MCVITIE’S: Workers at an iconic biscuit factory in Glasgow’s East End gathered outside the Scottish Parliament yesterday to protest against the plant’s closure.

GMB members at the McVitie’s factory in Tollcross travelled to Edinburgh to present a petition with more than 70,000 signatures in a last-ditch attempt to save nearly 500 jobs. 

The union is pleading with bosses to reconsider the closure and to meet with officials to consider alternative proposals.