Landslides close A83 Rest and Be Thankful and Old Military Road as heavy rain batters country

Scotrail have been forced to end  train services early tonight as Scotland is set to be battered by stormy weather. The Met office issued an amber weather warning, alongside 12 flooding alerts across the country as heavy rain and wind is expected to hit tonight.

“We operate a more extensive branch network than most other banks in Scotland, including some much larger than TSB, and we need to reduce its size to reflect the changing needs of our customers and a fast-evolving operational environment.  “TSB remains committed to offering high quality banking services in branches across Scotland. "We are also introducing mobile advisers to ensure we look after vulnerable customers and those in rural locations.

Motorists are facing a 60 mile detour and delays after engineers closed the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful. The busy Argyll and Bute road has been shut as the region is expected to be battered by torrential rain and strong winds on Wednesday.

Still Game actor Greg Hemphill for replicating Jack and Victor's New Year's Eve get up. Susanna, 49, opted for a floral blouse with a matching neck tie to present the popular show alongside her co host Piers Morgan today but Scots' Still Game fans couldn't help but spot a huge similarity between her and the show.

wealthiest 20 families in Scotland are as rich as the bottom 30% of the population combined, a shock trade union report has found. The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has today published its "People’s Recovery" paper, which aims to pressure on Holyrood ministers to focus the economic recovery from coronavirus on the needs of ordinary people.The findings have been backed by Scottish Labour and the Scottish Greens, as well as the SNP’s employment spokesman at Westminster.

Erskine Bridge was shut over a "police incident" this morning. Police raced to the scene at around 7.40am over 'concern for a person' on the structure.

Scottish Greens for the controversial Mossmorran plant to close and insisted the site has a future despite years of complaints from those who live close by.The GMB said it was "staggering" any politician would want the giant chemical complex to wind-down operations at a time of rising unemployment caused by the global pandemic.In a frank letter sent to its members at Mossmorran last week, the union insisted that much talked-about promises of a transition to a more green economy in Scotland could

coronavirus guidelines could be thrown out of university, under new rules. Representatives from higher education in Scotland met to discuss a range of measures which would be introduced amid concerns over a number of outbreaks since term started.

bigoted tongue.Karen Mason, 49, verbally abused people in Bo'ness, West Lothian, “almost daily” for nearly two-and-a-half years.Many of her targets were neighbours of her elderly mother.In one particularly nasty outburst she called a man “a homosexual, flag-waving Jew”, a court was told.Prosecutor Kristina Kelly said: “Comments directed at other neighbours included, ‘That’s the black b******’.”Falkirk Sheriff Court heard Mason’s behaviour got so bad that a couple living in Links Road, Bo’ness,

Perth woman hurled racial abuse at a man who was born in Scotland - in a bid to get arrested, the sheriff court was told this week.Police officers duly obliged - and when they spoke to Jessie Hendry she said: “Bring back Hitler so we can have another war.”Jailing her for 54 weeks, Sheriff William Wood branded her behaviour “simply appalling”.He pointed out: “Mr Elherik is as Scottish as you are.”Nine or more cars struck by mystery stone-throwerHendry’s sentence was backdated to July 13, when she

massive landslide which has shut a major Scots road. An estimated 5,000 tonnes of sludge dropped onto the A83 Rest and Be Thankful and Old Military Road in 24 hours as heavy rain lashed the country.

Fife sparked chaos on one of Scotland's busiest roads. Emergency services raced to the A92 near Lochgelly when the alarm was raised just after 10pm on Saturday.  The southbound carriageway was closed with motorists being diverted following the late-night smash.

sex trafficking gang luring vulnerable women to Scotland has been busted in a series of raids across Europe.Guns, knives, luxury cars and cash were seized by officers and 24 traffickers were arrested in raids in Scotland, England and Romania yesterday.Trafficking victims who had been snared by the violent gang were also rescued in the UK and Romania.The operation spearheaded by Police Scotland saw four properties in Glasgow and Aberdeen targeted as part of a series of co-ordinated dawn raids.Ten

Glasgow and Aberdeen as part of a massive operation to crack down on human trafficking. Officers joined forces with colleagues in England and Romania before smashing their way into several addresses of interest.

hate crime laws.The SNP Government is under pressure to strike out its plans to add “stirring up hatred” to legislation, a move critics say cannot be policed.Conservatives are leading the campaign to block the plan, but were accused of playing “petty politics” ahead of a vote at parliament.Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf insists the overall plans will make society more inclusive.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.The team behind a popular brewery in the Highlands have been forced to temporarily close their shop after it was broken into.Cromarty Brewing Co.