A printer at a Dumbarton company has been crowned Scotland’s top apprentice after progressing from a finishing role into press operations. Aidan McQuade, 26, who works for JJR Print, won the Overall Apprentice of the Year award at the 2026 Print Scotland Apprentice of the Year Awards in Glasgow on Friday 2 October. The annual awards recognise apprentices across pre-press, press and post-press roles, as well as mentors supporting the next generation of workers in Scotland’s print industry.

Jeff Fowler’s hour-long visual album, The Grand Design, offers a gentle, intimate reflection on art, place and connection in a world increasingly saturated by synthetic noise. Filmed across twelve distinct landscapes in Los Angeles, this winsome project blends songwriting, visual narrative and spatial sound into a single, cohesive cinematic journey. The film functions less like a conventional pop showcase and more like a quiet love letter to creative persistence, personal space, the experience of middle age, and the bond between human creativity technology affected through craft.

Television personality Phil MacHugh will host the opening concert for the Royal National Mòd in Glasgow this Friday. He will be joined at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall by his cousin and fellow presenter, Catrìona MacNeil. The event marks the beginning of the festival while celebrating 40 years of Gaelic medium education in the city. The Royal National Mòd is scheduled to run from 9-17 October 2026, bringing thousands of visitors to the area.

A teenager has been arrested in connection with the death of a 21-year-old man following a disturbance in Glasgow city centre. Daniel Colrain sustained serious injuries during the incident in Royal Exchange Square at around 3.05am on Sunday morning. He was rushed to hospital for treatment but sadly passed away the following day, sparking a major police investigation. Detectives confirmed on Wednesday that a 19-year-old suspect is now in custody, while two other men were previously arrested.

A family-run furniture and interiors studio is marking 40 years in business as it looks towards further long-term growth. Paul Hodgkiss Designs, based in the city's Southside, was founded in 1986 and has grown from a small workshop into a recognised name in wood-based design. The company, which sources sustainable wood from across Scotland, has provided installations for venues including Edinburgh’s W Hotel and several national distillers.

A couple who subjected a huge number of dogs to severe neglect by keeping them locked in cupboards and rusty cages have been handed a lifetime ban on keeping animals. William and Anna Wallace were given the indefinite disqualification at Glasgow Sheriff Court following an investigation by the Scottish SPCA. The animal welfare charity uncovered the shocking conditions at the couple’s property in the…

The Saw Doctors, Ed Sheeran’s former backing group Beoga, and a tribute to The Beatles are among the highlights of the newest edition of Celtic Connections. Launched aboard tall ship and new city venue ‘Glenlee’ by singer songwriter Josie Duncan and smash neo quartet Tarran from Glasgow on Tuesday, the festival will welcome a wave of musicians from over 20 countries.

A new floating island is being installed on the River Clyde to create a habitat for wildlife and help improve water quality. RSE, formerly known as Ross-shire Engineering, and Biomatrix Water will present the floating island at the Crown Plaza Pontoon on Wednesday 7 October, using native species to form a new aquatic ecosystem. The companies have previously installed floating ecosystems at the Clyde’s historic shipyard docks, with the first islands introduced in 2023.

Comedians are joining forces in Glasgow to raise money for a charity that brings laughter to children during hospital treatment. The fundraiser, organised by Hearts & Minds ambassador Chris Forbes will take place on Saturday 24 October at 4pm, and features Liam Farrelly, Frankie Morton and headliner Marc Jennings. Money raised will support the charity’s Clowndoctors programme, which provides specialist healthcare clowning for children and families in hospitals across Scotland, including the Royal Hospital for Children.

A CCTV image of a man Police Scotland officers believe may be able to assist their enquiries into a wilful fire in Glasgow has been released. The incident happened on Wednesday, 17 June, 2026, on Nelson Street around 5.15am. The man (pictured) was wearing a khaki jacket with a white stripe on each arm, black jogging bottoms, a black top with a motif on the chest.

A Glasgow woman has been handed an 18-month ban on owning animals after abandoning her pets to go on holiday to Blackpool. Catherine Ann Stewart left several animals, including an elderly dog and a nine-week-old kitten, trapped inside her home without food or water during a period of hot weather in July 2025. The Scottish SPCA was forced to break into the property after receiving a complaint to their animal helpline about the abandoned pets.

A new £360,000 pump track has officially opened in Overlee Park to provide a dedicated outdoor facility for bikes, scooters, skateboards, and adapted wheelchairs. The undulating asphalt track, situated between existing sports pitches, is entirely free to use for residents and visitors in East Renfrewshire. A strategic partnership between Netherlee and Stamperland Community Council and East Renfrewshire Council drove the…

As classically-trained rock keyboard wizard Jordan Rudess stepped onto the stage at the MIT Media Lab on 3 October, he engaged in a fascinating, AI-fuelled musical dialogue. Facing a suite of digital instruments linked to a real-time system dubbed the “Jam-Bot”, the Dream Theater virtuoso was neither playing along to a pre-recorded backing track nor yielding to an autonomous composer. Instead, he was improvising live with a neural network trained specifically on his own musical vocabulary. 

A Glasgow bus driver who safely delivered a passenger's baby on board her vehicle has been honoured with a national transport award. Pummy Hadebe sprang into action when a pregnant passenger went into labour shortly after boarding the bus at Nelson Street in Glasgow. What began as a routine shift quickly transformed into a life-changing event when Ms Hadebe realised the baby was arriving before paramedics could reach the scene.

Plans to close key gaps in Glasgow’s active travel network have been unveiled as a public consultation opens for communities in the north and south of the city. Glasgow City Council is proposing upgrades across five distinct routes to connect existing and planned walking, wheeling, and cycling links. The proposals include fully protected cycle lanes, improved pedestrian crossings, and enhanced public spaces across Maryhill, Bilsland Drive, North Canal Bank Street, Shields Road, and Maxwell Road.

Philip Glass’s Heroes Symphony brought David Bowie’s Berlin period into a different kind of focus at Glasgow’s Tramway, where the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performed the work as part of Sonica Festival. Conducted by Patrick Hahn, Glass’s 1996 symphony takes six pieces from Bowie’s 1977 album Heroes and strips them back to their underlying structures, allowing the melodies and rhythms to emerge through layers of repetition, strings, brass and percussion.

Knight Frank has agreed its second long-term commercial lease in Scotland’s Central Belt this year by relocating its Glasgow-based team. The property consultancy has acquired a first-floor suite at 101 St Vincent Street following a decade operating from Bothwell Street. The B-listed premises recently underwent a refurbishment to improve environmental standards, including achieving an EPC ‘A’ rating. This move aligns with the firm's wider Scottish…

Glasgow City Council is preparing to sell the former site of a fire-damaged primary school to Sanctuary Scotland for a proposed affordable residential development. Glasgow City Council is preparing to negotiate the sale of the former Yoker Primary School site and an adjacent caretaker's bungalow to Sanctuary Scotland for a new affordable housing development. The three-acre site on Craggan Drive is earmarked for approximately 33 social rented units, comprising a mix of houses and flats to address local housing needs.

Glasgow City Council is clearing vandalised and redundant street furniture, including legacy phone boxes. Glasgow City Council is removing obsolete public phone boxes and deteriorating street infrastructure across the city centre in a bid to tackle antisocial behaviour and improve the appearance and accessibility of urban areas. Recent clearance efforts, supported by BT, include the removal of several communication units and a…

Inverclyde Council has replaced its decade-old Victoria Tower webcam with two new 4K cameras. The broadcast equipment has been installed on the 245-foot high landmark in Greenock. Funding for the £2,600 upgrade project was provided by the Greenock Town Centre Regeneration Forum. The system will now stream high-definition images of the town and the River Clyde to an international audience around the clock.

The sixth Astute-class hunter-killer submarine has arrived at its homeport of HM Naval Base Clyde. HMS Agamemnon sailed from BAE Systems in Barrow on September 25 and was greeted by members of the Submarine Flotilla. The arrival coincides with the 125th anniversary of the launch of the Royal Navy's first submarine, Holland 1. A crew of around 100 submariners will now conduct a series of sea trials over the coming months.

Scotland's newest dance festival, dedicated to Scottish Hip-Hop dancers, will take place at Platform Arts Centre in Easterhouse on 9 and 10 October. Shuffle Festival is presented by Scottish street dance company THREE60, and will feature London-based Hip-Hop dance company Boy Blue. The festival builds on the Shuffle Festival scratch nights held in 2024 and 2025. Now expanded to two full days, it aims to showcase Scottish dance talent at the heart of Glasgow's arts community.

In a concert on 1st October marking ten years since David Bowie’s passing, Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 4, Heroes, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Tramway in Glasgow, offered an intriguing look at how art rock can give rise to structural exploration through the minimalist end of the contemporary classical tradition.  Joined by digital artist Tatsuru Arai, whose screens behind the orchestra fused natural and abstract forms, alternating between monochrome and colour, the ensemble delivered a clear, focused concert that prioritised musical shape and discipline over theatrical flair.

A procurement specialist has launched a new venture to cut supply chain costs for smaller businesses across Glasgow and beyond. Shona Motherwell, who previously held senior roles at SSE and BAE Systems, founded The Independent Buying Group to give small and medium enterprises access to corporate-level buying expertise. The new business has already demonstrated the impact of its model by saving a local garage 66% on its card payment fees, reducing an £18,000 annual bill to £6,000.

Four Scottish artists have come together for a new exhibition at the Glasgow Print Studio to mark the bicentenary of the Royal Scottish Academy. The exhibition, titled RSA 200, opens on 2 October and runs until 28 November 2026. It features new and recent works by RSA Academicians Robbie Bushe, Rachel Maclean, Barry McGlashan, and Caroline Walker. The showcase explores themes of narrative, mythology, and everyday life through various mediums including…