Police inundated by terrified callers as meteor lights up the sky across Britain

Police forces across the UK were inundated with calls last night after a large fireball, thought to be a meteor, was spotted in the sky. 

Reports of a 'bright light' and an 'orange glow' were received by police across Scotland and the north of England at about 9.40pm yesterday.

Some people are believed to have phoned the police fearing a plane had crashed.       Full Read