TODAY’S WEATHER
Glasgow & West
Dull and overcast but mostly dry and feeling rather mild. Max 13C (55F). Winds NW at 13-15mph. UV index: 2. Edinburgh, Fife & Borders Largely dry and mild but generally rather overcast . Max 12C (54F). Winds W at 12-14mph. UV index: 2. Dundee & Aberdeen A dry, mild day with cloud initially, sunny intervals later. Max 13C (55F). Winds NW at 13-15mph. UV index: 2. Forth Valley Mild and dry but with a fair amount of cloud around. Max 13C (55F). Winds W at 7-9mph. UV index: 2.
AIR QUALITY
Highlands:3 Central: 2 North East: 3 Borders: Low (1) Very high (10) uk-air.defra.gov.uk
Inverness & Moray
Rather cloudy but dry. Max 12C (54F). Winds NW at 6-8mph. UV index: 1. Highlands & Islands The odd spot of rain and rather cloudy skies. Feeling mild. Max 11C (52F). Winds NW at 7-9mph. UV index: 2.
SUN, MOON & TIDES
Moon sets: 11.11pm Moon rises: 7.57am Sun sets: 6.25pm Sun rises: 6.24am Lighting-up time: 6.25pm High water: Greenock 2.41am, 2.58pm Aberdeen 3.33am, 3.39pm Leith 4.54am, 5.05pm
7-DAY FORECAST
UK Weather www.metoffice.gov.uk
bAKERy chain Greggs is to hire another 1000 workers – despite suffering its first loss for 36 years.
The sausage roll stalwart is taking on extra staff as it ploughs ahead with opening another 100 shops this year.
The roll-out comes even though many of its stores were either closed or limited to takeaways and deliveries last year because of coronavirus restrictions.
Newcastle-based Greggs had 2078 shops at the end of January. Its target is 3000 branches over time, but says it could open more.
Most new shops are expected to be away from town and city centres, with half company-owned and the rest run by franchisees.
It also wants to open airport shops when air travel returns.
Greggs boss Roger Whiteside said there were plenty of places to expand, adding: “We’re not close to peak Greggs.”
Greggs revealed it lost £13.7million last year, compared with a £108.3million profit in 2019.
Takings tumbled from £1.17billion to £811.3million.
The jobs boost came a day after chocolate chain Thorntons said it was closing all 61 of its stores, threatening 600 jobs.
IF Boris Johnson’s big idea to save the Union is to put more Trident missiles on the Clyde he may find the nuclear reaction is explosive.
Many Scots are against the imposition of the Armageddon’s angels on Scotland.
Nuclear weapons are inherently immoral – their use guarantees the end of humanity.
Every move on the political chessboard should be towards reducing their number, not some chestpounding defiance of international conventions.
But Johnson knows Faslane and Lossiemouth and defence spending in Scotland create an awful lot of wellpaid jobs in totemic industries such as shipbuilding on the Clyde.
But by casting an eye to far horizons to find a role for Britain in the postBrexit world he helped create, Johnson is in danger of overlooking the blunders and mis-steps he made on his doorstep that could be a far bigger threat to the United Kingdom.
Cutting international aid, pulling the curtain down on Europe, and stockpiling nuclear weapons is not the basis for winning friends and influencing people in Scotland.