Scotland's teachers reject latest pay offer and vow to continue with programme of strike action

Two Scots sisters are to be laid to rest together after dying just days apart.

A warning has been issued to Brits heading to France this week that they could face “disruption” due to strike action. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated its guidance for the country ahead of cross-sector strike action on Tuesday, March 7.

As energy prices continue to rise, households are adapting to cut costs and one way that Brits are trying to save is cutting back on a well loved meal.

Jet2 has issued a warning to passengers travelling to Spain today (Monday, February 27) that their flights could be “delayed” due to strike action. Air traffic control workers are walking out at several Spanish airports, including Alicante, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.

The latest UK Government figures suggest that almost a third of Scottish households with a prepayment meter have not yet redeemed their energy rebate vouchers. More than 867,000 vouchers were issued in Scotland under the government’s £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) between October and December last year.

Schools across Ayrshire are set to close for a further two days next week as the latest round of national strikes gets underway.

Protesters have clashed at a hotel in Renfrewshire for the third week in a row over plans to accommodate asylum seekers. Members of the far-right hate group Patriotic Alternative have been gathering at the Muthu Glasgow River Hotel in Erskine every Sunday in protest at plans to accommodate 200 asylum seekers.

Teachers’ strikes specifically targeting Perthshire because it is represented at Holyrood by Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP are set to go ahead next week forcing the closure of dozens of schools.

Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with a campaign of industrial action in the ongoing bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.

Two days of strike action affecting Stirling’s teachers will go ahead at the end of the month after a fresh pay offer was rejected by unions.

Manchester United will be looking to draw first blood when they face Barcelona in the first leg of their Europa League knockout round play-off tie at the Camp Nou on Thursday evening.

A revised pay offer for teachers has been dismissed by a Falkirk trade union leader as "a campaign through press offices".

A Scots member of a far-right online group shared a video on how to make a replica sub-machine gun.

It is estimated Perth and Kinross Council saved £245,000 as a result of the teacher strike on November 24, 2022.

Scotland’s tax and benefits system is now considerably more progressive than elsewhere in Britain, a report has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank said that by April, the poorest 10% of Scottish households are set to have incomes £580 (4.6%) per year higher than they would under the system in England and Wales.

A Scottish recycling scheme could create an unlawful trade barrier with the rest of the UK, a leading lawyer has warned. The flagship SNP/Greens initiative is aimed at increasing recycling via a 20p deposit on single-use drinks bottles and cans.

Scotland’s largest teaching union has announced it will take "targeted" strike action in the Glasgow constituency of Nicola Sturgeon in a row over pay.

Less than two per cent of complaints made against Police Scotland officers led to management action, according to research by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Just 63 out of more than 4,000 issues raised were resolved by action from seniors on the force.

An extreme far-right group clashed with dozens of campaigners after hijacking a community protest over asylum seekers being housed at a Scots hotel.

West Lothian Council's Chief Executive has hit back at claims on social media by a local MSP that extra Holyrood funding has not been spent on teachers.