Residents displaced by the fire which hit the Glasgow School of Art have staged a protest against an exclusion zone set up in the area.

Businesses and locals have been unable to access premises around the Mackintosh building since the devastating fire five weeks ago.

On Sunday, a group of around 25 residents demonstrated outside the cordon around the building.

One attempted to go beyond the barrier but was stopped by police.

The Garnethill Displaced Residents Group (GDRG) decided to take direct action at a meeting earlier this week.

The council has warned locals not to breach the cordon, saying the Mackintosh building could suffer a sudden collapse at any moment.

Adrian Nairn, chair of the GDRG, said: "The council has totally failed to grasp the impact of what is happening on the ground to real people.

"We have been out of our homes for five weeks with the prospect of potentially another two months sleeping on couches and floors or in the unsuitable accommodation that the council has been able to find since hiving off all its homes to the Glasgow Housing Association.

"We are constantly directed to the incident response email box so that the council can collate all the issues surrounding the fire."

He continued: "We have had enough, the Glasgow School of Art has taken responsibility for demolishing the Mackintosh Building.

"That means they are paying for it.

"The council isn't going to interfere or force the Glasgow School of Art to demolish it quicker or in a way that better serves the local community because that means they would have to put their hands in their pockets.

"It was made very clear to us by the council officers at the meeting that 'money is too tight to mention'."