the situation is still not resolved due to various insurance wrangles.

In February the results of the Glasgow City Schools Health and Wellbeing survey were released, showing that one in nine pupils admitted to taking cannabis, ecstasy and cocaine while others had tried heroine.

But the headline figures also showed that drug use among young people in the city is decreasing. And there were other positive figures too, such as the number of young people smoking almost halving from 8 per cent to 4.5 per cent.

Sarah May Philo bravely told her story in March.

Sarah May was walking home after picking up a takeaway near her flat in Dennistoun when a thug held her at knifepoint, stealing her bag and the food.

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She was the second woman in a week to be mugged in the area and the knifeman has never been caught.

In April a concerned mum came in to the Evening Times offices with a computer and notebook belonging to a social worker who had left them lying in the street.

We made sure the equipment and notes, which contained detailed private information about children, were safely returned.

I also exclusively revealed that month the three city secondary schools built by Miller Construction, the firm responsible for 17 closure-hit Edinburgh schools.

In May I shared a heart-wrenching interview with Dianne Leslie, the best friend of Moira Jones, who was murdered in Queen’s Park in 2008.

Dianne, who was launching a fundraiser for charity The Moira Fund, had never spoken before.

June saw us reveal the first images of the final £4.1million plans for Govanhill Baths, which will transform the building but also have a huge impact on what is one of the most deprived areas in Scotland.

Thugs trashed Gowanbank Primary before stopping for a rest in the school’s canteen to eat jelly and ice cream.

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But once the story was revealed in the Evening Times, in July, kind hearted locals and businesses stepped in to donate.

In August I revealed how children are being sent to school by taxi after council bosses scrapped free bus passes for primary pupils.

The move was dubbed “bizarre” by parents.

The incredible strength of domestic abuse survivor Lyndi Brown shone through when she told me her terrifying story in the Evening Times in September.

Lyndi was brutalised by partner Graham Lang who is now serving a prison service for the horrific abuse he subjected her to.

Lyndi took up boxing in order to improve her confidence and self esteem and was taking part in a bout to raise money for Glasgow Women’s Aid.

Headteacher Margaret Gordon spoke in October of her fears a child would be killed by careless parents who double park outside her school, Notre Dame Primary.

November saw south side residents finally receive a community centre after five years of wrangling.

But instead of a permanent facility, council bosses are to spend £180,000 on a temporary hub because plans are still not agreed.

We ran a competition this year to let readers vote for where they would like to see the Commonwealth Games symbol, the Big G, be permanently sited in the city.

Your choice was Glasgow Green and now council leader Frank McAveety predicts it will be the newest selfie hotspot for Glasgow.

It was set up in its new home in November and work completed this month.

In December we ran a three-part series about Glasgow Subway’s 120 year anniversary, which saw me go down into the tunnels under the city to see how construction workers are upgrading the system to ensure it lasts another 120 years.

I also told Amy-Beth Miah’s story of how she tried to kill herself on Christmas Day but is now working to help other young people who have lived in care, like she had.