Jane Bradley

3 weeks ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

The disturbance is believed to have happened in the early hours of Saturday morningA 46-year-old man has been arrested after several streets in Glasgow city centre were locked down for almost seven hours due to a “disturbance”, police said. Officers were called to a report of a man causing a disturbance at about 4.45am on Saturday near St Vincent Street. Neighbouring roads were closed for almost seven hours and the public were told to avoid the area.

3 weeks ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

Sir Rod Stewart had already cancelled some concerts due to his illnessSir Rod Stewart has cancelled a string of gigs in the US ahead of his planned performance at Glastonbury this summer due to health concerns. The singer, 80, said he was suffering from flu and had been forced to scrap the gigs, in Las Vegas and Stateline, Nevada and would also reschedule two others in California. He is due to play the Glastonbury Legends slot on 29 June - 23 years after he last appeared at the festival.

3 weeks ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

The disturbance is believed to have happened in the early hours of Saturday morningPolice have closed roads and told the public to avoid an area of Glasgow city centre, amid reports of a man causing a “disturbance”. The area around St Vincent Street has been shut since the early hours of the morning. A statement from Police Scotland said: “A number of roads in Glasgow city centre are closed following a report of a man causing a disturbance around 4.45am on Saturday, 7 June, near St Vincent Street.

3 weeks ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

The motorway was shut for three hours on SaturdayThe M8 has reopened after an early morning three hour closure near to Glasgow Airport due to a “police incident”. The motorway was shut between Junctions 26 westbound and Junction 29 eastbound since from 6am. The A737 was also closed eastbound at St. James Interchange. Drivers took to social media to complain of being stuck on the road for hours.

3 weeks ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

The head of a major Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue has warned the event is in danger of becoming a “one monologue festival” due to the soaring costs of performing in the Scottish capital. Speaking on Thursday at the launch of Love the Fringe, a cross-venue membership scheme created to attract financial support to the festival, Pleasance director Anthony Alderson insisted “we need to re-examine the [Fringe] model" as artists scale back shows due to affordability.