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Safety fears as drivers warned salt running out

Motoring organisations have called for urgent action after council officials warned salt and grit needed to treat many of Scotland’s icy roads during the longest winter freeze in 20 years have reached critically low levels.

As Scotland braces itself for another fortnight of sub-zero temperatures, Fife Council has forecast stocks could run out by this morning despite Scottish Government intervention yesterday. Most councils were understood to be affected.