Easter getaways will be hit by 420 rail engineering projects costing £113million with major routes and stations shut Network Rail to carry out 420 projects between Good Friday and Easter Monday The West Coast Main Line will be closed north of Crewe from April 10 to April 13 Reduced timetable also in place between London Euston … Read more
Taking on a vigorous hill walk with her husband, or playing with her two lively grandchildren, Rebecca Allison had never felt better. The birth of Nathan, now eight, and Caitlin, six, had given Rebecca — a smoker for more than 50 years — the incentive she needed to quit her 30-a-day habit four years ago. … Read more
The best and worst airports across the UK have been named in a new study, with Glasgow Airport taking the top podium position and London Stansted languishing in last place. The ranking has been produced by flight tips site The Points Guy UK in an inaugural annual report after an ‘extensive review’ of the largest … Read more
The highly anticipated return of the caped crusader has attracted large crowds to its filming locations. And Batman ripped through the streets of Glasgow again on Sunday as they continued to shoot complex chase sequences through the city’s Victorian Necropolis. Robert Pattinson’s stunt double donned full black body armour, complete with the iconic pointy-eared cowl and sculpted armour … Read more
It’s one of the hotly-anticipated return of the caped crusader, with Robert Pattinson set to take the leading role. And set designers were seen out on the streets of Glasgow transforming the area they were set to film in into the dark city of Gotham, on Saturday. The crew could be seen muddying up the … Read more
He’s usually seen fighting crime in the corrupt city of Gotham. But Batman descended upon drizzly Glasgow in full black body armour as he roared around a cemetery on a motorbike during filming on Friday. The Scottish city is standing in for the fictional metropolis of Gotham in the upcoming film The Batman, starring Robert … Read more
Britain’s worst railway station for delayed trains was today revealed to be Lancaster with nearly two thirds of all services arriving there late. The station, which is used by 2.1million passengers a year, sees 63.5 per cent of its trains arriving late, based on an average punctuality over the past year. The figure rises to … Read more
Disgraced Bachelorette contestant Jess Glasgow is selling his Noosa apartment. According to The Courier Mail, the pad is up for $550,000 and features two bedrooms and one bathroom. Jess, 37, made headlines last year when he was booted from the dating show for his shameful behaviour. Selling up: Disgraced Bachelorette contestant Jess Glasgow (pictured) is … Read more
Brad Pitt reportedly enjoyed a week-long fling with a Scottish barmaid during a trip to Glasgow back in 1994. The screen star, 56 – who was in the UK at the time to film Interview With The Vampire – is said to have met Jillian Lamb at the local pub where she worked, before hanging … Read more
Strictly Come Dancing tour organisers have been forced to apologise to fans after two live shows were cancelled due to a leaky roof at Glasgow‘s SSE Hydro earlier this month. Attendees were left angry about being left out in the cold as they were ordered to leave the venue at the last minute for health and … Read more
Video of ITV Scotland correspondent Peter Smith being battered by Storm Ciara during a live news bulletin goes viral – with viewers asking ‘are you trying to kill him?’ ITV’s Scotland correspondent felt the full force of Storm Ciara during a live bulletin from East Renfrewshire, just south of Glasgow, on Monday night During the evening broadcast … Read more
A ‘bunch of idiots’ who decided to climb up Ben Nevis during Storm Ciara wearing trainers in freezing weather conditions and 80mph winds are ‘lucky to be alive’ after a local volunteer team rushed to their rescue. The ‘stupid’ quartet found themselves trapped near the 4,411ft-high summit after walking up Britain’s highest mountain in the … Read more
David Cameron reveals he turned down Boris Johnson’s ‘kind offer’ to be head of international climate change summit in Glasgow Boris Johnson asked predecessor David Cameron to head climate conference The ex-PM says he turned down the ‘kind offer’ to take charge of the summit Former minister Claire O’Neill slammed Mr Johnson after he sacked … Read more