Teaching union recommends members reject 'insulting' pay offer, paving way for more strikes

A mum is finally to get a hip replacement op – thanks to the Sunday Mail – after waiting more than five years. Mother-of-six Joan Brown was first referred to a specialist in December 2017 by her GP but until last week was still to get a date for surgery.

Ben Croll As director Alex Ruhl’s “Rock, Paper, Scissors” continues an international festival tour, the project’s funder has sent out a message to other immersive titles considering public support: BFI Network is open for business. “We are open for all applications, and accepting narrative fiction VR projects,” says BFI Network talent exec Alexzandra Jackson. “I had such a good experience working with Alex [Ruhl] on ‘Rock, Paper, Scissor’ that I would certainly love the opportunity to work on more.” The new and emerging talent arm of the BFI, BFI Network looks to invest in filmmakers outside of London and Southeast England, keeping scouts in a number of English regions and satellite offices in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Since 2018, the development org has held an annual call for projects, offering up to £25,000 ($31,500) for short narrative fiction development titles.

Andy Murray has shared rare snaps of his children after he jetted off to Marbella for a family holiday with his wife, Kim Sears. The professional tennis player took to Instagram to share some highlights from his trip away which involved a training week and getaway with his team and family. In the post shared on Thursday with a series of snaps Andy, 35, wrote the caption: "Just finished a great training week/holiday with my team and family at @puenteromanoresort in Marbella.

West Lothian had just over 3000 people claiming unemployment benefits in January, according to new figures from the council’s Access2Employment (A2E) team.

A dog who starred in the 1960s Disney movie about Greyfriars Bobby is set to be laid to rest near the real life grave of Scotland's most loyal companion. The on-screen Skye Terrier, also called Bobby, was gifted to former Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police William Merrilees by Walt Disney after the film was released.

Basic and New State Pension payments will increase next week by 10.1 per cent for some 12.6 million older people across the country, including around one million living in Scotland.

A young Scots woman has died in Turkey after reportedly undergoing gastric band surgery.

Scots psychiatrist Zainib Khan had to rely on the kindness of strangers to help her travel thousands of miles across Canada for TV show Race Across the World.

A man will appear in court after he allegedly got behind the wheel while more than seven times the legal drink drive limit, police have said.

Devastated staff at a Scots bar which Paul O'Grady regularly dropped into have paid tribute to the "iconic legend" following his death on Tuesday.

Social Security Scotland has announced that it has now processed all automatic payments of the new annual £50 winter heating bill support. Around 400,000 households are expected to have received the Winter Heating Payment by the end of March, however, in a new post on social media it said that some payments will have to be processed manually.

A former Scots boxer has been blasted for sending ‘racist’ tweets branding Humza Yousaf ‘as Scottish as England’. The vile messages were sent from Alex Arthur’s Twitter account on Tuesday - just hours after the Glasgow-born politician was voted the new leader of the SNP.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s financial deficit will more than double to £56m over the coming year.

Scott McTominay came off the bench to net two goals in six minutes on Saturday as Scotland beat Cyprus 3-0 in their opening Euro 2024 qualifier.

Loose Women panellists - Kaye Adams, Judi Love, Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore - paid an emotional farewell to their co-star, Tom, on Friday's episode. As the latest instalment came to an end, Kaye, 60, shared an announcement about deputy editor Tom's departure and last day after working with ITV for 15 years.The Scottish presenter said: "Listen that's it from us for today.

Amazon are the latest company to announce a base pay increase for thousands of workers across the country.

Healthcare workers have accepted a new pay offer.

U2 are outselling the rest of the Top 5 combined as Songs of Surrender leads the race to become their 11th Number 1 album in the UK. 

Thousands of members of the RMT union in Network Rail have voted to accept a pay offer.

A Place in the Sun star Jean Johansson attended an anti-discrimination march which was held in Glasgow today encouraging others to stand up to racism.