The scale of Glasgow’s pothole crisis continues to shock.

When reputable and respected motoring organisations like the AA brand some of the craters as potential ‘deathtraps’ it emphasises the necessity for action.

Glasgow city council has put forward plans to spend £12m – a rise of £8m – to tackle the problem.

However, increasingly even that figure is looking like a drop in the ocean.

Holyrood must take urgent action to make utility firms pay for the damage they cause to the fabric of our highways.

And Transport minister Stewart Stevenson needs to look at how his team can provide emergency funding to help cash-strapped local authorities tackle the issue.

Force bigots to behave on trains

It hasn’t taken Ellie Bird long to identify a problem with a menacing presence in Glasgow.

There is no place anywhere in the city for sectarian behaviour, but on public transport it can be a particularly frightening experience, in an enclosed space.

The new boss at BTP is right to want to clamp down on offenders and her willingness must be backed up with action and tough penalties to deal with those who think they are above the law.