As our £7m investment in frontline environmental services takes effect, teams have been working hard in Thornwood and Castlemilk areas, stripping out weeds, lifting grime and clearing up verges and gutters. | Glasgow City Council

Scotland’s Climate Week is the perfect time to mark Glasgow’s commitment to climate resilience and nature-based solutions, and so we’re pleased to share that a programme to reduce flood risk - delivered through the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership - has been shortlisted for a 2025 Nature of Scotland Award 🏆 From restored streams and new wetlands - to greener public spaces and daylighted burns, these projects are helping to manage surface water, support communities, and create

Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, filmed on a baking hot day in July 1990 as the city was in the middle of its year-long run as European Capital of Culture. This was the year of Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti, the Rolling Stones, and The Big Day, the largest free music festival ever to be held in Scotland which drew crowds of 300,000 across its city centre venues. It was also the year of the inaugural Glasgow International Jazz and Folk Festival, the Glasgow's Glasgow exhibition, and the first ev