IN A move that's being hailed as a symbol of "peace and solidarity", people began arriving at George Square, Glasgow, with hundreds of bags of donations for a city food bank - less than 24 hours after the area became a focal point for violence after the referendum result.

Local people and tourists alike were inspired to buy food and leave it under a peace flag in the Square on Saturday afternoon, after hearing Darren Carnegie, 25, and his father Andrew, 45, talk about Glasgow's Needy, the food bank they run. Photos taken of rows of donated bags were then shared thousands of times across social media, inspiring the pair to return to the Square yesterday, where people turned up with yet more food.

Darren Carnegie called the response overwhelming. "We needed three carloads to take the food away on Saturday," he said. "People have been coming from all over the city and beyond to donate, and we've had hundreds more 'likes' on our Facebook page."

One of many who donated in the Square yesterday was Kenneth McIntosh, 42, an oil and gas worker who lives in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow. "Like others, I'm quite comfortably off," he said, "but material wealth in one of the richest countries in the world means absolutely nothing when the gap between rich and poor is still so wide."