🔴 Rebus to go back to his thirties for new TV drama set in modern-day Scotland

Nov 3, 2022

Good morning Voornaam,

Welcome to your Thursday morning newsletter from The Scotsman with a rundown of the biggest and best stories of the day so far.

Five stories that matter:

- Scottish Government warned it cannot use British Army 'as a crutch'

- Rebus to go back to his thirties for new TV drama set in modern-day Edinburgh

- Budget review analysis: Brace yourself, this is just the start

- Pain at the fuel pumps as diesel rocketed by 10p per litre in October

- Bounty bars to be removed from Celebrations in pre-Christmas trial - here's why

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Joshua King


	‘Reimagined’ Rebus goes back to his thirties for new TV drama set in modern-day Edinburgh

	A new TV adaptation of Sir Ian Rankin’s John Rebus novels is to start filming within months – in a long-running series which will “reimagine” the character in his thirties in modern-day Edinburgh.

‘Reimagined’ Rebus goes back to his thirties for new TV drama set in modern-day Edinburgh

Won't someone think of the Bounty hunters - Scotsman comment

We are shaken by the news that the confectionery manufacturer, Mars Wrigley, is to remove Bounty bars from its ubiquitous Celebrations chocolate tubs, in a pre-Christmas “trial”.

Tenders open for unique Hebridean longhouse on Jura: builders from the mainland offered once-in-a-lifetime job

A one-of-a-kind building contract to create a heritage home on an island off the west coast is up for grabs: could your firm make this family’s retirement dream come true?

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NHS Scotland strikes: Scottish Government warned it cannot use British Army 'as a crutch'

Health secretary Humza Yousaf has been warned the British Army “cannot be used as a crutch for his failures”, as planned strike action in the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) raised the prospect of the military being used to transport patients.

Shock for drivers at the fuel pumps as diesel rocketed by 10p per litre in October

Pain at the fuel pumps a diesel rocketed by 10p per litre in October

Emergency Budget Review analysis: Brace yourself, this is just the start of the difficult decisions

In any ordinary year, an SNP finance minister standing up and outlining the second half of £1.2 billion worth of cuts would result in widespread fury.

Sustainable Scotland: How UN COP27 climate summit is chance for Scotland to lead by example

Scotland can show world leadership on climate at COP27, according to Becky Kenton-Lake, coalition manager for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland

Jota explains emotion of scoring for Celtic in the Bernabeu as he hails 'personality' of team

Celtic winger Jota believes the “personality” of Ange Postecoglou wasn’t to be denied even in a Champions League campaign that proved decidedly unproductive in terms of results.

Rangers 'will be better' on Champions League return as defender makes post-World Cup admission

Borna Barisic is one of the straightest talkers in the Rangers dressing-room, so it was no surprise to hear him say exactly how it is in the wake of another Champions League loss.



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