{"id":455181,"date":"2026-03-03T11:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455181\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:01:14","slug":"m80-closed-overnight-as-police-respond-to-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455181\/","title":{"rendered":"M80 closed overnight as police respond to &#8216;incident&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The M80 has been closed overnight as emergency services deal with an \u201cincident\u201d on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic Scotland confirmed the major road was closed around 2.29am on Tuesday morning at junction 7 near Haggs.<\/p>\n<p>The road remains closed heading south due to a police incident involving concern for a person.<\/p>\n<p>There is heavy congestion in the area on the M80 Southbound from the M9, with delays of around 48 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>On the road to the M876, delays of 90 minutes are being reported.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are asked to avoid the area and use alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p>A Police Scotland statement read: \u201cThe M80 is closed southbound near Haggs, Falkirk, due to a report of concern for a person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotorists are asked to avoid the area and use alternative routes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The M80 has been closed overnight as emergency services deal with an \u201cincident\u201d on the road. Traffic Scotland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-455181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}