Trainspotting character ‘to die’

Author Irvine Welsh is to kill off one of the main Trainspotting characters in his next book, it has been revealed.

The writer is to reunite Renton, Begbie, Sick Boy and Spud for a new adventure in his upcoming novel, Dead Men’s Trousers, which will be published next year. A plot summary released by publishers Penguin has revealed that one of the much-loved characters will not survive until the end of the book. Edinburghborn Welsh has said the story could form the basis for a third Trainspotting film.