OVER 50 people gathered in the sunshine as a North Glasgow church marked the Platinum Jubilee with a street party.

The congregation and groups who use Possilpark Parish Church celebrated with a special service, then by eating cakes, wearing crowns and playing games on Stonyhurst Street, which was closed to traffic for the day.

Starting at 11am, the special event was a big success in the community and focused on the Queen's faith and ability to inspire and bring together people of all faith.

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Members of the church decided to throw the event after realising that Glasgow City Council had "no notable plans" for the occasion.

Adah Younger, from the congregation, secured the budget for the event in an effort to strengthen the local sense of belonging.

She said: "I applied for some money to bring the community together at a street party, which we don't often do in Glasgow.

"I thought the jubilee weekend would be an ideal time, when everybody would be on holiday and available.

"Here in Possilpark, we have a real, deep need for this after lockdown and a lack of resources in people's own private lives.

"We thought, as a church, we would have this event, where nobody needed any money and we would source the goods ourselves, after two long years of isolation and desperation."