Galt Transport is looking to the future by adding eight new vehicles over the last six months. The Dumbarton-based haulage firm took delivery of four new Volvos at the end of last year and four new Scanias in recent weeks. The new additions inclu…
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A major incident has been declared after drivers have been stranded on miles of roads by Storm Gerrit.
The sever weather led to power cuts at some 27,000 properties, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution said…
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailFestive travel[1] plans were plunged into chaos for tens of thousands on Wednesday, as Storm Gerrit [2]brought flooding and huge…
Andy Gregory
27 December 2023 at 7:48 pm
Festive travel[1] plans were plunged into chaos for tens of thousands on Wednesday, as Storm Gerrit[2] brought flooding and huge disruption to rail services and left drivers trapped for hours in their cars on …
Weather warnings are in place for wind and rain as Storm Gerrit sweeps across the country. Travellers have been warned of delays and potentially hazardous conditions on their way home from the Christmas[1] holidays, with the storm forecast to bring win…
Yellow weather warnings are in place throughout Wednesday for much of northern, western and southern Scotland.
All train services between Edinburgh and Helensburgh Central have been cancelled as a result of a tree falling and blocking the railway at Du…
It’s causing travel disruption for people travelling back from Christmas
Storm Gerrit causing difficult driving conditions
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Weather warnings are in place for wind and rain as Storm Gerrit sweeps across the country.
Travellers ha…
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsWeather warnings[1] are in place for wind and rain as Storm Gerrit sweeps across the country.Travellers have …
Two people have been taken to hospital following a serious crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute.
Emergency services were called to Inveraray just before 10am on Monday after reports of a lorry and a van colliding.
A 66-year-old man was taken to the Quee…
A planning application to renovate a railway bridge in Helensburgh is among those to be validated by Argyll and Bute Council this week.
The full list of applications in the Helensburgh and Lomond area is below – for details of an individual applicatio…
The Tuxedo Princess. Photo: Newcastle Libraries.The Tuxedo Princess, or ‘The Boat’ as it was known, was a former car ferry turned nightclub which was permanently moored on the River Tyne for a time in the 1980s and then the early 2000s.But how did it m…
More than 1,200 “underpaid and undervalued” bus drivers will walk out for a week later this month in a dispute over pay.
Unite said the First Glasgow drivers voted by 99% in support of strike action on a turnout of 77%.
Drivers will now walk out at 4am…
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsScotland has been warned of more “danger to life” floods after relentless rain wreaked havoc across the count…
Parts of Scotland[1] and England have today and yesterday experienced flooding[2] following downpours – up to one month’s rainfall[3] in just a few hours – with more torrents expected.
Photographs which have emerged today show caravans and tents subme…