A timetable of significant G8-related events as they happened on Wednesday 6 July:
2225: Police confirm 182 demonstrators were arrested throughout the day, 100 in Auchterarder, 65 in Stirling and 17 in Edinburgh.
2100: The world leaders have been attending a banquet hosted by the Queen at Gleneagles.
1740: Order is restored as about 1,000 protesters are cleared from the field in front of the Gleneagles security fence, back to the edge of Auchterarder.
1735: French president Jacques Chirac arrives in Scotland for the summit.
1719: A line of officers with dogs backed up by mounted police sweeps forward to move protesters further back.
1700: Police draw batons and charge the crowd.
1641: Riot officers come through the security fence in an attempt to clear protesters numbering in hundreds back from the cordon.
1637: Demonstrators clash with riot police in Auchterarder itself.
1634: Further riot officers arrive inside the security fence by Chinook helicopter while hundreds of protesters gather at a watch tower.
1622: Riot police are deployed in a line to try to prevent protesters moving towards the Gleneagles security fence at the edge of Auchterarder.
1620: Russian president Vladimir Putin arrives at Prestwick Airport.
1600: Bob Geldof, Bono and Richard Curtis deliver the Live 8 anti-poverty to Prime Minister Tony Blair at Gleneagles.
1559: Protesters on G8 Alternatives march in Auchterarder breach agreed route for demonstration.
1544: George Bush and his wife Laura arrive at Gleneagles.
1530: Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi touches down at Prestwick Airport.
1515: SNP leader Alex Salmond raises a point of order in the House of Commons calling for a statement from the Secretary of State for Scotland on the situation at Gleneagles.
1455: US President George Bush arrives in Scotland for the G8 summit.
1430: About 5,000 people set off on a G8 Alternatives protest march in Auchterarder.
1355: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrives at Gleneagles Hotel for the summit.
1340: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder arrives at Prestwick Airport.
1240: Tayside Police reverses its decision to cancel a protest march by G8 Alternatives in Auchterarder. The group's Gill Hubbard welcomes the move.
1215: Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin arrives in Scotland for the G8 summit.
1205: About 350 G8 protesters in Edinburgh move from east to west along Princes Street after being told the protest march at Auchterarder has been cancelled.
1200: The Wallace Monument is sealed off. A group of protesters gather at the monument and another 100 people are turned away.
1115: Tayside Police announce the protest march at Auchterarder has been cancelled.
1045: SNP leader Alex Salmond has asked for a government statement on the postponement of the march. He condemns the disruptive elements who are "making peaceful assembly impossible".
1040: Lothian and Borders Police says 150 protesters have gathered in Waterloo Place, close to the Scottish Executive building on Regent Road. The protesters are being monitored via CCTV.
1035: The Scottish Parliament is sealed off as demonstrators are expected to stage a protest outside the Holyrood building.
1015: Scotland's First Minister Jack McConnell condemns the violence in Stirling and describes the protesters who took part as "hardened thugs".
0950: Police at Gleneagles request that a 5,000-strong protest march should be called off on the grounds of public safety.
0940: Rail line between Stirling and Gleneagles reopened. Services no longer diverting via Fife.
0915:Thirty two people involved in a protest on the A9 are detained by police.
0900: First ScotRail says rail line is blocked in the Gleneagles area, north of Dunblane. Trains to Glasgow to Inverness and Aberdeen are being diverted via Fife.
0830: Police advise motorists to avoid the A9 north and southbound between the Keir roundabout at Stirling and the Broxden roundabout at Perth.
The A822 at Crieff has re-opened but the B8062 at Kinkell Bridge is closed. Diversions are in place.
0805: Stirling railway station re-opened.
0805: Police warn of action which could disrupt the motorway network in and around Glasgow, particularly the Kingston Bridge and on the A80 heading to Stirling.
0800: Protesters reported to have been dangling by ropes from bridge over M9.
0700: Prime Minister Tony Blair touches down at Edinburgh Airport from Singapore. Transfers to helicopter for flight to Gleneagles.
Early hours of the morning: Two people arrested when violence involving minority breaks out as eco-camp near Stirling moves towards Gleneagles. Missiles thrown at police.
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