60 h. ago Florida kills man on death row in state’s 16th execution this year

Bryan Frederick Jennings, convicted over rape and murder of young girl in 1979, given three-drug lethal injectionA man found guilty in the 1979 rape and murder of a six-year-old girl was executed in Florida on Thursday.Bryan Frederick Jennings was pronounced dead at 6.20pm local time after being administered a three-drug lethal injection. Jennings was sentenced to death for the killing of Rebecca Kunash, whom he drowned in a canal, according to reports. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Whistleblower claims stopping drug Scots deaths is impossible with staffing crisis

Drug worker walked out of key job, claiming many addicted Scots get "less than minimum" help

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68 h. ago Campaigner blasts "same old failing strategies" on drug deaths

Campaigner blasts "same old failing strategies" on drug deaths. Annemarie Ward calls out strategies she claims amounted to PR and a waste of money

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3 d. ago Millions to be spent on giving valium to drug addicts in bizarre bid to cut Scotland's addiction death toll

Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are to be spent on giving valium to drug addicts - in a bid to cut the addiction death toll.

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5 d. ago John Swinney denies SNP Government launched national drugs mission to 'control narrative'

Professor Catriona Matheson, ex-chair of a taskforce assigned to tackle drug deaths, used a column in the Record to claim more action was needed to reduce deaths from drugs.

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6 d. ago SNP Government's £250m drug deaths crisis mission fails users

Record View says the SNP Government has wasted the chance to turn around this catastrophe.

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6 d. ago £250m plan to cut drug deaths in Scotland was 'more about controlling the narrative' claims expert

Professor Catriona Matheson, the ex-chair of a taskforce assigned to tackle drug deaths, says the plan was doomed from the start.

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7 d. ago The final moments of a British drug mule gran's 12 years on Bali death row

Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford's final moments have been revealed

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7 d. ago Brit drug mule's final hours in Bali death row jail revealed

Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death after smuggling cocaine into Indonesia before she was released on humanitarian grounds.

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8 d. ago Brit drug mule Lindsay Sandiford's final moments in Bali death row jail revealed

Lindsay Sandiford spent 12 years awaiting execution in a notorious Bali jail after she was caught with drugs, which she claimed she'd only smuggled under threat

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8 d. ago Iconic seaside resort of Blackpool branded 'crackpool' as it's blighted by drugs

The popular seaside resort of Blackpool is struggling with a drugs crisis, after stark figures show that is has the most number of drug-related deaths in England and Wales

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9 d. ago British woman on Bali death row flies home on humanitarian grounds

Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has moved to release more than half a dozen high-profile detainees in the last yearTwo British drug convicts including death row prisoner Lindsay Sandiford were repatriated from Indonesia on Friday, as part of a deal to return them on humanitarian grounds.Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has moved to release more than half a dozen high-profile detainees in the last year. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Death row drug mule gran seen for the first time since jail release

Lindsay Sandiford was given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia.

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9 d. ago British death row drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford is pictured being wheeled out of prison as she prepares to fly home from Bali today after she was spared the firing squad

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, who was convicted of smuggling £1.6million worth of cocaine into Bali, is expected to board a UK-funded flight today after 13 years in prison.

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1 week ago Death row 'drug mule' gran Lindsay Sandiford to fly home to UK from Bali today

Lindsay Sandiford has been on death row in Bali since 2013 after being convicted of importing £1.6m worth of cocaine into Indonesia

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1 week ago British death row drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford 'to fly home today' after she was spared the firing squad

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, who was convicted of smuggling £1.6million worth of cocaine into Bali, is expected to board a UK-funded flight today after 13 years in prison.

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1 week ago Brit drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford set to fly back to UK after 12 years on Death Row

Lindsay Sandiford, a British woman, has been in a brutal legal battle with Jakarta in a bid to fight her drug smuggling sentence – where she was placed on Death Row

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2 w. ago Superstrong opioid 'pyro' involved in one in nine drug deaths in Scotland

Etonitazene, also known as pyro, can be 800 times more potent than morphine and is being used as a cutting agent in street drugs like heroin.

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2 w. ago Deaths at Parc linked to synthetic opioids as illegal drug use in prisons reaches 'endemic levels'

It found there was a 'prevailing culture of acceptance' which 'tolerates drug use'

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2 w. ago London drug deaths hotspots revealed by interactive map as fatalities soar to record level

London saw the largest increase in the rate of drug poisoning deaths in England and Wales in 2024

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