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LAST-MINUTE talks to halt industrial action at the Tunnock's biscuit factory collapsed yesterday.

About 500 staff were set to walk out at the plant in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, last night.

And a second strike, pencilled in for September 28, will leave the factory without staff for a total of four days, because of holiday closures on Friday and Monday.

The industrial action, which could see the production of up to a million teacakes affected, is over a proposed two per cent pay rise, which staff rejected as inadequate.

Union official Derek Ormstone said: "The members feel let down and angry.

"Strike action will now go ahead from midnight tonight but we still remain available to talk to management."

Workers held a mass meeting yesterday afternoon at the plant, at which they agreed to go ahead with the industrial action following the breakdown of talks.