The Latest Breaking News from M8

Police and fire crews were called to reports of the blaze on the M8 Eastbound between Junction 23 (Ibrox) and Junction 20 (M74 interchange) after 2am this morning.

The move will allow for resurfacing of the bridge at Junction 3A Bathgate

The convoys - which can contain as many as eight nuclear warheads - pass through Glasgow on the M74 and M8 as they travel between Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield near Reading and RNAD Coulport on Loch Long.

A Jet2 flight from Tenerife and a Ryanair flight from Malaga landed at the other end of the M8, due to "planned runway maintenance" at the capital's airport.

UPDATE: All lanes are now running following the earlier multi-vehicle collision.

The M8 will shut part of the M8 to resurface 1.5 kilometres of the eastbound motorway

A teenager is in a critical condition in Cork University Hospital after a loose horse entered the M8 motorway and the vehicle he was driving collided with it

The busy motorway was closed twice in quick succession after police dealt with an 'incident' in the early afternoon, with traffic completely ground to a halt, as motorists were pictured getting out of their vehicles to see what was going on

Cops had barely left the scene on the M8 in West Lothian after responding to calls of "concern for a person" when the crash took place.

With work taking place on 1.5km of road near Livingston, drivers will be unable to use the M8 section from July 27 to July 29, according to transport operator BEAR Scotland.

The busy motorway connecting Edinburgh to Glasgow is now closed for the second time on Saturday, with a five-vehicle crash adding to the earlier police incident which saw the route closed for several hours