Falkirk councillor calls for national centre for addiction rehabilitation as drug deaths hit new record high

cop at Paisley’s main hospital by calling him Jackie Chan. James Deighan made the remark to PC Steve Chan during a racist rammy at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

Sturgeon said the UK resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees which will see 20,000 allowed into the UK was “welcome in principle” and that the Scottish government was “ready to play a full part”.

illegal “spec” tickets. Our latest probe into the site has found that a handful of mysterious traders on the rip-off secondary sales site are behind up to 80 per cent of all the tickets listed for many big shows.

drug dealer connected to the deaths of two men had thousands of pounds of dirty cash seized yesterday. Police found crack cocaine, a Louis Vuitton handbag and more than £4,000 in Farrah Fadli's home.

grave of her late daughter twice in just two days. Police were called after the grieving parent discovered damage to a cherub ornament at the plot in Newhills Cemetery, Aberdeen, on Wednesday, August 4.

Italian restaurant Trattoria Guidi in Airdrie at around 1am on Wednesday morning, August 11. Six fire engines raced to the scene with over 20 firefighters battling the inferno through the early hours of the morning.

Falkirk’s Council’s Community Learning and Development initiative have launched 'History is Treasure' hunt in association with Young Scot. Young people across the town are being asked to start the treasure hunt at Wyndford Lock in Banknock today, the most Westerly point in the trail.

hospital.Police, paramedics and fire crews were called to the scene on the A95 near Boat of Garten, Inverness-shire, at around 5.30pm on Tuesday. The stricken lorry had come to a rest partially down a slope at the side of the Keith to Aviemore road.

Love Island 2021 contestant Hugo Hammond has been dumped from the villa after the show completed a savage mass dumping. The former PE teacher was one of four unlucky islanders to leave the villa on August 5's episode, as he was joined by his partner Amy Day, Clarisse Juliette and Sam Jackson.

Falkirk 's Vibration Festival has been given the green light by bosses who have confirmed that the event WILL go ahead next month.

Get the latest Falkirk news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterThe tragic toll of Stirling’s drug deaths has been revealed - with the number more than quadrupling in the last decade.A new report from the National Records of Scotland has reported a total of 31 drug-related fatalities in 2020, which represents a steep jump up from the 19 deaths seen in 2019.The stark nature of the issue is also laid bare by a comparison from the same figure in 2010, when only seven drug-related

First Minister to make a ministerial statement on what she will do to stem the rising number of drugs-related deaths after she gives parliament a Covid update on Tuesday.

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos – who funds motoring show The Grand Tour – will offer him a shot on his New Shepard rocket.

drug deaths increased yet again in 2020.Official figures show the numbers to die amounted to 1339 - a massive increase of five per cent on the previous year’s figures, which were already the worst in the world.The latest toll of tragedy once more puts the world’s gaze on Scotland for the wrong reasons.Annemarie Ward, of the FAVOR charity, said: “These new figures show that we need to get people into treatment.

Perth and Kinross more than halved last week, according to data from Public Health Scotland.

Universal Credit. As the Tory chancellor arrives north of the Border today, he was sent a cross-party message from politicians and campaigners that he is endangering trust in the UK Government by plunging thousands of Scottish children into poverty.