GLASGOW City Council has announced that they are set to remove tributes left throughout the city as part of the Reclaim These Streets vigils to help protect them from poor weather. 

Memorials have been laid at spots such as Queen’s Park and Kelvingrove Park since Saturday, paying tribute in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder in London last week.

Vigils took place across the country, with women paying tribute to Sarah and other victims of crimes such as street harassment and kidnapping.

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In a statement, Glasgow City Council said: "Over the next few days you may see our staff or volunteers from Reclaim These Streets Glasgow removing tributes from places across the city.

"In the first instance, this will mean removing tributes on paper, rather than ribbons or anything more robust. Please be reassured that these are being removed to keep them safe from the weather and they'll be delivered to the organisers of the vigils."

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Nikki Forde, an organiser at Reclaim These Streets Glasgow, said: "The council reached out on Monday and were keen to act sensitively in regards to moving the memorials.

"Our original plan was to remove some of the tributes that could be damaged by things like weather on Saturday after the vigil but we were overwhelmed at how many people are leaving memorials. People were still coming to lay them on Sunday."

Memorials laid also paid tribute to Moira Jones, who was tragically killed in Queen’s Park in 2008. 

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Bea Jones, Moira’s mum, asked mourners to respect Sarah’s family at this time, saying in an open letter: "It may be that in those first days the family were comforted to think so many were grieving with them.

"I am very concerned that events have developed to such an extent that those who matter most, Sarah and her family, are being totally swamped and further traumatised by what is going on around them, adding trauma to trauma."