Workers at Scots PPE factory ‘humiliated by bosses' who 'timed toilet breaks' in 'sweatshop conditions'

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Christmas menu as a farming boss has issued a warning the UK could face a 'national shortage' in the run up to Christmas, brought on by a lack of labour following Brexit.Kate Martin, of the Traditional Farm Fresh Turkey Association (TFTA), has suggested customers may want to be getting their orders in early as the shortage may take affect before Christmas.The Manchester Evening News has reported the TFTA, who represents producers of high end, free-range turkeys, have said some poultry farms have

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evicted from accommodation with less than 24 hours notice. Workers rights group Better Than Zero have criticised the "callous morality" of managers at the Kylesku Hotel in the Highlands after two hospitality employees were allegedly told to pack their bags from the staff accommodation and leave without a notice period.

Iceland stores across Scotland will close on Boxing Day, the supermarket’s boss has confirmed. The firm’s managing director, Richard Walker, appeared on BBC’s Question Time last night.

Tories' "toxic" benefits system which made applications purposefully difficult for those who needed the most help. Across England, Scotland and Wales 287,116 people won an appeal over their benefits at tribunal between 2018 and 2021.

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drumming instructor of a Scottish boarding school told a 16-year-old pupil "the two of us should have children together", a jury heard today.

drugs after cops spotted him “sweating profusely” in Edinburgh’s Waverley train station. Lee Brunton was approached by officers in the station who suspected he and a pal were “under the influence of something”.The 28-year-old was searched and 104 benzodiazepine tablets were recovered from his rucksack.Police also found four screwdrivers in the bag and Brunton, a painter and decorator, was arrested.

Britain’s Prince Charles and his son William will join healthcare workers and members of the armed forces at the world premiere of “No Time To Die” next week when the highly anticipated James Bond movie makes its delayed debut.

cars in a text message he sent to former workers. Out-of-pocket staff claim they are owed thousands of pounds in wages after his building firm went bust with debts of almost £1million.

military planes and ships around Scotland as a huge operation begins today. We told yesterday how an armada of warships from across the globe were expected in Glasgow this week as part of the massive NATO exercise Joint Warrior.

Red Panda Day. The little female kit was born to parents Bruce and Ginger at Edinburgh Zoo in July.

missing man who may have visited a Scots pub before vanishing. Allan McDowall, 50, has disappeared from the Barrhead area of East Renfrewshire.

property three times in 16 days. Dale Smith had the back window of his car smashed by a thug last month, who returned just six days later to smash the vehicle to pieces with a baseball bat.Yesterday morning, a hooded yob attempted to burn the 31-year-old's van at his home in Bogindollo, Angus, where he lives with his parents.

union has slammed the "myth" of a green jobs revolution after a Scots wind factory entered into administration. Unite Scotland has criticised the South Korean owners of the CS Wind factory based in Machrihanish, Argyll, as the company went under.

As Nottinghamshire Live reports, there were 1.66 million active UK job advertisements in the week of August 23-29 according to Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)’s Jobs Recovery Tracker. The number of vacancies being posted has remained worryingly high since the beginning of June, with the last five weeks having seen the highest weekly figures in job adverts since mid-December last year.Last week alone, there were 193,000 new job postings.