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RESEARCH on ways to prevent ice build-ups on the Queensferry Crossing will take place this year. The announcement comes after falling chunks of ice created dangerous conditions over the winter months which caused damage to eight vehicles. The £1.35 billion bridge over the Forth was forced to shut for two days last year when ice built up on its cables amid wintry conditions. Coating the bridge’s cables with a hydrophobic material or installing de-icing systems have been suggested as p...

Research on ways to prevent ice build-ups on the Queensferry Crossing will take place this year, after falling chunks of ice created dangerous…

A BOY sits astride a cannon, slightly askew. The vista beyond is Edinburgh’s Princes Street, punctuated by towers, the tall symbols of male authority and power. The photographer lines up the barrel in the centre of the composition to emphasise its dominance but the boy looks uncertain and vulnerable with this phallic symbol between his legs. This is as much a disconcerting image of puberty as it is an icon of Edinburgh. Welcome to the arresting and provocative world of Robert Blomfield, as re...

Storm-like weather has wreaked havoc in Perth and Kinross, knocking out power to nearly 200 homes and causing chaos on roads.

Kingdom FM Drivers using the M90 at Queensferry will be diverted over the Forth Road Bridge this Saturday - in the first trial of an emergency diversion route using live traffic. Motorists will initially be diverted via the Kincardine Bridge from 10pm on Friday, while emergency crossovers connecting the Forth Road Bridge to the motorways on either side are opened up. The diversion via the Forth bridge is expected to be fully operational by 6am on Saturday morning at the latest. All ...

This builds on an earlier trial held in December, which tested the implementation of traffic management without diverting live traffic onto the route. QUEENSFERRY Crossing traffic will be diverted over the Forth Road Bridge this Saturday as part of the first trial of the emergency diversion to include live traffic. This builds on an earlier trial held in December, which tested the implementation of traffic management without diverting live traffic onto the route. Traffic will initially b...

  New move to open Forth Road Bridge to traffic in emergencies after latest embarrassment Queensferry Crossing ice fall New attempt to open Forth Road Bridge to traffic in emergencies after latest embarrassment Queensferry Crossing ice fall A live trial over opening up the Forth Road Bridge at least partially for general traffic is go be conducted this weekend in the wake of the latest row over falling ice on the Queensferry Crossing. Motorists using the M90 at Queensferry will be diverted...

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...

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

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