St Mungo's chief Emma Haddad is urging the government to rethink its benefit cuts or risk pushing families into homelessness.

St. Mungo, a missionary in Scotland in the sixth century, is buried at Glasgow Cathedral, which my wife Kathy and I were blessed to visit this month.

St. Mungo’s miraculous story is a murky mix of fact and fiction. Whatever the truth, his legacy is still felt—and celebrated—in Scotland’s biggest city.

IT SEEMS that St Mungo, alias Kentigern, Glasgow's top saint, was so busy in the sixth century with ''hard miracle working of the conventional kind'' that he hardly had time to draw breath.

St Mungo’s says it has already applied a pay rise worth 1.75% to staff’s salaries in the 2021/22 financial year, but that Unite has asked for a backdated and consolidated rise of 10%.

St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is ranked #17 out of 25 things to do in Glasgow. See pictures and our review of St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.

St Mungo's say the new pay offer, which was rejected by United, meant over 90% of staff would have received a pay rise of 7-14%, depending on their salaries.