WORKERS at the firm which makes Irn-Bru have announced they will go on strike in a pay dispute – threatening supplies of Scotland’s other national drink … Source

NEW opportunities in the world of work are to take centre stage when the latest Moray virtual jobs fair takes to Twitter. …

Iconic structure needs repairs – but ownership unclear. …

ABERDEEN to Inverness trains have been cancelled and a 22-year-old charged after a crash which left an overturned car blocking the railway line. …

SO, we had the flying visit from the UK Prime Minister, who came north for a desperate attempt to hold on to the few seats the Tories hold in the area. I’ll be honest, what he had to say will have gone down well with many, but any boost will be short and will leave a very bad taste. Source

IN the 1919 Magazine for August, the headline story is: “Rail staff find themselves on the wrong side of the tracks.” Source

One of the highlights of the Fringe, so I’m told, is the edgy political acts that have lit up this years cultural fiesta. If you don’t fancy the Ayes Have It with Alex Salmond and special guests David Davis, Baroness Claire Fox, Sir Brian Donohue, Fergus Ewing and Richard Tice, leader Reform UK Party, why […] Source

A NEW range of energy drinks is set to be launched in Scotland later this month by the makers of IRN-BRU. Source

They had focused on serving homemade food for takeaway and delivery, and now are urging punters to try their dishes before it is too late. Source

The nightmare that was Donald Trump’s presidency is far from over. The roots that led to the extraordinary phenomenon, the dark synergy of inter-generational poverty, liberal failure and wild conspiracism have not begun to be addressed never mind resolved and so he goes on (and on). Now he stands indicted. For the first time in […] Source

SOMETIMES I wonder what it’s going to take to make the UK Government take climate change seriously. Source

The overwhelming sense of corporate capture that pervades Edinburgh in August is not new. But the sleepy cultural event has been punctured (however briefly) by the departure of Greta Thunberg from the Book Festival after revelations from The Ferret magazine. Greta Thunberg has pulled out of her Edinburgh International Book Festival event because of sponsorship […] Source

Whisky and drinks production in general is a vital industry for the Scottish economy. Distilling provides thousands of jobs and contributes millions to Scotland, and the wider UK’s, exports. Recently, Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK is changing how it classifies duty payments on alcoholic beverages, which will have a significant impact on the […] Source