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Catherine Hunter

Glasgow cleansing staff deserve 'danger money', union claim after 'hand grenade' incident

Glasgow’s GMB convenor is calling for danger payments to be made to workers, after a recycling centre had to be closed off following the discovery of a suspected hand grenade.

Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre on Polmadie Road was evacuated at around 11am after the suspected grenade was found on site by a member of staff.

Bomb squads were called to the centre in the South Side just after 11am with passersby describing the event as an “unusual”.

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