A first for Scotland, the World’s largest commercial passenger aircraft, the A380 comes to Glasgow Airport within the next hour. Due to touch down before 8pm, the £300million superplane, which has a full length double deck, is the first direct flight for this aircraft from Dubai to Scotland. Glasgow Airport has spent millions of pounds […]
Police Incident Ended An earlier ‘Police Incident’ at Hamilton West Train Station has now ended. Earlier this afternoon Saturday 16 February 2019, it is understood a male was trying to access the track near the station, causing disruption to train services. Police were alerted and quickly got the situation under control. Scotrail’s Twitter Account has […]
Emirates have announced that their monster plane, the A380 will take to the skies shortly over Scotland on their new route from Glasgow to Dubai. The business plan will see the massive A380 double storey plane fly over Central Scotland on flight paths that will take it over Lanarkshire, into Glasgow Airport. These super planes […]
Slow Moving Traffic If you can, please avoid High Blantyre Road. A traffic accident at the lights near Glenlee Street is causing some serious tailbacks as of 4.10pm, today Wednesday 5th December 2018. A vehicle has collided with the railings. We hope everybody is ok.
Scotland braces itself for a second day of extreme weather tomorrow, Thursday 1st March 2018. So, what can we expect on the day representing the start of Spring? The advice in general is to STAY AT HOME tomorrow, avoiding travel if possible. RED AND AMBER WARNING “The Beast from the East” has brought heavy snow […]
Is your car Insurance still valid? Loads of posts appearing online saying that ‘you won’t be covered if you drive in this unprecedented weather under the current RED ALERT.’ To clarify on that……Most insurers WILL actually cover driving during a red alert, but certain things are triggered that could be deemed “contributory negligence”, rendering SOME […]
There’s rail misery out there for commuters. Reports of complete “points failure” at Rutherglen, preventing trains from passing either from Blantyre heading to the town, and also back the way, preventing trains getting from Glasgow to Blantyre. The equipment failure has meant lengthy delays and stationary trains. Some commuters have been stuck for over 2.5 […]
Here’s what you need to know With more snow fallen last night,significant disruption is expected today, Wed 28th February 2018. SCHOOLS All South Lanarkshire Schools and Nurseries are Closed today (Wed), meaning all Blantyre schools and council nurseries are shut. North Lanarkshire and Glasgow City Councils have also closed all their schools. There is no […]