An invasive plant disease could threaten the UK's gin industry

Steven Leslie was the first Scottish Prison Service officer to die from the virus. The death of Steven, 59, was described by union bosses as an “enormous loss” deeply felt by his colleagues.

BBC is run in Scotland.The four politicians made five demands in an angry backlash at "editorial balance" going back to what they claim was bias in the independence referendum.A letter to the broadcaster and the UK Government was signed by Scotland's former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill and his Westminster colleagues Angus MacNeil, Douglas Chapman and Neale Hanvey.However, the letter, published in The National newspaper, quickly provoked a split in the party.

ongoing “feud” with the town of Danbury, Conn. — a town which the “Last Week Tonight” host has described as a “sad, empty void where hope goes to die” — Oliver challenged their local leaders to prove just how seriously they’re taking his insults during Sunday’s episode of his show.And where’s perhaps the most humiliating place to see your name memorialized, according to the British comedian? A sewage treatment plant.“Congratulations, Mr.

tourism spots in the top 500.According to Lonely Planet, 34 of the world’s best travel experiences can be found in the UK, with nine of them in Scotland.The second edition of the bestselling book, which is available to buy now contains the 'definitive wish-list of the 500 most thrilling travel experiences, ranked in order of brilliance'.Petra in Jordan was listed as the top place to experience in the world.Almost half of the dream recommendations outdoors or wildlife experiences, reflecting the

trade union has warned that 147 jobs could be lost at a foundry specialising in railway parts if it loses out on a contract to an overseas firm. Unite said the entire Progress Rail Services plant in South Queensferry could be shut by the end of the year, in what it claimed would be another "massive blow" to manufacturing jobs in Scotland.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterA Space In Time, director Nick Taussig’s documentary response to the diagnosis of his two sons, Theo and Oskar, with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal muscle wasting disease, will be released in the UK by Bohemia Media in February 2021.The film, co-directed with Riccardo Servini, will also be represented for international sales by Reservoir Docs.

'flaring' from a petrochemical plant. Elaine Green, 56, said she was woken at 3.30am by Exxon Mobil’s Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran burning off excess hydrocarbon gases.The company blamed a fault in a compressor for the latest bout of flaring, which began lighting up the night sky in the early hours of Sunday and could be seen from 30km away.

Gucci is being mocked by Scottish shoppers for looking like a '1970s school uniform'. The bold orange frock features a satin bow around the waist and is being sold in a bid to fight the 'toxic stereotypes that mold masculine gender identity'.

householders in Cowdenbeath described a rumbling that they thought was an earthquake as a bright light shot through the skies at 3.30am on Sunday morning. The locals who live near the Mossmorran plant say they've had enough after complaints about 'worrying' activity at the under-fire site have 'fallen on deaf ears' for years.

were swiftly removed on Thursday, while the Caribbean island group of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba has also been removed from the 'safe list'.

travel exemption list in a bid to tackle the spike in Covid-19 cases. Turkey, Poland, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba have been removed from the Scottish Government's list of travel corridors.

The government has announced that Poland and Turkey have been removed from the UK government's travel corridor list.The countries have bee moved from the list as coronavirus infection rates have increased above the government's threshold of cases per 100,000 population.The Caribbean islands of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba have also been removed.It means travellers arriving in the UK from these places after 4am on Saturday must self-isolate for 14 days.The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps

Cancer Research UK in their Will. Husband and wife Barry and Sue from Wigan have been impacted by cancer – now they’re pledging a gift in their Will to Cancer Research UK, to help more people in the future.It all started in 1997 when Sue’s mum died of suspected breast cancer, closely followed by her father, who died from prostate cancer just 18 months later.