🔴 Edinburgh's Hogmanay fire parade to go ahead after 11-hour funding reprieve

Good morning Voornaam

We've over hump day and past the UK Budget - and that means it's now Halloween. So grab yourself a coffee while you contemplate the prospect of children chapping your door in search of sweeties this evening, or getting into the spirit of it by donning a costume yourself to hit the streets with the family.

In the meantime, we can exclusively bring you some good news - the beloved torchlit procession at Hogmanay will be returning this year. Our Arts and Culture Correspondent Brian Ferguson brings you the full details here.

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Back to the Budget, we have crunched the numbers and delivered extensive and in-depth analysis on what it means for you and Scotland. Our Political Editor Alistair Grant writes that UK Labour have thrown down the gauntlet to the SNP, with £3.4 billion in consequentials. Just where will the Scottish Government spend the money? We'll know that in December.

Read the full analysis here.

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Lastly for today, we bring you the latest part in our 'Trump & Scotland' series. Our Rural Affairs Correspondent Katharine Hay visited the island where Donald Trump can claim ancestry from - but do you think mention of his name received a positive reaction?