Crash on M8 near Glasgow city centre leaves motorway closed after lorry overturns

Labour’s leader on Glasgow City Council is facing a challenge for the top job after a year in the post.

Former first minister Alex Salmond led a crowd of thousands in a chant calling for Scotland to be independent – encouraging them to shout louder for “the benefit of those in Westminster Abbey”.

Glasgow has a packed schedule for the Coronation of King Charles III, with street parties, parades, concerts and plenty more for royal revellers.

Emmerdale fans think they have worked out a fresh paternity twist after Mackenzie Boyd was seen saying an emotional goodbye to his secret son. Viewers of the ITV soap know that Mack enjoyed a one-night-stand with Chloe Harris last year during a tiff with then-girlfriend Charity Dingle.

Shocking video footage has emerged of the moment a man was dragged off a plane that departed Glasgow Airport on Tuesday afternoon after it was forced to make an unexpected stop hours from its destination.

Kevin Costner and his wife Christine Baumgartner are getting divorced, a representative for the actor has announced. “It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have transpired which have resulted in Mr Costner having to participate in a dissolution of marriage,” the Hollywood star’s publicist Arnold Robinson said. “We ask that his, Christine’s and their children’s privacy be respected as they navigate this difficult time,” he added.

Delays are expected this morning after a car burst onto flames on a major UK motorway.

Devastated neighbours have paid tribute to a pregnant Scots woman who was found dead at a house in Glasgow yesterday.

A search investigation is underway to trace a man missing for four days.

Heading back to the court. Nia Long’s ex-fiancé, Ime Udoka, has scored a new basketball coaching job following his suspension from the Boston Celtics.

An elderly cyclist has been rushed to hospital following a crash in an East Lothian town. Emergency services were called to Dunbar High Street at around 10.14 am on Sunday April 23 following reports of a crash between a cyclist and a silver Vauxhall Astra.

A man has died after crashing on a busy road in Wigan this afternoon (April 22). Police say the crash happened around midday at the junction of Beech Hill Avenue, Scot Lane, and Woodhouse Drive.

A pensioner has been left housebound after she broke her hip stepping on a loose slab in Glasgow city centre.

A historic Perth jewellers will become the latest city centre business to close its doors as it stops trading after 154 years in business.

The date for Eid ul Fitr has been announced in Saudi Arabia after official observers spotted the crescent of the new moon.

A couple who fled the scene of a motorway crash that saw a schoolgirl killed after being thrown from a car will not have time added to their prison sentences.

“It’s gone down the pan... drastically,” Thomas Beech says. He's sat nursing a can of Pepsi outside Woodley Precinct’s Startpoint Cafe.

David's Bridal has went into administration just hours after its US owners filed for bankruptcy.

Gangland activity in Glasgow has left terrified residents in the north of the city fearing they could be "caught in the crossfire".

Ed Balls left Susanna Reid with her head in her hands on the latest episode of Good Morning Britain as he asked Lorraine Kelly: "Is it working?" The former labour politician-turned-TV star was stood up from his seat as he and his co-host spoke to their fellow ITV star via video link from their neighbouring studio.