Falkirk Council staff will take part in Scotland-wide strike action

Low have cancelled their forthcoming UK and European shows due to the “recent developments and changes” in Mimi Parker’s cancer treatment.Parker, who formed the band with her husband Alan Sparhawk in 1993, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer late 2020. She first spoke about her health condition during an appearance on the SHEROES Radio podcast this January.Per their official website, Low had been scheduled to hit the road this week for a string of dates including Green Man festival in Wales (August 19), Helsinki, Finland (22) and Oslo, Norway (24).

The leader of Falkirk Council has said she is disappointed in the offer that was made to council workers on Friday at a special meeting of COSLA.

Thousands of students will be going to college or university in just a few weeks time, which makes this a perfect time to make sure you know about any discounts you, or your household, may be able to claim for Council Tax.

Some nurses in Scotland have shown support for strike action amid the current cost of living crisis.

Bins could go a week without being emptied after refuse workers across 15 council areas in Scotland voted for strike action later this month.

The leader of Falkirk Council 's Labour group has written to Scotland's deputy first minister to share her despair at the "chronic lack of funding" that will, she says, inevitably mean more cuts that will devastate services.

Kevin Smith has weighed in on Warner Bros. Discovery scrapping the  movie starring Leslie Grace. The move made by the conglomerate has caused shockwaves in the industry and Smith, who is a comic book aficionado and writer, shared his thoughts on his YouTube series Hollywood Babble-On.

Gail Porter said she was “sucker-punched” in the face acting as a peacemaker between two brawling women outside her London home. The 51-year-old former Top of The Pops host claimed she heard two women “killing each other” in her street prompting her to run out of her flat and intervene on Saturday night. She told her Twitter followers: “Please remind me when two women are fighting outside my home don’t go out and try and make peace.

Leslie Grace takes to social media to thank her fans for the support after Warner Bros. decided to cancel the release of Batgirl across all platforms after spending 90 million dollars.

Staff at Lockerbie’s Cumberland Building Society branch are gearing up to become the “last bank in town”.

Oil giant Shell has announced it will give employees a one-off 8 per cent bonus after the company reported record profits.

A drug-detecting dog called Boo became the hero of the hour after sniffing out around £1500 of fake tobacco during a search operation of Perth shops.

Tory toff Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Nicola Sturgeon of "always moaning" as Liz Truss and her supporters ramp up attacks on the First Minister.

Retired staff from the high security state hospital Carstairs are being asked to come back to work and help solve their current staffing crisis. The hospital, which houses some of Scotland's most dangerous psychiatric patients, is experiencing a severe shortage as they are failing to attract new staff to work at the facility.

Council planners will not stand in the way of plans to change the name of a Linlithgow pub over racism fears.

A Scots actor has said the Edinburgh Festival is "dying" due to steep hotel prices in the city.

The rise in tourism in Scotland can often be a double-edged sword as people flock to the country in the summertime. Thousands of people enjoying staycations and others travelling to Scotland from around the globe can be a boom for local economies during the holiday season, however, the extra numbers can also bring with them problems.

Schools in West Lothian could see staff walk out and bins could remain unemptied as many West Lothian Council workers vote for strike action in a dispute over pay.

A senior SNP official has been accused of "jaw-dropping interference" after a sexual harassment allegation was made against the party’s council leader in North Lanarkshire.