The M8 saw long traffic jams and two of the main routes south - the M74 and A68 - were closed for a time due to accidents. Lothian buses suspended all of its 70 routes across Edinburgh and ...

Traffic officials closed both the M4 and M8 tunnels in response. One driver snapped a picture of traffic banked up at the tunnel entrance – equating it to a “s**tshow”. The spokesman said ...