Ryanair to meet air-safety officials as Scottish flights cancelled

Ryanair bosses are to meet air-safety officials today in a bid to have flight restrictions lifted, after the airline, as well as Aer Lingus and easyJet, were forced to cancel flights as a new ash cloud made its way towards the UK.

Euro-control, the organisation which monitors safety across European airspace, has said it is expecting the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland to be over London Heathrow by 1pm today.