Fewer festive drink drive arrests

The number of drink and drug drivers arrested during Strathclyde Police's festive crackdown has fallen by nearly a third this year.

The force said it had made 280 arrests during its four-week campaign, which got under way on 8 December.

This compared to a total of 394 for the previous year.

Strathclyde's head of road policing, Supt Niven Rennie, said the use of high visibility patrols and road checks had made a positive impact.