the unite and gmb union _ well. this could get worse. the unite and gmb union is - well.continue, despite an improved pay offer last week of 5% for local authorities. we week of 596 for local authorities. we need an week of 5% for local authorities. - need an absolute clarification as to what this 5% with the means to our members. there are various ways you could put this up and until we know, we cannot take any action. the increases _ we cannot take any action. the increases would _ we cannot take any action. the increases would be _ we cannot take any action. the increases would be funded jointly by local authorities and the scottish government, which had welcomed the 5% offer. government, which had welcomed the 596 offer. ., , ., , ., government, which had welcomed the 596offer. , ., , .,, 596 offer. nobody wants to see strikes. 596 offer. nobody wants to see strikes- we — 596 offer. nobody wants to see strikes. we live _ 596 offer. nobody wants to see strikes. we live in _ 596 offer. nobody wants to see strikes. we live in a _ 596 offer. nobody wants to see strikes. w

the unite and gmb unions confirmed that strike action would continue, despite an improved pay offer last as to what this 5% really means to our members. there are various ways you could cut this up and until we know, we cannot take any action. the pay increase is funded jointly by local authorities and the scottish government, which had welcomed the 5% offer. nobody wants to see strikes. we live in a really difficult financial climate with inflation affecting workers across different sectors, and that's why the scottish government is determined, as far as we can, to deliver or to help facilitate fair pay deals. when you come to edinburgh you might want to see the castle or the royal mile or greyfriars bobby, but now, there is also the stench of rotting food and growing piles of discarded rubbish. it was the first thing we noticed when we got to edinburgh was there was lots of trash. you think edinburgh would come together to collect the trash. the solution to the bins is to pay people what they need, - to afford to live. i support their strike and the festival seems like the right time t

the walkout — over pay — by members of the gmb and unite unions began last thursday. day in edinburgh. rubbish, rubbish and more rubbish. it has only been a few days since the strike began and already it is piling up, overflowing, and becoming an eyesore. it is the final week of the edinburgh festivals, a busy time for cafes and restaurants. it is 'ust sad for cafes and restaurants. it is just sad to _ for cafes and restaurants. it is just sad to watch _ for cafes and restaurants. it is just sad to watch that - for cafes and restaurants. it is just sad to watch that a - for cafes and restaurants. ht 3 just sad to watch that a beautiful city deteriorate in this way. part of what makes edinburgh edinburgh is the aesthetic, our buildings and our architecture, and it really doesn't ruin that is just stepping out into rubbish that isjust ruin that is just stepping out into rubbish that is just overflowing and is starting to smell, as well. find is starting to smell, as well. and this could _ is starting to smell, as well. and this could get — is starting to smell, as well.

as things stand, members of the unite union that roughly half of scotland plasma �*s councils, they are due to come out tomorrow. members of the gmbe on strike. effectively in scotland we are on the verge in scotland's other national bin strike. the? are on the verge in scotland's other national bin strike.— national bin strike. they said they want more _ national bin strike. they said they want more decent _ national bin strike. they said they want more decent -- _ national bin strike. they said they want more decent -- details - national bin strike. they said they want more decent -- details from national bin strike. they said they - want more decent -- details from the want more decent —— details from the councils. do we not know what the other councils are offering refuse collectors?— collectors? basically, 'ust the headhne collectors? basically, 'ust the headline numbers. h collectors? basically, just the headline numbers. this - collectors? basically, just the headline numbers. this is- collectors? basically, just the headline numbers. this is not collectors? basically, just the - headline numbers. this is not our pay offer

because some of the key unions have spoken very publicly — the rmt, unite, unison, gmb.s to be? well, yeah, certainly, we've seen an upturn in industrial action right across the economy and the private sector and in the public sector. clearly, people are very well aware of the strikes on rail and the kind of royal mail and bt industrial actions that have taken place in the last month or so. in the kind of period ahead, we're looking at workers across the public sector really looking to take industrial action, to ballot for industrial action — and that's everything from nurses to teachers, civil servants to local government workers — because they're all suffering under a really terrible kind of state of affairs at the minute. the government, on the one hand, says how much they value public service workers, and they demonstrate that value by giving them year—on—year worse pay and conditions. and workers right across the economy, as i said earlier, are deciding that they're going to push back on that. and are they calling on you to coordinate that strike action, in orderfor

some of the key unions have spoken very publicly, the rmt, unite, unison, gmb.at proportion as far as you understand things to be? well. you understand things to be? well, es, you understand things to be? well, yes. certainly. _ you understand things to be? well, yes. certainly. we _ you understand things to be? well, yes, certainly, we have _ you understand things to be? well, yes, certainly, we have seen - you understand things to be? well, yes, certainly, we have seen an - yes, certainly, we have seen an upturn in industrial action right across the economy and the private sector and in the public sector. clearly, people are very well aware of the strikes on rail and royal mail and bt, of the strikes on rail and royal mailand bt, industrialactions of the strikes on rail and royal mail and bt, industrial actions that have taken place in the last month or so. have taken place in the last month orso. in have taken place in the last month or so. in the period ahead, we are looking at workers across the public sector really looking to take industrial action and tha

unite and the gmb have rejected the latest deal; unison — scotland's largest local government union — driest season in 500 years. spain has been particularly affected, with the impact of climate change driving up food prices. our southern europe correspondent mark lowen reports from andalucia. harvest not reaped but wrecked. the flowers that worship the sun need the blessing of rain as well and it is nowhere. sunflowers that many planted to make up for those lost in ukraine wiped out by spain's worst drought on record. farmers are unsure if they can go on. translation: if it doesn't rain by the end of the year, - it makes no sense to plant more. that would be like throwing money at the land for no harvest and there is no rain forecast for now. spain's rich farmland is being impoverished. supplying half of all olive oil, the world's biggest producer has trees almost bare. parched soil giving little fruit, the yield is down by at least a third. the country's green gold, as it is called, is now even more prized. in this factory that exports to the uk production is dropping by half, pushi