Yes campaigners keep fires stoked

Scotland: Thousands of supporters of Scottish independence gathered in Glasgow’s George Square yesterday at a rally aimed at keeping up the Yes campaign momentum.

Under the banner of Hope Over Fear, the crowd heard former MSP Tommy Sheridan say that the demonstration was “the end of the beginning.”

Organisers had forecast up to 14,000 would join the rally. Police estimated attendance at about 6,000.

Muck spreaders to be ‘ex’ offenders

Revenge porn: Publishing sexually explicit images of former partners will be made a new offence punishable by up to two years in jail if a new Bill is passed.

So-called revenge porn — distribution of a private sexual image of someone without their consent and with the intention of causing them distress — will be made a specific offence in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, which is currently going through Parliament.

Council workers set for strike

Scotland: Scottish local government workers in Unison are set for a first day of strike action on October 21 in support of a claim for fair pay.

Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: “We need to show the employers that we are prepared to defend our pay and to send a message to the government that enough is enough.”

Members rejected an imposed 1 per cent pay offer by council employers earlier this year and last month voted for strike action.

Service for miners who became victims

Yorkshire: A memorial service for miners who died as a result of working in Britain’s deep coal-

Mining industry was held at Rotherham yesterday.

The commemoration rotates each year between communities which were at the heart of the Yorkshire coalfield — Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster plus Selby, recognising the the coalfield there, a huge billion-pound complex paid for by the taxpayer but taken over and later abandoned by Tory-backed privateers.