Glasgow high-rise demolished in controlled explosion
A 30-storey block of flats was demolished in the north east of Glasgow in a controlled explosion today.
Glasgow's Red Road flats being demolished by use of controlled explosives. Credit: PA
Spectators gathered to watch as the Red Road block of flats, a dominant feature of the city's skyline since the 1960s, went up in smoke as part of a regeneration scheme.
The 30-storey construction collapses under the force of 88kg of controlled explosives. Credit: PA
It took 88kg of explosives and just seconds to reduce the towering construction to 10,000 tonnes of rubble.
Onlookers watch as the high-rise is transformed into a cloud of smoke and rubble. Credit: PA
The remaining Red Road tower blocks are all set to be demolished by 2017.
A 14-year-old schoolgirl was raped on the top deck of a bus in Glasgow last Friday night.
The driver of the bus was unaware of the attack, his company has said. The girl got on the bus with a friend and they took a seat downstairs. The victim went to the upper deck where she got into a conversation with two men who boarded the bus in the city centre.
She was then assaulted and raped by both of them. Her friend, also 14, went up to see her and raised the alarm with passengers downstairs.
A woman and two men came to the girls' aid. They all left the bus without apparently informing the driver.
No CCTV footage is available from the bus while Strathclyde Police are appealing for those passengers to come forward to help their investigation.
Both of the attackers are said to be aged around 18 to 20.
One is about 5ft 10ins, with a shaved head and wearing a black jumper. The other man has brown, spiky hair and was wearing a tracksuit which may have been grey, with a body warmer or jacket.
Descriptions of two men who raped 14-year-old on bus
Police have given descriptions of the two men who raped a 14-year-old girl on a double decker bus in Glasgow last Friday night.
One is said to be about 5ft 10ins, with a shaved head and was wearing a black jumper on the night. The other man is said to have brown, spiky hair and was wearing a tracksuit which may have been grey, with a body warmer or jacket.
Detective Constable Jackie Carroll, from Greater Glasgow CID, said:
We know that the men responsible boarded the bus in the city centre. The men were very loud and using crude and lewd comments to other passengers.
The bus driver ejected the two men from the bus at Pollokshaws Road (near Queen's Park) around 12.30am. I would like to speak to anyone who may have been present on the bus at the time of the attack, as it is imperative we trace these men.
Anyone with information can call Greater Glasgow CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Police have appealed for help in capturing two men who raped a 14-year-old girl on a double decker bus in Glasgow.
The teen was attacked by the men, who are said to be aged around 18 to 20, on the top deck of the 57 bus as it left Silverburn shopping centre in Pollok at about 10.30pm on Friday.
Her friend, also 14, raised the alarm with passengers downstairs. A woman and two men came to the girls' aid, helping them off the bus before contacting police.
Detective Constable Jackie Carroll said the victim has been "left traumatised by her ordeal" and urged passengers on the bus to call Greater Glasgow CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Police have unexpectedly joined a charity egg hunt after thieves snatched a giant red and yellow egg worth thousands of pounds from Glasgow city centre.
The missing egg, designed by Matthew Dent Credit: Police/Matthew Dent
The special egg, called 'A Thousand Forests', is two-foot high, made of fibreglass and features a distinctive red and yellow tree design.
The egg was one of dozens hidden across Glasgow as part of the 'Big Egg Hunt'. It vanished on Friday morning.
Father worried 'bedroom tax' will keep his kids away
Alex Milne split up with his partner a year ago and his two children - Rhiann,10, and Billy, 3 - come to stay every weekend and on the holidays.
He lives in a two bedroom flat in Irvine near Glasgow. His daughter stays in the spare room when she comes to visit, but under the 'bedroom tax' he may be forced to downsize to a one bedroom flat.
Alex says he can't afford the £40 a month it would cost to stay where he is but he is worried his children would not want to stay with him if they had to share a bed.
ITV News' reporter Sejal Karia visited him at home:
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