Emergency services called to Tay Road Bridge after multiple vehicle smash

Anas Sarwar will today call for an emergency rent freeze to be implemented as soon as MSPs return from their summer break next month.

A major Scots road has been closed by police following a 'serious' multi-vehicle crash.

The Scottish Conservatives have labelled comedian Jerry Sadowitz “abhorrent” after an alleged on-stage racial slur about leadership candidate Rishi Sunak. It’s claimed Glasgow comic Sadowitz referred to Sunak as a “p***” in a gag, and also exposed himself to a female member of the audience during a performance at the Edinburgh Fringe on Friday.

Two bikers and a driver allegedly involved in a "race" are to stand trial charged with killing another motorist. Ashley Sadler, 40, Ian McLaughlan, 41, and Daniel De Monerri, 37, are accused of being involved in a five-vehicle crash on the A7066 in Bathgate, West Lothian, on July 6, 2020.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorJi.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival has revealed to Variety the projects that the participants of its 2022 Emerging Producers program are working on. The producers were asked to deliver an elevator pitch for their projects.Every year since 2010, the festival has selected 18 up-and-coming producers of documentary films (17 European and one representing a non-European guest country), which are then provided with educational, networking and promotional support.There are almost 200 alumni of the program, many of whom have gone on to win awards at major festivals.The 2023 participants will be announced by Ji.hlava during the Sarajevo Film Festival on Aug. 15.“All Roads” (working title)Producer: Charlotte Hailstone, Hailstone Films (U.K.)Director: Laura WadhaSynopsis: A decade after the war began, a Scottish/Syrian filmmaker tries to reconnect with her fractured Syrian family, scattered around the world. She embarks on a journey, exploring the breakdown in communication between loved ones she hasn’t seen since 2010, wondering to what extent this has actually been caused by the war.Pitch: Laura’s debut feature builds on her successful short documentaries, including Berlinale Crystal Bear-winning “Born in Damascus.” This intimate film shows the audience what happens long after the initial upheaval of war. A timely light shone on the lasting impact this trauma has on lives and relationships.

The A9 Aviemore to Inverness road has been shut with emergency services attending a two-vehicle crash at Newtonmore, including an air ambulance.

The leader of Falkirk Council 's Labour group has written to Scotland's deputy first minister to share her despair at the "chronic lack of funding" that will, she says, inevitably mean more cuts that will devastate services.

A police car smashed into a wall as it pursued a vehicle in Aberdeen on Saturday evening.

A Scots man says he is no further forward in finding out what happened to his car after it was smashed up in a suspected hit and run while parked on a street.

Two schoolgirls have been rushed to hospital after being knocked down by a car in Glasgow, police have confirmed.

A horror crash has taken place in West Lothian, causing a busy road to close. Emergency services, including Police Scotland and Scottish Ambulance Service, raced to the A71 in East Calder following reports of a multi-vehicle smash.

A man has been charged under the Treason Act after he was arrested while allegedly carrying a crossbow in the grounds of Windsor Castle “with intent to injure” the Queen on Christmas Day, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Scotland Yard said Jaswant Singh Chail, from Southampton, has been charged with an offence under section 2 of the Treason Act 1842.The CPS added he had been charged with “being near to the person of the Queen, wilfully producing a loaded crossbow with intent to use the same to injure the person of Her Majesty”.

A senior midwife has warned “systemic problems” in Scotland’s maternity services mean mums are not getting adequate care after birth.

The West Lothian Ranger Service are running free environmental workshops for kids around West Lothian throughout the school holidays.

She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2015“Millie Bobby Brown wore one of my Fidget Hoops in the Vogue Mexico cover shoot for June 2022. Seeing my name printed in that magazine has been one of my most exciting moments to date. ”While designers are clamoring to get their wares endorsed by any cast members of Stranger Things, this is quite a coup for Edinburgh-based Ruth Leslie, 29.

Nearly half of all patients attending Forth Valley Royal Hospital's emergency department last month had to wait longer than the target four hours to be treated, members of the NHS health board have heard.