Thousands of free main meals will be served to NHS staff and others in Glasgow who set to work on Christmas Day as Greene King pubs launches The Big Christmas Shift.

Taking place on December 1, it'll be a chance for Scotland's hardest workers to relax with a free meal ahead of the big day.

Three Glasgow pubs are taking part; The Maltman, The Rhoderick Dhu, and Molly Malones all in the city centre.

Shift workers have until November 17 to sign up for the alternative Christmas celebration with the pub co enlisting Santa, the original festive shift worker and dressed in his original green costume, to announce the initiative.

It's set to benefit shift workers across the city, from nurses and carers to chefs, servers, delivery drivers and emergency crews.

It comes as research from Green

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