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Vanessa Hudgens shares glamorous Forth Bridge snaps as star films Netflix movie The former High School Musical star has been filming across the country for the third instalment of The Princess Switch film series. Vanessa posed at the bridge this morning (Image: Instagram/@vanessahudgens) Get the latest celeb gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox each week with our Showbiz newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use t...

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Transport Scotland has now said it is “reviewing” further options to deal with the ice risk. Before it opened in August 2017, designers of the crossing from Arup and Jacobs claimed it would not be closed by high winds, with barriers installed to protect it from high gusts. Since then the risk of falling ice has, however, proved a problem. Transport Scotland said that following these earlier incidents, it undertook a review of measures used on other bridges affected by ice. A spokesperson sa...

It came after BEAR Scotland sent out additional ice patrols in response to "the weather forecast". They said the bridge was closed "when staff observed ice falling from the structure". Maintenance officials say that "our operatives inside were unharmed". Local MSPs in and around Fife raised concerns about the development and Scottish Conservative Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP Dean Lockhart described it as a "national embarrassment". Despite moves to re-open the Forth Road Bridge to motori...

The Queensferry Crossing has been reopened to northbound traffic after its earlier closure due to a risk of falling ice.

WORK on the Forth Road Bridge began on the first day of September, 1958. It was, said this newspaper in an editorial, “the first of the really big projects which are intended to give Scotland a road network commensurate with the needs of the mid-twentieth century”. That day, one of our reporters visited South Queensferry, a burgh of some 2,700 inhabitants. He found a sense of quiet optimism in the air, an impression reinforced when, as he examined a scale model of the bridge in the town...

A NEW row has erupted after ice has shut Scotlands showpiece road bridge for the second time in 17 days.

Forth rail tunnel plan considered technically viable Tunnelling specialists have welcomed proposals to build a new rail tunnel crossing below the Firth of Forth in Scotland as part of plans put forward by the Scottish Green Party to improve the rail network and deliver on carbon net zero transport promises. The Rail for All plan, published earlier this week, proposes a 14.5km long twin bore rail tunnel is driven under the Firth of Forth from Abbeyhill to Seafield, between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy...

Scottish Greens claim Forth tunnel would boost rail journey times to north-east An ambitious plan to build a rail tunnel underneath the Forth has been unveiled by the Scottish Greens. The party wants a £22 billion "rail revolution" to be at the heart of Scotlands green recovery from Covid-19. As part of that, it claims a tunnel between Leith and Kirkcaldy - at a cost of £4-6 billion - would help boost journey times to and from the north-east. As part of its Rail for All proposal, ...

Kingdom FM On Air Next An ambitious plan to build a rail tunnel underneath the Forth has been unveiled by the Scottish Greens. The party wants a £22 billion "rail revolution" to be at the heart of Scotlands green recovery from Covid-19. As part of that, it claims a tunnel between Leith and Kirkcaldy - at a cost of £4-6 billion - would help boost communities in Fife and across Scotland. As part of its Rail for All proposal, unveiled ahead of this years Scottish Parliament election,...