Falkirk Council leader 'disappointed' in latest pay offer to council workers

An MSP pleaded with Falkirk Council on behalf of a landscaping business who were in a "distressing situation" waiting for a decision from the council's planning committee.

A ‘missing’ poster has been issued for Douglas Ross over his absence from the debate over the cost of living crisis.

Council chiefs have made a revised pay offer to staff in a bid to avert strikes that are set to close schools

Pay rises for better-off council staff would be capped under plans discussed to end waves of strikes by local authority workers.

Dumfries and Galloway is set to be hit by bin collectors strikes after unions rejected a new pay offer.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will personally intervene today in a bid to stop waves of strike action among council workers.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, has died at the age of 91, according to local reports.

Three young Explorer Scouts who are heading for the adventure of a lifetime in South Korea were presented with flags by Bonnybridge councillor Billy Buchanan to show his support.

Perth and Kinross Council has voted to introduce a financial charge for the use of its electric charging points.

A 153 per cent hike in the cost of gas and 30 per cent for electricity will leave Falkirk Council once again looking for cuts to balance its budget.

Falkirk Council will spend £2 million on new electrified vehicles for its fleet this year in a bid to meet its climate emergency targets.

Alex Turner has shared the first details on Arctic Monkeys‘ forthcoming seventh album ‘The Car’, revealing that the band have adopted a “louder” sound this time around.As announced today (August 24), the Sheffield group will release the 10-track record on Friday, October 21 via Domino (pre-order here). It was produced by James Ford and recorded at Butley Priory in Suffolk, La Frette in Paris, and RAK Studios in London.The eagerly-awaited full-length project follows on from 2018’s divisive ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’, which featured space-age-inspired lyrics over avant-garde and largely piano-led instrumentals.Speaking in a new interview with the Big Issue, frontman Turner explained: “On this record [‘The Car’], sci-fi is off the table.

Solar panels will be installed at Denny waste water treatment works by Scottish Water, if planning permission is granted.

Council workers in West Dunbartonshire are considering a better pay rise offer from the Scottish Government - with West Dunbartonshire Council saying they ‘desperately’ need funding from the Scottish Government to manage the proposed improved offer.

Keir Starmer’s route to Downing Street runs through Scotland and a study published this week shows Labour could win back half the seats it held at the next general election.

More than three-quarters of doctors who took part in a recent survey have said they are prepared to strike in a pay dispute. The study, undertaken by BMA Scotland, spoke to 3,100 medics north of the border between July 20 and August 5 after a 4.5% offer was rejected.

Scotland's largest teachers' union has said a revised 3.5% pay offer is "profoundly disappointing", adding it is likely to ballot members on their willingness to take industrial action.

A self-proclaimed 'time traveller' from the year 2082 has claimed that the Queen will die this year. The Tik Tok user posted their account @timetraveller_2082 to warn that the monarch will pass away in a few months time and give a list of other major events which will allegedly take place in the next 23 years.

Two more petrol stations in the Falkirk Council area have been given permission to deliver alcohol along with groceries.

A Conservative councillor in Falkirk says he is now backing Liz Truss to become the next Prime Minister because of her determination to "hold the Scottish Government to account".