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Protesters gather at Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens to fight development plansHamish Macbeth was on call as Robert Carlyle took part in a 1,000-strong protest at Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens on Sunday.The Maryhill-born actor joined local nibs including Alasdair Gray, Still Game actors and Stuart Murdoch from Belle And Sebastian – who played a free concert in the gardens a few years ago – in showing their opposition to plans by leisure empire the G1 Group to open a site there.Around 2pm, there was a welcome break in the rain as protestors filed into the Botanics to plant small flags of protest in the southern part of the park where it’s proposed that the disused railway station be developed into a nightclub or bar.With multi-purpose leisure spot Oran Mor over the road and Ashton Lane five minutes… Read the full story