Glasgow headlines 21 August: 23-year-old bus driver has lost his life following crash on A77
A 23-year-old bus driver has died in a Glasgow hospital days after being involved in a collision on the A77.
Gordon Stirling was driving a Stagecoach bus which crashed into a white Ford transit van on 14 August.
Police confirmed that Stirling’s injuries proved fatal while the van driver remains in hospital in a stable condition.
Next up, almost 200 people have lost their jobs as a construction and plant hire company based in Barrhead has fell into administration.
Allma Construction and Centre Plant, which has been operating since 1991, announced that 181 employees have been made redundant after the company experienced a sharp downturn in activity.
And finally, a West Lothian pipers group were crowned winners of the World Pipe Band Championships following a two-day contest at Glasgow Green.
The competition, which brought more than 35,000 spectators to the park, saw the People’s Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band earn their first World Champions title.
Gordon Stirling was driving a Stagecoach bus which crashed into a white Ford transit van on 14 August.
Police confirmed that Stirling’s injuries proved fatal while the van driver remains in hospital in a stable condition.
Next up, almost 200 people have lost their jobs as a construction and plant hire company based in Barrhead has fell into administration.
Allma Construction and Centre Plant, which has been operating since 1991, announced that 181 employees have been made redundant after the company experienced a sharp downturn in activity.
And finally, a West Lothian pipers group were crowned winners of the World Pipe Band Championships following a two-day contest at Glasgow Green.
The competition, which brought more than 35,000 spectators to the park, saw the People’s Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band earn their first World Champions title.
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00:00 Here's the latest news in Glasgow.
00:02 A 23-year-old bus driver has died in a Glasgow hospital days after being involved in a collision
00:07 on the A77.
00:09 Gordon Stirling was driving a Stagecoach bus which crashed into a white Ford Transit van
00:13 on the 14th of August.
00:14 Police confirmed that Stirling's injuries proved fatal while the van driver remains
00:17 in hospital in a stable condition.
00:19 Next up, almost 200 people have lost their jobs as a construction and plant hire company
00:23 based in Barhead has fell into administration.
00:26 Alma Construction and Centre Plant, which has been operating since 1991, announced that
00:30 181 employees have been made redundant after the company experienced a sharp downturn in
00:35 activity.
00:36 And finally, a West Lobie and Pipers group work around the winners of the World Pipe
00:39 Band Championships following a two-day contest at Glasgow Green.
00:44 The competition, which brought more than 35,000 spectators to the park, saw the Peoples Ford,
00:48 Boghill and Bathgate Caledonian Pipe Band earn their first World Champions title.
00:53 And that's the up to date.