BREAKING: Emergency services respond to 'huge' Lanarkshire house fire

Cops have launched a probe after a van was torched in an early morning blaze in a Scots town, destroying thousands of pounds worth of tools. The Ford Transit Tipper was targeted in the early hours of Thursday, May 6, in Larkhall - and cops believe a cyclist may help them crack the case.

Police are dealing with an ongoing incident on the M8 motorway in Glasgow.Drivers have been advised to be aware of delays as the road is currently closed in one direction due to an ongoing police incident.Glasgow Live report that the motorway is closed eastbound between Junction 12 (Cumbernauld Road Interchange) and Junction 11 (Stepps Road Interchange) as a result of the incident.

Paisley last night.Police have launched a probe after the fire broke out at a property on Whites Bridge Avenue in the Renfrewshire town at around 10.05pm on Thursday night.

Emergency services raced to the reports of a house fire in the Dores area near Inverness in the Highlands at around 10pm on Monday night.

Glasgow this morning. Large flames could be seen from the building on High Street with smoke billowing into the sky when the alarm was raised around 1.27am on May 4.Scottish Fire and Rescue Service say they were met with a “well-developed fire” and nine fire appliances, including two height appliances, were still at the scene at 7am.

Scots munro after a smart watch was used to raise the alarm - via America. A member of the group used the hi-tech gadget's emergency SOS setting which triggered an alarm in Houston, Texas, before authorities were notified in Scotland.

Perthshire settlements to get life-saving machines for public use. Logiealmond and Glenalmond in Perthshire has become the latest rural community to install a network of life-saving defibrillators with help from the charity, St John Scotland.

supermarket. Emergency services scrambled to the scene after the inferno started near the Co-op on Sinclair Street in Helensburgh at around 4.30pm on Wednesday, April 28.

TSB is launching more than 40 new ‘pop-up’ services, appearing in locations such as libraries, town halls and community centres across Scotland. The move follows previous announcements from the bank that 153 of its branches across the UK would be scheduled for closure in 2021.

Aberdeenshire has been closed by police after a rush-hour car crash. Emergency services were called to the scene on the A96 near Colpy at around 7.30am on Wednesday, April 28.

Anstruther, Fife, were called to Elie after a female phoned the UK coastguard on Friday morning when she fell on the notorious Chain Walk. She was transferred Ellie Harbour so paramedics could assess her.

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Apple - Android Police officers on scene managed traffic to allow for fire officers to stand on the well-used Mossneuk Road to tackle the blaze.Naturally the events attracted a number of locals, with dozens watching on aghast as the horrible events unfolded.Videos and pictures from the scene show the ferocity of the fire, with smoke pouring from the windows and roof of the house.It is yet unknown as to whether there are any injuries or how the fire started, with Scottish Fire and Rescue yet to

Edinburgh has been closed after an ‘unidentified object’ was discovered. The alarm was raised by staff at the Seafield Household Waste Recycling Centre in the capital on Thursday morning.

At the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday, Robert Clifford was sentenced to five years in prison.That's after the 54-year-old was caught with around 65kg of the class A drug in the HGV lorry he was driving.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that face-to-face services for some benefit claimants in Scotland will resume next week. In the latest edition of the LA Welfare Direct bulletin on the GOV.UK website, it states that “Jobcentre offices will be restarting face-to-face appointments over April 2021 for all customers who need to be seen by their work coach.” It goes on to confirm that these will start again in Jobcentre Plus offices across Scotland on Monday, April 26.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.The Crown Office will NOT hold an Fatal Accident Inquiry into the deaths of two men killed in a horror fire at luxury hotel Cameron House.They say public interest would not be further served by an in-depth probe into the tragedy at the Loch Lomond resort, which resulted in the deaths of couple Richard Dyson, 38, and Simon Midgley, 32.In a statement

Use an Apple phone or tablet? Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in LanarkshireFour fire appliances battled the huge blaze at the property, near to Old Edinburgh Road, in the town.A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) spokesman said: “We were alerted at 2.36pm to reports of a fence and decking on fire at a property at The Cuillins, Uddingston.“We immediately mobilised two appliances to the scene, where a fire had spread to a semi-detached property, and a further four appliances were

Scottish Cup quarter-final. The competition was suspended in January due to the coronavirus pandemic and has been forced into a congested schedule.