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Knife crime at all time low

By Conner Dudfield

Knife carrying in Glasgow is at an all-time low thanks to the Strathclyde police department in Glasgow. They have managed to drop the crime rate connected to carrying a knife bellow 780 people caught carrying a knife compared to last years amount of 1108. As of now the Strathclyde police department are trying hard to have a minimum of crime rate connected to carrying a blade or sharp weapon. The maximum penalty for carrying a knife is 4 to 5 years in jail. Continue reading Knife crime at all time low →

Glasgow Comedy Festival

 

From the 14th to the 31st of March, many comedians will come to Glasgow to perform in the Glasgow Comedy Festival 2013.

Some of the comedians/comediennes taking part in the festival include:

• Al Murray

• Andy Parsons

• Marcus Brigstocke

• Chris Addison

• Craig Hill

• Des Clarke

• Harry Hill

• Katherine Ryan

And many more…

 

Venues

Some of the venues include:

• Cineworld

• The Garage

• The King’s Theatre

• Maggie May’s

• Old Fruitmarket

• The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

• Tron Theatre

• Clyde Auditorium

• Grosvenor café

• Grosvenor cinema

• Oran Mor

• The Tall ship

• BBC Scotland Centre

• Citizens Theatre

And lots more…

 

 

There are always many things happening in Glasgow, it is a wonderful and interesting city. I hope you now have a taster of the sort of things this city hosts.

Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014

What is happening in the city of Glasgow?

There are many interesting thing happening in Glasgow now and in the future. Here are some of the events happening in and around Glasgow soon.

 

 

The 2014 Commonwealth Games (officially the XX Commonwealth Games) will be held in the city of Glasgow over 11 days of competition. The games will begin on the 23rd of July and end on the 3rd of August.

Venues

There will be 14 venues used for the Games including the Athlete’s Village. Here are the venues that will be used:

• Celtic Park – Opening Ceremony

• Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

• Hampden Park

• Tollcross International Swimming Centre

• Royal Commonwealth Pool

• Scotstoun Sports Campus

• Strathclyde Country Park

• Barry Buddon Shooting Centre

• Kevlingrove Lawn Bowls Centre

• Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails

• Glasgow Green Hockey Centre

• Ibrox Stadium – Closing Stadium

• Athlete’s Village

Sports

There are 17 sports in total. Here are the sports athletes will be competing in:

• Aquatics

• Athletics

• Badminton

• Boxing

• Cycling

• Gymnastics

• Hockey

• Judo

• Lawn Bowls

• Netball

• Rugby Sevens

• Shooting

• Squash

• Table Tennis

• Triathlon

• Weightlifting

• wrestling

School Isn’t a Joke

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School Isn’t a Joke

 

You might have your whole life planned out how you want it: you know who you’re going to marry, what your wedding will be like, what your job will be, how much money you’ll have, but if you don’t take school seriously then you can jeopardize your chances of achieving that. You might not get the job you want, meaning less money and because you haven’t studied for other jobs so therefore it is hard to find one that you are able to do.         

        Most school pupils think that school is just a big joke. They think that you can turn up, learn a few things, behave how you like then suddenly get your dream job without any effort but the world of work doesn’t function that way. Every punishment exercise, referral or late slip you gain gets saved on a file which employers or universities look at when you apply. If you want to be a hard job like a lawyer, doctor etc. you are up against a lot of hard working people who have never been in trouble while you might have had a few punishment exercises or referrals. When it comes to who employers or universities decide to take on you will not stand a chance against them. Each decision you make in these thirteen years of school decide the rest of your life.

        The subjects you chose and how well you do them give you the grades you need to take a degree in whatever career you want to have. If you do badly in exams because you ‘couldn’t be bothered’ studying or thought you would remember everything then you wont get the grade you need to have that job. The marks you get on tests are also saved on your file so if, for example, in your maths test you get 35% because you thought you are only in first year and your results don’t matter till fifth or sixth year you are wrong. Also, with the new curriculum for excellence, your results depend on whether your are national four or a national five student.

        Do you really want to live the rest of your life below the standards that you are capable of achieving because you thought school didn’t matter?