Reflective time for Glasgow in wake of tragedy

Archbishop of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia has reflected on a “year of joy and sorrow” for the city in his new year message.

The archbishop said tragedies such as the fatal bin lorry accident last week which killed six people and last year’s Clutha disaster had cast a shadow, but there had also been “positive and inspiring” moments of light during the Commonwealth Games and independence referendum.

He previously told a service in honour of the victims of last week’s George Square bin lorry crash that he had wept with Jacqueline McQuade, who saw her teenage daughter Erin and parents Jack and Lorraine Sweeney die “almost right in front of her”.