Gangland 'dial a drug' dealers using Telegram app to flood Scotland with heroin and cocaine

Scott Wright the subject of a backlash from Aberdeen fans over his move to Rangers. The exciting wingers has agreed a 3-year pre-contract with the Ibrox club and will join up with his new teammates at the end of the season.

prisons more than doubled in a year- despite the coronavirus pandemic.Guards confiscated drugs or suspected drugs from prisoners across Scots jails 2,199 times in 2019.But a Freedom of Information request from the Daily Record has revealed that number rocketed to 5,480 last year.In many facilities there has been a rise in psychoactive or suspected psychoactive drugs- often known as 'legal highs'.These include synthetic cannabis type drugs like 'Spice' which is said to be causing havoc behind

optical illusion was first posted online by aspiring singer Caitlin McNeill from Scotland and it proved a huge talking point - and now another trick-of-the-eye dress has sparked a fierce debate. Australian newsreader Kendall Gilding shared a snap of her posing in a dress before she went live on television on Channel 7, describing it as the 'freshest white'.

prisoner has written a moving poem to the drug support team who saved his life.Nurses at the Cairn Centre, in Dundee, helped turn the man’s life around and give him a new focus.He was suffering from Hepatitis C and had nowhere to turn having just left prison.As a thank you, he penned the heartwarming poem to show his appreciation for what staff there had done for him.Brian Stephens, an Outreach Nurse Specialist, shared the poem on the Tayside NHS Facebook page.It said: “I walked into the Cairn

Nathan Evans, the Scottish postman who became a sensation on TikTok with his sea shanty performances, has signed a record deal with Polydor.

£250million investment in treatment will be repaid many times over.Funded residential rehab was all but abandoned after focus was put on the costs and on the people who failed to get drug free after treatment.But activists who battled for a return to services that try to get people drug free won a major triumph when Nicola Sturgeon approved a £20million annual spend on rehab as part of the £50million a year extra funding.University graduate Viki Campbell, 48, tried to get off drugs for more than

RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestant Lawrence Chaney broke down in tears during the latest episode of the hit reality show as the queen suffered a meltdown amid fears of failing. The Glaswegian joined Dundee's Ellie Diamond as the first ever Scottish contestants on the show as the pair dazzled the judges with runway look inspired by their hometowns last week.

supergrasses in a bid to bust organised crime gangs – the biggest sum in years.Police Scotland handed over £343,327.90 to what officers call Covert Human Intelligence Sources in 2019, the most recent year for which there are figures available.Payments previously spiked in 2016-17 when the total payments amounted to £319,754 but the new figure – released under FOI – reveals that police chiefs have been splashing the cash.The Scots force – which comes second only to the Met when it comes to

Scott Wright 's situation resolved as soon as possible as he opened up on a "horrible afternoon" for his side in Dingwall. The forward is close to agreeing a pre-contract move to Rangers but could move this month if the two clubs can work out a deal.

Scottish contestants on Ru Paul's Drag Race UK dazzled fans with their incredible patriotic costumes. Lawrence Chaney and Ellie Diamond took part in the challenge of creating costumes inspired by their hometowns.

drug deaths.The solemn gesture came as Labour’s health spokesperson Monica Lennon demanded an immediate £20 million package to fund residential rehab in Scotland.That sum, which would match the entire budget of the Scottish Drug Deaths Task Force, reflects the high cost if such treatment, which has been all but abandoned in Scotland in recent years.New drugs policy minister Angela Constance pledged to secure enough funding to bring Scotland’s shoddy rehab services - currently funding a meagre 22

Britney Spears' Baby One More Time. But it's still hard to believe singer Darius Danesh has been on the scene for 20 years now.

drug” racket exposed by the Daily Record.We revealed yesterday how Telegram, owned by tech tycoon Pavel Durov, had been used by dealers in Scotland to flog heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy, high-strength cannabis and prescription pills.They tried to hide their trade behind the app’s end-to-end encryption – but we unearthed a chat group called weed/coke/420/pills/lsd/glasgow/uk that included price lists and pictures of the drugs available.The Scottish drug selling group had more than 14,700

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire hospitals are dealing with a record number of coronavirus patients, new figures show.Statistics released by Public Health Scotland reveal there are 201 Covid patients in the region  - the highest number since the pandemic began.That includes a further 11 virus-related admissions in the last 24 hours.A total of 11 deaths have also been confirmed as Ayrshire tries to get to grips with a

Scotland international Eamonn Brophy.The Buddies have pushed the boat out to line up a move to get the Kilmarnock striker in a deal come the summer.St Mirren have come up trumps and have financially beaten Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and St Johnstone.The Paisley club have come up with big-money and the offer of a three year contract after Saints boss Jim Goodwin persuaded his board to dig deep to land the 24-year-old.Aberdeen, Hibs, St Johnstone and Hearts all made offers but all came up short of

love '. Dale McLaughlan splashed out £5,500 on the watercraft to be reunited to with his girlfriend Jessica Radcliffe, who he had only met just weeks earlier.

SNP, Scottish Labour, Lib Dem and Green MSPs voted to refuse “consent” to the Bill linked to the agreement.