A former club owner’s drinks firm has hailed a double supermarket listing win.

Panther M*lk has said it is to be “widely available” across Scotland in over 50 stores.

The Glasgow-based brand founded by former Sub Club owner Paul Crawford has toasted into Co-op supermarkets as well as Asda with the firm telling fans the ready-to-drink oat milk cocktail products “most likely in a store near them” this Christmas.

The firm said Panther M*lk is an “indulgent alternative to traditional cream-based liqueurs, providing a creamy cocktail experience reminiscent of holiday nostalgia”.

The drink is inspired by the 1920s Spanish classic, Leche de Pantera.

It is available in Crema, Rosa, Café, and Menta, and is “vegan, gluten-free, and made with sustainably sourced ingredients”, the company said.


New shelter to help millions fleeing disaster designed at Scots uni

Experts from Edinburgh Napier University have created a newly-designed temporary shelter that could help millions of people displaced by disasters around the world every year.

The team behind the project designed a hexagonal structure that aims to improve on the insulated steel box-like home commonly used for emergency housing at sites such as refugee camps.

The final shelter has been dubbed "Mazaki", which means "home" in Swahili, and has been designed to cope with changing temperatures in different locations.


Cottage loved by Queen Victoria restored to past glory 

A picnic spot where Queen Victoria enjoyed spending time during her visits to Balmoral has been saved from ruin by the National Trust for Scotland.

The picnic cottage in woodlands near Linn of Quoich on Mar Lodge Estate, Scotland’s largest national nature reserve, close to Braemar, has been restored to its former glory with contractors completing the building work this autumn.

The conservation charity developed the plans for the restoration work early last year in collaboration with Moxon Architects and Aberdeenshire Council’s planning department granted listed building consent in September 2023.

Brudene Joinery was then contracted to carry out the work and started in June 2024, initially focus on clearing rubble from inside the dwelling.