Furloughed workers to receive full redundancy payments under new law brought in today

ScotRail workers will fall silent this morning in memory of three men who lost their lives in the Stonehaven  rail tragedy. Railway workers who's 'hearts remain broken and will for a long time' across the country are holding a one minute vigil at 9.43am.It comes exactly one week after a train derailed killing driver, Brett McCullough 45, conductor Donald Dinnie 58, and passenger, Chris Stuchbury, 62.Six other people were rushed to hospital with injuries.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Management and production company 42 (The Courier) is teaming with fledgling LA-based label A-Major Media to develop and produce Megan Chan Meinero’s play Good Fortune for film. New York playwright Chan Meinero is writing the adaptation.Mary Lee, previously head of film at Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment, is producing for A-Major, which she set up last year year to champion Asian-American voices in film and TV.

Covid-19, according to a new survey by Open Up 2020. The research, carried out between July 7 and 10, was part of an initiative run by Nesta Challenges, which aims to boost awareness of financial products made possible by ‘open banking’ technology.

Lee D’Avanzo, the husband of Mob Wives alum Drita D’Avanzo, was sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to a gun charge, the New York Daily News reports.Lee, 51, appeared in federal court in Brooklyn on Friday, August 7, for the courthouse’s first in-person hearing since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. Judge Rachel Kovner ordered him to serve 64 months behind bars for being a felon in possession of a weapon.

Cold Symmetry’s upcoming souls-like game Mortal Shell has finally received a release date for later this month.Following a recently successful beta, Mortal Shell will release on August 18 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

tougher lockdown restrictions. On Thursday night it was announced that Greater Manchester and parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire have been banned from meeting each other inside their homes or in gardens following a spike in coronavirus cases.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said announcing the lockdown measures "late at night on Twitter is a new low for the government's communications".He tweeted: "No one would argue with putting in place local action to reduce the transmission of coronavirus."But announcing measures affecting potentially millions of people late at night on Twitter is a new low for the government's communications during this crisis."When the government ended the daily press conferences, they said they would hold

Hugh Jackman is baring his toned bod!

Scottish benefits. The Scottish Government is writing to an estimated 22,000 households informing them that they may be eligible for Best Start Foods and the Best Start Grant.

Diane von Fürstenberg got candid about her struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic in a lengthy social media post.

Chrissy Teigen is thinking about undergoing another surgery – for breast reduction.