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New powerful synthetic opioids behind sharp rise in Scottish drug deaths

Eleven per cent increase in fatalities last year partly down to presence of nitazenes in Scotland’s illicit drug market

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

Minister’s eye ‘absolutely on ball’ as figures show surge in drug deaths

Maree Todd said the Scottish Government must work ‘harder and faster’ amid the flood of power synthetic drugs.

Evening Standard · Sep 23

MSPs hear fears of ‘cuts upon cuts upon cuts’ ahead of Scottish Budget

Organisations including Police Scotland, Colleges Scotland and the Scottish Trades Union Congress raised concerns with Holyrood’s Finance Committee.

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Drug deaths in Scotland rise 11% amid concerns over ‘toxic supply’

Scotland continues to have the highest drugs death rate in Europe, figures show.

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Drug-checking service aims to counter toxic supply entering Scotland – minister

The service will show users exactly what their supplies of drugs contain.

Evening Standard · Sep 22

Pocognoli challenges Scotland to aim beyond tournament qualification

Sebastien Pocognoli has praised Steve Clarke for the standard he set with the national team, but he now wants Scotland to aim higher than tournament…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 22

Aviva committed £38 million to a 100-year UK rainforest partnership. The long-term programme aims to restore lost habitats and develop new nature-based revenue streams

Aviva has committed £38 million to a 100-year partnership focused on restoring temperate rainforest across the UK. Under the Atlantic Rainforest Restoration Programme, Wildlife Trusts plan to restore 1,755 hectares of habitat that once covered one-fifth of the land from Cornwall to western Scotland but is now limited to approximately…

The Economic Times · Sep 22

Reform’s Holyrood stunt looks childish to everyone but themselves

Reform have thrown their toys out of the pram again – this time, over Holyrood’s debate on whether Scotland should have the right to choose its…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 22

Reform MSPs stage Holyrood walkout over Scottish independence debate

Malcolm Offord, the leader of Reform UK in Scotland, branded the debate a ‘farce’

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Caledonian Sleeper under fire over contracts with Israeli settlement-linked firm

THE Scottish Government is being urged to tear up contracts between the Caledonian Sleeper and a Spanish train firm blacklisted by the UN over…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 22