A car was travelling the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough before it struck a police vehicle heading in opposite direction.

Eithne Vallely, who was 81, was originally from Donegal, but had lived for decades in Armagh.

The incident in Eaglesham occurred after reports of a flare up of gangland violence in Glasgow this week.

The smell of burning from the Blaenavon wildfire was reported 30 miles away in Cardiff.