Drug dealer who tried to smuggle £80k ecstasy in cat food into Scotland is jailed

Premature Scots babies have defied the odds by thriving through the years to enjoy their first day at school.

A drug and alcohol abuse organisation said they were working to ensure help was available to those in need, as it emerged that the number of drug deaths in West Lothian had remained unchanged for the third year in a row.

A motorcyclist has sadly died in hospital after being involved in a crash with a motorhome in the Scottish Highlands.

A prisoner died from an overdose after jail staff failed to notice he had been stockpiling the antipsychotic medication in his cell, an inquiry heard. Robert Allen, who passed away in May 2019, was in the segregation and reintegration unit at HMP Shotts in Lanarkshire, due to two incidents involving serious violence.

The mother of a young Scots overdose victim made a drug deal on one of Scotland’s busiest shopping streets.

Local calls have returned urging the decriminalisation of personal drug use after the number of drug-related deaths in Perth and Kinross increased – despite a nationwide decrease.

A coked-up driver was caught behind the wheel of his car at sixteen times the legal drug limit.

A couple who 'caught the travelling bug' pay just £100 a month in bills while living up and down the UK in a campervan.

The number of deaths in Stirling linked to drugs have more than halved in the past two years, according to new figures.

A couple who eloped to Dumfries in defiance of the groom’s parents 50 years ago celebrate their golden wedding anniversary tomorrow.

Tributes have been paid to a 'lovely' shopkeeper who tragically died at his store in Midlothian as a police investigation into his death remains ongoing.

A woman who lived with her killer fiancé to help detectives gather vital evidence against him is to launch legal action against police.

Catherine Bray Dondo’s dad is dead. That’s one of the first things we learn in writer-director Johnny Barrington’s spry, offbeat debut feature “Silent Roar” — this year’s Edinburgh fest opener.

Youths in Scotland have been urged to speak up over violence after a teen killer who stabbed a schoolboy in the heart was jailed for life.

As students around the country anxiously open their A-level results today, it may serve as some comfort to know that just like them, even members of the royal family have suffered with the same nail biting nerves before opening the all important envelope. From King Charles to Kate Middleton and even the most recent royal to sit her exams last year, Lady Louise Windsor, there has been no shortage of variety in grades either, with some of the senior royals performing better than others.

A tax dodging pimp who conned HMRC into paying him nearly £10,000 while he was running a string of Romanian prostitutes in a Scottish city has been jailed for 14 months.

Fans of BBC One drama Shetland are used to seeing Douglas Henshall solve crimes in the cold. But the actor is swapping the Scottish isles for the Spanish heat in Netflix’s latest thriller Who Is Erin Carter?.The 57-year-old stars in the new seven-parter, which follows British substitute teacher Erin (played by Swedish actress Evin Ahmad) living in Barcelona with her devoted husband and a young daughter.

A thug who murdered a Scottish backpacker in New Zealand has been denied parole after being caught with a mobile phone behind bars.

Police investigating the deaths of two teenagers who both attended an event at a Glasgow nightclub have confirmed they are not connected but suspected to be drug related. Two 18-year-old males died after DJ Ben Hemsley headlined a rave at a SWG3, on Eastvale Place in the West End, on Saturday.

Two teenagers died in suspected drug deaths after reportedly attending an event at a Glasgow nightclub. The 18-year-olds are believed to have been at a rave at SWG3, on Eastvale Place in the West End, on Saturday, where top DJ Ben Hemsley was headlining.