Glasgow, Scotland News

MOTORISTS face another two weeks of disruption caused by Glasgow's massive M74 motorway extension project.

TILLICOULTRY'S Dan Snaddon, who penned a book on his experiences surviving as a POW on the notorious Burmese 'Railway of Death', has passed away in Texas.

The Princess Royal will cut the steel for Britain's biggest new warship to mark the start of construction work.

THE number of roadworks in Scotland's two biggest cities have soared more than 25% in eight months.

IT'S BEEN needed since 1975, but now Cambuslang is to be home to the new 35 million Strathclyde Fire and Rescue training centre.

Joe Sloniker's medals and memorabilia, from his time in the service are remind-ers of his experiences during World War II.

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond was today accused of "snoozing on his watch" over the announcement that drinks giant Diageo is to shed 900 jobs.

Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy will visit a closure-threatened shipyard after a leaked memo reportedly suggested the building of warships could be scaled back.

Diageo, the world's biggest spirits group, will shed nearly 900 jobs in Scotland with the closure of a whisky bottling plant and grain distillery as it cuts costs to try and cope with the current downturn.

Elderly men who exercised and received the growth hormone known as "mechano growth factor" showed increased muscle mass, according to a British study.

Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray said he would fight to save the Clyde shipyards.

The long-term future of two British shipyards has been brought into question after a leaked memo reportedly showed plans which could see them close them within a decade.

Chris Walker, BSB legend/stalwart/veteran will be at Motorpoint Glasgow prior to this weekend's Knockhill round ... He's a loveable rogue and no mistake.

Published June 29, 2009 at 12:51 p.m. Category: Politics Tags: veterans Lonnie Randolph, state president of South Carolina's NAACP chapters, is just flat wrong when he touted that paying tribute to Confederate soldiers is the same as honoring Hitler.

Susan Boyle sings "I Dreamed A Dream" from musical Les Miserables during auditions for Britain's Got Talent on Apr.

Thirteen people are due to appear in court following protests which caused disruption at an Armed Forces Day parade.

Glasgow to Edin- burgh by train takes less than hour. It's an uneventful kind of journey a ' fast, anonymous and insulated a ' a four-times-an-hour service that gets you from G to E without too much interference from what's in between.

Asylum pilot's failures 'will not be echoed in Scotland' CHRIS WATT June 25 2009 The failure of a 1m pioneering asylum project in England does not spell disaster for a similar scheme in Glasgow, it was claimed yesterday.

SHOPPERS at the Antonine Centre are being asked to disinfect their hands on the premises as a precautionary measure against swine flu.

THE first thing that hits you is the heat. Then, as your eyes adjust to the dark, there's panic - the room is on fire and you have no idea of the escape route.