Major Scots motorway turned into race track as 100mph race takes place on M8

A stretch of the road totalling 1.4km will be repaired during the major project. Gordon Coppard, Scotland TranServ’s Area Network Manager said: " This is an important section of the trunk road network, and as such is used by emergency services, freight, retail and delivery traffic as part of their essential working.

Douglas Ross could win the Scottish Tory leadership unopposed after a potential rival backed him.Right winger Michelle Ballantyne, who was tipped as a possible candidate, has supported Ross instead.She said: “I have confidence that Douglas is in tune with the membership and that he would work with activists to ensure that their voices are heard.”Ross quickly became the favourite for the job in the wake of MSP Jackson Carlaw’s shock resignation as leader.The Moray MP announced his leadership bid

River Carron after a large scale overnight search and rescue operation. The grim discovery was made near the viaduct in Larbert, near Falkirk, on Thursday morning in the search for a missing fisherman.

Rutherglen who can’t afford to dine out at all, it strikes me that this package isn’t geared towards supporting those on the lowest incomes, whose livelihoods are most likely to have been lost. We wanted the real deal for Scotland.

Kessock Bridge in Inverness. "Caution High Winds" warnings are forecast to be in place from 3pm today until 9am tomorrow.Other bridges on the same route further north, the Cromarty and Dornoch bridges, are expected to have the similar warnings in place covering the same timescale.The A87 Skye Bridge is also expected to have "caution" warnings from 6pm through to 9am tomorrow.The A9000 Forth Bridge could see warnings in place from midday to 6pm tonight, with a 40mph speed limit in place.

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half price meals when they dine out every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during August in a bid to boost the hospitality sector. Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently made the announcement and said the “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme would provide 50 per cent off, up to a maximum of £10 per head, meals at participating businesses across the UK - but it doesn’t include alcohol.

Ross McCrorie has admitted people messaged him "like I was dying" when word broke that he had coronavirus. The defender was on loan at Portsmouth last season when he was one of five players from the club diagnosed with COVID-19.

independence vote and the Brexit referendum, according to a landmark report on Russian interference in Britain. The report was finally released today after months of delay at the hands of Downing Street which has immediately rejected the main call from the Intelligence and Security Committee.

independence referendum but not the Brexit vote, according to reports. An investigation into alleged Russian interference in British democracy is due to be published on Tuesday.

cannabis was found by cops after stopping a car on a Scots motorway. Police discovered the massive 25kg haul of the class B during a stop yesterday on the M74 outside Lockerbie.

The Last of the Mohicans and TV credits including Doctor Who and Star Trek, has died at the age of 83. The news of his passing was confirmed by his agent Lovett Logan in a statement.

council car park. Mark Ross passed away after being found near Motherwell Civic Centre at around 9.30am on Sunday.

missing Scots mum who vanished in Clackmannanshire. Joanne Walker was last seen leaving her home in Stalker Avenue, Tillicoultry, at around 10pm on Friday.

Johnny Beattie was one of the pillars of Scottish entertainment. He, along with fellow Glaswegians Rikki Fulton, Jack Milroy, Jimmy Logan and Stanley Baxter, were the blueprint of post war Scottish comedy.

restaurant and pub bills slashed in half when eating out. In a bid to kickstart the struggling hospitality industry, the government announced the new discount scheme to coax families out of lockdown.