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Glasgow Times
20-06-2025
- Glasgow Times
Vehicle found in flames near A82 Northbound in Clydebank
A white Seat Leon was in flames on the A82 northbound slip road in Clydebank at 2.10am on June 18. The fire was extinguished by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. READ NEXT: Huge retailer with five stores in Glasgow plans to shut 33 shops Cops are asking anyone who saw the vehicle on the slip road to get in touch. Officers are also asking people to get saw the vehicle between June 7 and June 17 in the areas of Medwyn Street and Haylynn Street in Whiteinch to get in contact with Police Scotland. READ NEXT: Busy spot in Glasgow city centre to close for over month Anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0243 of June 18. Constable Emma Gibb said: 'Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of the fire. 'I am asking anyone who saw the vehicle on the northbound carriageway on the A82 near to the Auchentoshan Distillery at the time of the fire or in the hours beforehand to contact us. 'Also, If you saw the vehicle between Saturday, 7 June and Tuesday, 17 June in the areas of Medwyn Street and Haylynn Street in Whiteinch, I would also ask that you to get in touch with us.'
BBC News
15-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
All-female team triumph in World's Toughest Row
Sharks, towering waves, broken oars and calloused were just some of the many obstacles faced by the Army's first all-female Force Atlantic team during a 3,000-mile rowing team took part in the annual World's Toughest Row, which sees competitors row from the Canary Islands to more than six weeks, Imogen "Imy" O'Brien, Becca Glover, Sheri Lucas and Emma Gibb called their 8.5m rowboat "Rosie" home. Setting off from San Sebastián on 11 December, the team took 46 days and 55 minutes to reach Nelson's Dockyard in Antigua on 26 finished second in the Women's Class and in 18th place overall. For Ms O'Brien, the skipper, it was the final moments of the journey that stick in her said: "It was a Biblical storm, I've never seen rain like it, I've never felt wind like it. "It just highlighted the whole trip and how difficult it was that, less than a nautical mile away from the finish line, we nearly didn't finish because we were being blown past the exit."When they stepped on to land, they were greeted by family and friends, who Ms O'Brien said "had sacrificed so much to support us to achieve this". "I've never felt emotion like it," she said. "I wish we could just bottle and keep it, the ending was wild.""A wild adventure, the hardest thing that I've ever done. It took a lot, it took teamwork, it took resilience, it took problem solving. "But we're glad that it was difficult, that added in the depth we needed and we stand here today hoping to inspire others that they can go on and achieve anything they want to achieve." 'Never give up' Speaking during a talk with students at Reading College, in Berkshire, Emma Gibb said she hoped her team's work could inspire young people to chase their dreams."Hopefully it just gives them that feeling of just never give up and just go for what you want to go for and challenge yourself," she said."We are a minority and, if anything, we want to show women there are so many opportunities."Hopefully people can relate and just see that actually we're just a group of four women, we had an idea, we had this culture and all these values and we brought it to life."Reading College student Callum, 19, said meeting the rowers had certainly inspired said: "It really emphasized the importance of team work and how that links to problem solving and how that can be applied to not just rowing but so many more areas."It really just made me realise that if you can trust your team and your team can trust you, you really can get anything done." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
