Whisky firm workers to vote on strike action over pay dispute

Weather experts have confirmed that snowfall is on the way for Scotland this week as temperatures begin to drop.

Keir Starmer has ignored Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s call for a ceasefire in the deadly war in Gaza.

Millions of households across Great Britain are set to receive the next instalment of the £900 cost of living payment support before November 19, which is worth £300, with a further £299 is due next Spring. Payments for people on means-tested benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will receive the money between today (October 31) and November 19, while those on Tax Credits will be paid between November 10-19, 2023.

A mum whose daughter died after choking on her own vomit is considering legal action after complaints over her care at a respite centre were upheld by watchdogs. Tracy Steele believes Lauren Muir, who was being cared for at The Elms in Crosshouse, Ayrshire, would still be alive if there hadn’t been delays in getting her to hospital when she fell ill in December.

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A trade union has threatened to escalate strike action across Scotland in a long-running row over pay.

A North Sea drilling contractor has said staff evacuated from a rig after several of its anchors came loose during Storm Babet are being sent home following the incident.

Cleaners, security guards and support staff in three government departments have announced weeks of strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.

A live-action reboot of the mid-90s animated television series Gargoyles is in early development at Disney+, Deadline has confirmed. The project hails from Annabelle writer Gary Dauberman and James Wan‘s Atomic Monster.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Gargoyles” could finally be returning to television, with a live-action reboot series currently in the works at Disney+. Variety has confirmed that the Disney streaming service is working with writer Gary Dauberman and James Wan‘s Atomic Monster to develop a live-action version of the beloved animated show. Dauberman would serve as writer and executive producer with Wan also executive producing.

The Triple Lock will determine the level of uprating to be applied to the State Pension for the 2024/25 financial year and pays the highest between September’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate, earnings growth, or 2.5 per cent. The frontrunner for the uprating is currently earnings growth, which came in at 8.5 per cent (including employee bonuses) for the period between May and July.

Graham McTavish has had a successful career spanning over multiple decades but is now best known for his role as Dougal MacKenzie in Outlander.

Top Scots chef Tom Kitchin was treated to a visit from some members of the Rig cast at his flagship Edinburgh restaurant the Kitchin this week.

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In a move not attempted by actors at San Diego Comic-Con, Trainspotting and Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Ewan McGregor took the stage at the Javits Centers today at New York Comic-Con to discuss himself, not struck work during what is the 92ned day of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Shopkeepers subjected to horror attacks have backed calls for emergency action on a “tsunami” of retail crime sweeping Scotland.

Alex Lowry insists he’s not thinking about a January return to Rangers – even with a new boss set to be installed at Ibrox.

Kaye Adams's dispute with HMRC over a potential £124k tax bill is being heard in court for the third time, four years after the legal battle first began.The Loose Women panellist, 60, won a previous court case in 2019, which was then reheard in 2021, with an upper tribunal also siding with the TV star. However, following an appeal from HMRC a Court of Appeal judge ordered that the case be reheard once again, for the third time.

Ambulance crews in Dumfries and Galloway could strike over a lack of breaks.

Congratulations are in order to Carey Mulligan and husband Marcus Mumford as the pair welcome their third child into the world.