Multi-vehicle crash on M74 leaves a number of people hospitalised

holidaymakers will be given a cash handout for taking a trip to Malta this summer. The Maltese government has announced that tourists heading into Malta could receive as much as €200 (which converts to around £173) for booking at a hotel from a minimum of three days in the country.

Dumfries and Galloway yesterday. Mum-of-three Helen Renton was killed after she collided with a van on the A710 near Southwick just after 1pm on Sunday, April 11.

Dumfries and Galloway yesterday. Helen Renton, 44, was killed after she collided with a van on the A710 near Southwick just after 1pm on Sunday, April 11.

Dumfries to Dalbeattie Road at the B793 junction, Southwick Bridge, in Southwick just after 1pm on Sunday April 11. The incident involved a van and a cyclist.

horror crash on a Scots road today. Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to the A90, near Fordoun, after a smash between two cars and a lorry.

Police are probing mysterious vehicle fires that sparked an emergency response in an Ayrshire village yesterday.Scottish Fire and Rescue and cops were alerted to the inferno at 3.10am on Friday on Barbieston Terrace, Dalrymple.Fire crews extinguished the blaze and no one was injured.But a Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Volkswagen Up car - have been significantly damaged.

drug dealers have been sentenced to prison after police seized more than £350k of illicit substances in Edinburgh. Moses Irungu, 40, and Nonththuzelo Halana, 44, were both jailed today following a string of raids at properties in the capital last year.

parliament is in danger of becoming a “circus” if the agenda is dominated by egos and old arguments about independence. The Scottish Labour leader said he was feeling positive about his campaign despite polling showing Labour languishing in third place behind the Tories with a month to go to voting day.

crash. We told how John Campbell Dickson, from Doune, Perthshire was killed when his Kawasaki motorbike collided with a Mitubishi Outlander on the A85, east of Connel, on Friday.

son Hayes could be close to her ex, who she fears, has returned to Scotland. The jubilant 19-year-old reached an access agreement with Kyle Borg, 21, which allowed her to fly back on Friday (2 April) after 10 months on the island.

The incident happened around 4.30pm on the A706, at the junction with Pleasance Row, and involved a black BMW car and a black Suzuki motorbike. The 53-year-old female motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

Fife. Emergency services scrambled to the scene after the accident happened on Lumphinnans Road in Lochgelly this afternoon.

crash between a motorbike and a car on a Scots road. The 62-year-old was rushed to Lorne and Islands District and General Hospital after the smash around 2.30pm yesterday on the A85 east of Connel.

pensioner has been reported to police after a horror crash in Glasgow. The two-motor smash took place on Springburn Road, near the Shell Petrol Station on Saturday.

car crash on a Scots road. The horror smash happened on Charnwood Place in Dumfries yesterday around 6.50pm.

Glasgow this evening. Police were called to the report of the smash on the eastbound carriageway of the busy motorway at around 5.19pm today.

Audi smash in the Highlands. The 16-year-old, named locally as Craig Melville, was a back seat passenger in the vehicle which ploughed into a wall on the B9176 near Alness on Saturday.

crash in the Borders. Emergency services were called to the scene of a two-vehicle smash on the A716 near itsjunction with Craigencrosh, near Stranraer around 4pm on Saturday March 27.Pictures from the scene show crews attending the crash, which is believed to have involved a tractor and another car.Police,Scottish Fire and Rescue and Scottish Ambulance Service are all in attendance.

horror crashes involving a massive 12 vehicles on either side of a major Scots road today. Emergency services raced to the A74(M) near junction 16 at Johnstonebridge following reports of a collision at around 2.10pm.