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Huge increases in drug seizures at Scottish jails

MASSIVE increases in seizures of heroin, cannabis and tablets across Scotland’s prisons have been revealed by prison officials. The quantity of heroin seized in Scottish...

Gaelic quango spending £130K to teach itself Gaelic

THE quango responsible for spreading the gaelic language across Scotland wants to spend £130,000 - teaching itself how to communicate in gaelic. The Bòrd na...

Air pollution kills over 3,500 Scots every year

OVER 3,500 Scots are killed every year by toxic fumes belched from millions of vehicle exhausts, it has been revealed. New figures from the UK...

Scots homeowners benefit the most from Help to Buy, it is revealed

SCOTS homeowners have benefitted the most from the Help to Buy scheme, it has been revealed. Figures released today show that 6,817 successful mortgage applications...

Social care director slams drug funding reductions

A DIRECTOR of one of Scotland’s largest social care agencies has said it was “deeply distressing” that the number of drugs related deaths was...

Top official chauffeured on 500-yard trips

SCOTLAND’S most senior civil servant enjoyed a string of chauffeur-driven car journeys of less than a mile - all at the taxpayers’ expense. Sir Peter...

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