Scotland police stop Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games cyclists cycling on motorway

July 24, 2014

Four members of Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth Games team sparked a police response after going for a bicycle ride down one of Scotland’s busiest stretches of motorway.

The Glasgow 2014 athletes were spotted cycling down the M74 before police intervened near the exit for Motherwell and Hamilton and informed them they were breaking the law. The junction is close to Strathclyde Park, which hosts the triathlon events on Thursday and Sunday.

Police confirmed they had been called to a report of four cyclists on the M74 at junction six at around 11.55am on Wednesday. A police spokeswoman said: “Police attended. Advice and assistance was given and the cyclists were advised to get off the road.” - The Guardian UK -

Disintegration of SLFP begins

Thursday, 24 July 2014 

Around 30 young activists of the SLFP held a secret meeting at the Homagama home of an individual involved in the legal field. The topic of the discussion attended by provincial councillors, lawyers, journalists and longstanding activists of the party was the upcoming presidential election.

The present path of the government came under criticism at the meeting, and an agreement has been reached to support the common opposition candidate who would promise to abolish the executive presidency. They have decided to function secretly and to come out publicly with their stance soon after the nominations were handed in for the presidential election.