Scots addict abused by Dunblane killer tells drug minister about gaps in system

drugs after cops spotted him “sweating profusely” in Edinburgh’s Waverley train station. Lee Brunton was approached by officers in the station who suspected he and a pal were “under the influence of something”.The 28-year-old was searched and 104 benzodiazepine tablets were recovered from his rucksack.Police also found four screwdrivers in the bag and Brunton, a painter and decorator, was arrested.

colleague and racially abused him by calling him “Gerry Adams”, a court martial heard. Scots trooper Declan Coutts and colleague Maxwell Nicholls allegedly harassed fellow soldier Tpr Scott Alexander, with slurs about the IRA and “car bombs” and comparing him with ex-Sinn Fein president Adams.

rammy between two gangs who attacked cars with baseball bats in Castlemilk involved mourners who clashed at the funeral of a Scots killer.

Hospitals Inquiry his son almost died twice in 24 hours from an infection picked up in a ward. The infection took hold after the child, then seven, had a cancerous kidney removed in a 10-hour operation at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children.

Daily Record alarmed at the crazy scheme being plotted by campaigners who believe Mitchell is innocent. It’s not known if Mitchell, who was 16 when convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2005 of killing girlfriend Jodi Jones, is aware of the stunt.

behind bars for the rest of their lives. Teenager Dean Ryan and his older brother Steven were convicted of killing the 34-year-old Glasgow procurator fiscal in 1994.

jailed for at least 15 years. Connor McMath, 21, struck Sean Ford, 15, in the neck in front of other stunned youngsters.

jailed for two years. Shaun Wilson, 35, was caught red-handed by police, including a dog handler, who rushed to the Greenpark Community Education Centre, Polmont, Stirlingshire, after he set off its external and internal intruder alarms.

Lawrence Chaney will be in Glasgow this weekend signing copies of her new book 'Drag Queen of Scots '. Back in March, Lawrence became the first Scottish Queen to scoop the crown on the show and now the popular queen has penned her own book.

Lulu is 'super excited' to be a guest judge on Series 3 of Drag Race UK - after revealing it kept her going through lockdown. Lulu, 72, has been chosen to join Nicola Coughlan, and Russell Tovey as a guest judge on the show.

addict who didn't know if he'd make one day to the next as a teenager has just secured a Masters degree in social work. Aidan Martin's life was plagued by addiction as well as violence, sexual abuse, and suicidal thoughts growing up in Ladywell, West Lothian, before he turned his life around a number of years ago.

murderer who hurled boiling water over prison officers has died in jail. Asif Rehman was an inmate at HMP Shotts, North Lanarkshire when he passed away on Monday, according to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS).

property three times in 16 days. Dale Smith had the back window of his car smashed by a thug last month, who returned just six days later to smash the vehicle to pieces with a baseball bat.Yesterday morning, a hooded yob attempted to burn the 31-year-old's van at his home in Bogindollo, Angus, where he lives with his parents.

Scotland’s highest court to be freed. In 1994, Dean Ryan, then 17, and his older brother Steven, then 21, were convicted of murdering 34-year-old Procurator Fiscal ­Marshall Stormonth at his home in Glasgow’s west end and then setting his body on fire.

Orkney beach is thought to have died after becoming entangled in rope.We told how the orca was discovered washed up on Papa Westray on Monday.It was recovered by the Scottish Marine Animals Stranding Scheme (SMASS), who performed a post-mortem to find out its apparent cause of death.They discovered the juvenile whale's most likely cause of death was drowning after becoming entangled in rope which could have came from fishing gear.The male was identified as one which regularly visits Shetland as

stroke on a bike ride at the start of lockdown led to the 'darkest times of his life' when he lost control of his hand on the cycle. Troy Johnson noticed something was wrong when he could not control his right hand while out on a cycle around East Lothian on May 14 last year.

abuser subjected his partner to a two-year terror campaign which saw him order her to eat a mouse nest. David Macdonald repeatedly attacked his lover, once running on to her foot in his car and ignoring her desperate pleas to drive it off.

priest who says he was abused by shamed Cardinal O’Brien has called for a secret Vatican report into the allegations to be released. Brian Devlin, 61, was one of four priests who accused the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh of sexual misconduct in 2013.

Scots minister who died at his church while doing the "Lord's work." Emergency services were called to Peterhead Methodist Church last Friday following reports a man had died.

trial collapsed. John Pollock left Michael Barbour with life-threatening injuries following a brutal street attack.