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11 Wetherspoon pubs will be closing permanently, including one in Scotland

11 Wetherspoon pubs will be closing permanently, including one in Scotland

Emergency services are warning that meter tampering is both illegal and dangerous

Cost of living crisis sparks rise in electricity meter tampering

Maggie Chapman raised the issue in the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Greens urge Holyrood to support firefighters at risk of illness

Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio star in critically acclaimed Aftersun

Scottish director's debut film scores four Bafta nominations

Scotland's Trade Fair is an opportunity for independent businesses to sell themselves and their products to buyers

Scotland's Trade Fair set to showcase small businesses as event kicks off

Scots gave us their views on Rishi Sunak mulling plans to axe a multi-billion pound shipbuilding project in Fife

SCOTLAND REACTS 'They don't care about us': Scots react as PM mulls axing Rosyth warship order

Members of Aslef will walk out in early February

Aslef union train drivers announce two more strike dates

The AstroAgency team, from left: Daniel Smith, Lara Zanoni, Daria Filichkina and Antonio Duduianu

Scottish space marketing firm takes on contracts with industry giants

ACS managing director Graeme Frater, left, and director Craig McDonald

Scottish firm invests in new aircraft amid demand for pilot training

Members of the EIS are taking industrial action across Scotland

Scottish schools shut as wave of rolling strike action begins

Ian Musgrave is representing team UK at the Bocuse D'or final 2023

Top international culinary competition in France spotlights Scottish seafood

The Prime Minister is reportedly preparing to scrap a £2.5bn order for frigates which were set to be built in Scotland

Scots shipbuilding fears as £2.5 billion order under threat

A mural of Robert Burns on the sea wall at Ardeer beach, near to his birthplace of Alloway in Ayrshire

comment The arts need championing, even when faced with the toughest of choices

Kilmartin Castle co-owners Simon Hunt and his wife Stephanie Burgon celebrated the news

Scottish site ranked as fourth top place to visit worldwide by major US publication

Those two months will include our coverage and analysis of events like Scotonomics Live, the Scottish Independence Congress and Progress to Yes

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Head chef, Stephen McLaughlin with a painting of the late founder, Andrew Fairlie

Scottish restaurant declared as UK's best in leading diner poll

The Royal Mail is warning of a severe disruption due to a cyber incident

Royal Mail warns of 'severe service disruption' amid major cyber attack

A satellite launch site proposal in Sutherland

Comment Scotland's aerospace industry could touch the stars with European free movement

EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley, joins members of teaching unions on the picket line at St Andrew's and St Brides High School in South Lanarkshire

Secondary schools across Scotland closed as teachers take industrial action

Last-ditch talks are to take place to try and prevent this week's teacher strikes

Last-ditch talks to take place in bid to prevent teacher strikes

Pleas for a more joined-up approach to North Sea affairs – such as energy, defence fisheries and shipping – have seemingly gone unheard

COMMENT An independent Scotland could lead in fostering North Sea co-operation

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union stand on a picket line outside Euston Station

COMMENT Everyone's new year resolution should be to get behind trade unions

Pubs are warning that a rise in the price of beer is just around the corner due to rising energy bills

Pubgoers warned prices will continue to soar in 2023

Co-op coffin makers are taking industrial action until January 16

Coffin factory staff walk out as industrial action enters fourth month

Rishi Sunak's new strike laws could reportedly see unions sued and workers sacked

Rishi Sunak's strike legislation could see unions sued and workers sacked

Scotland risks wasting a 'historic opportunity' to make its economy greener by staying in the Union, an economic think tank has warned

EXCLUSIVE Scotland risks squandering 'historic opportunity' to go green in UK, report warns

HMS Prince of Wales anchored off the Hampshire coast last year after it broke down

Scottish-built warship to return to action by spring after repairs, Navy confirms

Jerba Campervans accepted the First Minister’s Award for Manufacturing Leadership from at Bute House

Campervan converter firm accepts employee welfare award from the First Minister

Hunterston Nuclear Power station in North Ayrshire

Celtic fan police officer who suffered sectarian abuse at Hunterston awarded £44k

The MV Glen Sannox at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow is over budget and significantly delayed

Scottish ferry contract to be awarded to Turkish shipyard amid delay controversy

Three island airports are closed as a result of industrial action

Strike action closes Scottish airports for second time in a week

A trade union council has called for people to support the CWU hardship fund

EXCLUSIVE Scots trade unionists in call to support CWU hardship fund amid postal strike

Usdaw is calling for retail workers across Scotland to be given New Year's Day off

Scottish Government must act to give shopworkers New Year's Day off, union says

Scots are more supportive of RMT strikers than those living in other parts of the UK, with 50% backing the industrial action

Scots most supportive of striking workers, polling reveals

Power lines were downed in Shetland earlier this week after an extreme snow and ice storm passed over the island

Power fully restored to 5000 homes in Shetland after snow storm caused outages

Roz Foyer believes some of the language used towards union is an attempt to portray workers as 'the root of all evil'

EXCLUSIVE UK Government language on strikes are plot to vilify workers, says union chief

Workers in the construction industry in England and Wales experience a suicide rate of 34 per 100,000 workers

EXCLUSIVE 'Construction industry’s suicide statistics must be made available'

North sea quotas for UK fisherman have risen

Scotland set for fisheries cash boost as North Sea quotas increase

When are strikes happening in Scotland (PA)

All the strikes happening in Scotland over December and Christmas

Teachers in two trade unions across Scotland are on their second day of strike action

Scottish teachers on second day of strike action in pay dispute

Offshore oil workers in the North sea began two days of strike action on Thursday

Offshore oil workers take strike action in dispute with 'Scrooge' employer

Roz Foyer has called on Stephen Flynn to 'reaffirm' support for trade unions across Scotland

EXCLUSIVE New SNP Westminster chief urged to reaffirm support for trade unions

A BrewDog ad has been banned over a 'tongue-in-cheek' claim about its fruit-flavoured beers

BrewDog ad banned for 'tongue-in-cheek' claim about fruit flavoured beer

The SSTA and NASUWT unions are the latest unions to take industrial action following action by the EIS in late November

Teachers across Scotland begin two days of strike action

Unite the Union said about 146 people will down tools at the Petrofac Repsol installation in the North Sea on Thursday

Offshore oil workers walk out in dispute with ‘Scrooge’ employer

Mick Lynch said the RMT 'will not bow to pressure from employers'

RAIL STRIKES Listed – all the rail strike dates over the festive period

Firefighters are being urged to take strike action

Firefighters urged to back strike action following 'insulting' pay offer

Bosses at Scotland’s ski resorts need a bumper season to pay for rising energy costs and insurance bills

Highland ski resorts are hopeful of a bumper season despite costs

TransPennine Express services are among those which will be affected by the new wave of strikes

More rail strikes announced as unions slam Tory Government

UCU members staged a rally outside Holyrood on Wednesday

Rally outside Holyrood as 'meaningful' pay offer urged by UCU

Kyla Orr and Martin Welsh harvesting seaweed, an industry that could benefit the Scottish economy up to £70 Million and lower rates of unemployment

Fresh funds set to kickstart revival of Scottish seaweed trade

From left: Hirose Abe, Mairi Gougeon, Veronique Ehanno and Tavish Scott at the St Andrew's Day reception in Paris celebrating Scottish salmon

Scottish salmon at heart of Parisian St Andrew's Day celebrations

Staff members at a school in Glasgow will walk out on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week

Teachers to take further strike action at school over pupil violence