Flash floods wreak travel chaos across Scotland after thunderstorm turns roads into 'rivers'

flash car gets trapped on a sandy Scots beach. Locals lined up last night around the pier in Stonehaven to watch the struggles of the luminous green motor which was bogged down in sand.

Erskine Bridge following the incident.Traffic heading towards Dumbarton will be impacted by the closure, following the crash - with a diversion now in place.On their Twitter page Amey, the maintenance company responsible for the A82, said that the incident involved a single vehicle.In their latest update, posted at 12.35pm, Traffic Scotland said: "The A82 remains closed northbound after the Erskine Bridge due to a road traffic collision."Traffic is queueing back onto the bridge and onto the M8

Ayrshire coast today as temperatures in Scotland reached a year high. Sun seekers looking to enjoy the seaside set up camp on Troon beach today as temperatures climbed to 25C marking one of the hottest days of the year so far.

cars near a Scots harbour. Police are investigating the video that appears to show the woman approach two parked motors in Burntisland, Fife, before spraying an unknown substance across the windscreens and bodywork.

Nicola Sturgeon urging her to bring in the same rules as England for quarantine-free travel from amber-list countries.

Tik Tok chef 'learn to cook' after he ended up putting a full breakfast wrap creation in the bin. Josh Durnion aka 'Wrap God Official' has gone viral many times for his wrap ideas, including a mince n tattie wrap and the ham, nutella and cheese wrap.

First Minister is expected to announce the latest covid figures and address the state of the pandemic across the country. Over the last couple of weeks cases of the deadly virus have risen in Scotland which is down to the spread of the Delta variant which originated in India.

Andrew Bowie for his "braggadocious glee" when speaking in the House of Commons about covid. Bowie slammed the SNP for criticising the Westminster Government for its tackling of the coronavirus pandemic when he said the party's Edinburgh government was seeing rising case numbers.

NHS Lanarkshir e Heather Knox described a dire situation with people visiting accident and emergency units on the rise leaving staff unable to cope. As a result of the increased pressures on services the health board may need to "pull back on some of our elective care services".A gold command meeting is expected to take place today where solutions will be identified in order to keep the situation under control as much as possible.

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resident is using a MEGAPHONE to scare away gulls that defecate on his washing and divebomb his car. Lee Ross and his neighbours in the Ardler area of Dundee say the problem recalls scenes from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror-thriller The Birds.

at Glasgow's Springburn Shopping Centre but it has been shut temporarily. In an announcement on Facebook at around 2:30pm today, the shopping centre warned they had closed due to an "incident".

summer holiday during the year of lockdown, and now you can jump on a plane for a bargain price. Ryanair have launched a massive summer sale which could see Scots jet out of the country for less than a tenner.

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Glasgow on Saturday, July 31. The Alliance has received permission for the march from Glasgow City Council and will begin from Frankfield Street.

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Manchester and Salford for Scots last Friday which came into effect on Monday, June 21. High numbers of cases of the Delta variant was the reason for the ban, the SNP leader said.

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pandemic news is likely to be dominated by talks between Nicola Sturgeon and Andy Burnham to discuss the ban on all non-essential travel from Scotland to Manchester and Salford. At a press conference on Tuesday the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester told reporters he was seeking a “political route” out of the dispute.