Diageo rejects plan to save Scotland whiskey jobs

Hopes of saving hundreds of whisky jobs in Scotland were dashed today after drinks giant Diageo rejected a Scottish government-backed proposal to counter their factory closure plans.

The maker of Guinness stout had announced it wanted to close its Johnnie Walker bottling plant in Kilmarnock and the Port Dundas grain distillery in Glasgow - affecting 900 workers across the two sites.