A historic archive of photographs and cuttings from Newsquest's Scottish newspapers is to be moved to Glasgow's Mitchell Library.

Around two million images and thousands of cuttings from The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times are currently stored at their Renfield Street offices.

These will all now be moved to the library following approval from Glasgow City Council.

The relocation of the archive follows the sale of the newspapers from SMG to Newsquest last year, and is due to be completed by the end of March.

Group picture editor Rob Sibbald said: "We are delighted the archive is to be housed where it will be well looked after and preserved as a valuable resource."

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