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Police Scotland have issued an apology after scores of women were forced to walk home through a 'pitch black' park after the COP26 road closures last night.
Residents in Glasgow described how they had been told by officers to use alternative routes, including Kelvingrove Park and the sidestreets, after cordons were put in place on the main roads to allow COP delegates to drive around in safety.
The road closures came as hundreds of world leaders attended the biggest gathering of Government representatives since the birth of the United Nations at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum on Monday night.
Taking to Twitter one woman wrote: 'Hey @GlasgowCC, we understand shutting down Kelvin Way for COP16 but being made to walk through Kelvingrove Park in darkness is not safe.
Women in Glasgow described how they had been told by officers to use alternative routes, including Kelvingrove Park, last night. Pictured: Police on horseback in Kelvingrove Park
Cordons were put in place on the main roads for the COP26 welcoming reception on Monday
'So many generator lights are being used for the police, can you not light the main path for us at least?'
While another person said: 'Wow, Finnieston residents currently on the north side of the street who live on the south side of the street being told to walk through Kelvingrove, down to Byres road to Partick and then back to Finnieston to get to their flats 100 yards away. It's dark.'
Meanwhile another person wrote: 'I know that COP26 is a big logistical challenge but I've heard first hand that women on foot on their own are being diverted
