TRAFFIC is building on the M74 because of a “tyre carcass.”

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Traffic Scotland alerted Twitter users to the incident at 8.30am, and wrote: “#M74 N/B J7 Larkhall - J6 Hamilton - tyre carcass partially blocking the carriageway. Traffic slow in the area.”

It was cleared a few minutes later and traffic was starting to “ease off.”