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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Simon Jeffery

G8: high roads closed, back roads jammed

Reports are coming in of mobile protests along the roads to Gleneagles - according to local radio some demonstrators setting off from the Stirling campsite have abseiled off motorway bridges and others sprung up at random points along the carriageway to link hands. There is little or no movement on the roads. Police have closed the M9 north of Stirling in both directions and are using the southbound carriageway for quick access to protest sites. Local traffic reports are warning of chaos between Glasgow and Stirling as commuters try the back roads. We're sitting in a car park poring over a map.

The good news for anyone wanting to get around the area is that an earlier rail blockade has lifted and the rains gone south.

Meanwhile television pictures this morning showed protesters attacking police vans in central Stirling, while stones were thrown at a protest camp nearby, and a Burger King in an industrial estate on the outskirts has been vandalised.

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