Locals reopened building for climate activists during Cop26 and remained there in protest at lack of housing

Activists who reopened a disused homeless shelter in Glasgow to accommodate visiting climate campaigners during Cop26 are to be evicted immediately, a court has ruled.

The Glasgow city council property in Tradeston, nicknamed Baile Hoose, was restored to habitability by a group of local activists frustrated at reports of visitors having to sleep rough because of a chronic shortage of accommodation in the city.

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