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More overdoses, drug deaths and soaring crime: The stark warning for Scotland from Portland where bosses brought BACK a ban after decriminalisation failed to solve US city’s epidemic

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More overdoses, drug deaths and soaring crime: The stark warning for Scotland from Portland where bosses brought BACK a ban after decriminalisation failed to solve US city’s epidemic

Health bosses in the US who re-imposed a drugs ban in Portland after overdoses, deaths and crime soared urged Scottish officials not to follow their original path. The UK’s first ‘drugs consumption room’ – the Hunter Street Health Centre in Glasgow – received approval today.  The pilot will see users take their own drugs under … Read more

Joe Joyce didn’t turn professional until 32 after controversially being denied an Olympic gold medal, but has bludgeoned his way through the heavyweight rankings… now he MUST win his rematch with Zhilei Zhang to get back in the title mix

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Joe Joyce didn’t turn professional until 32 after controversially being denied an Olympic gold medal, but has bludgeoned his way through the heavyweight rankings… now he MUST win his rematch with Zhilei Zhang to get back in the title mix

Joe Joyce‘s rise through the heavyweight rankings has been an unusual one.  Heavyweights are renowned for peaking later than the lower weight divisions – just look at the two current title-holders Tyson Fury, 35, and Oleksandr Usyk, 36. But not turning professional until the age of 32? Joyce was always going to be up against … Read more

The Who to be recognised for their almost six-decade long career with Icon Award at Scottish Music Awards

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The Who to be recognised for their almost six-decade long career with Icon Award at Scottish Music Awards

The Who will be recognised for their decades-long contribution to music at the Scottish Music Awards.  The band, made up of Roger Daltrey, 79, and Pete Townshend, 78, have enjoyed a career spanning almost six-decades after forming in London in 1964. The Who will receive the icon award, sponsored by Rox – Diamonds & Thrills, at … Read more

The council clearance sale! Debt-ridden local authorities are desperately selling off public assets from leisure centres to art galleries to settle equal pay claims and cover bills

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The council clearance sale! Debt-ridden local authorities are desperately selling off public assets from leisure centres to art galleries to settle equal pay claims and cover bills

Cash-ridden UK councils are being forced to flog their wares – selling multi-million pound public assets after being unable to balance their books. Last week, Birmingham City Council hit headlines following revelations it had become the seventh local authority to become bankrupt after failing to manage its assets. The Labour-led council revealed in June that … Read more

The UK medics who are moving to Australia, becoming social media stars and joining OnlyFans instead of working in the NHS

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The UK medics who are moving to Australia, becoming social media stars and joining OnlyFans instead of working in the NHS

Thousands of freshly-trained medics join the NHS every year after five years in medical school. But it was revealed this week that, rather than working in the health service, a third of those in training plan to flee the UK in favour of working in the likes of Australia, New Zealand and Canada in a bid … Read more

Scotland fans who booed national anthem before clash at Hampden Park are ‘out of order’ and ‘SNP fans’, says Ally McCoist

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Scotland fans who booed national anthem before clash at Hampden Park are ‘out of order’ and ‘SNP fans’, says Ally McCoist

FORMER Scotland striker Ally McCoist has branded fans who booed God Save the King ahead of last night’s friendly against England ‘totally out of order’. The national anthem was drowned out by Scotland fans at Hampden Park last night ahead of England’s 3-1 victory. Mr McCoist, who was working as a commentator at the game, … Read more

Boy tells child sex abuse and witchcraft trial how he was forced to drink alcohol and beaten unconscious by group of adults before he rescued another child shut in a freezer

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Boy tells child sex abuse and witchcraft trial how he was forced to drink alcohol and beaten unconscious by group of adults before he rescued another child shut in a freezer

Boy tells child sex abuse and witchcraft trial how he was forced to drink alcohol and beaten unconscious by group of adults before he rescued another child shut in a freezer By Grant Mccabe For The Daily Mail Published: 17:08 BST, 15 September 2023 | Updated: 17:14 BST, 15 September 2023 A BOY claimed he … Read more

BREAKING: Network Rail fined £6.7million after three were killed in horror train crash in Aberdeenshire

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BREAKING: Network Rail fined £6.7million after three were killed in horror train crash in Aberdeenshire

NETWORK Rail has been fined £6.7 million after a train derailed killing three people. Lawyers for the firm said the three men died in ‘the most appalling and tragic circumstances’ and that the fatal crash had ‘shook’ it to its core. Train driver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, … Read more

My seatbelt on a Ryanair flight was painfully tight – despite me being the average UK dress size

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My seatbelt on a Ryanair flight was painfully tight – despite me being the average UK dress size

A beautician has criticised Ryanair after enduring a ‘too short’ seatbelt on a recent flight, saying their standard-size belts could be viewed as ‘fatphobic’.  Air passenger Katie Higgins, 33, from Ayr, says her experiences earlier this month while flying from Glasgow to visit family in Cork left her feeling ‘lassoed’ to her seat because the … Read more