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THIS week I’d hoped to be able to write this column on festive celebrations as families prepare to celebrate Christmas this year in a very different manner than usual. But unfortunately, for 1264 families this year there will be no joyous celebrations. Because alongside the pandemic of Coronavirus, the epidemic of drug abuse in Scotland has continued to claim record numbers of lives and devastate those who have lost loved ones to this disease. Last week it was revealed that Scotland’s drug-related death toll is now 3.5 times higher than the rest of the UK and higher than those repor...

DRUGS recovery organisations are calling on the Scottish Government to provide more funding for rehab beds ahead of new figures for drugs-related deaths being published tomorrow. The delayed figures for 2019 will be released tomorrow after drugs-related deaths in Scotland accounted of the death of 1,187 people in 2018. The Scottish Conservatives have pointed to a £20 million Scottish recovery fund which the party claims is needed to replace historic cuts to rehabilitation programmes and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The plans have been backed by rehab and recovery groups. CE...

Came to my house. >> reporter: tonight, the federal judge who lost her son in an ambush attack is demanding change. >> we are living every parent's worst nightmare. making preparations to bury our only child, daniel. >> reporter: judge salas said the family was cleaning up after hosting a birthday celebration for 20-year-old daniel. >> and daniel said, mom, let's keep talking, i love talking to you, mom. and it was at that exact moment that the doorbell rang and before i could say a word, he sprinted upstairs. within seconds, i heard the sound of bullets and someone screaming, "no." >> reporte...

That private video sharing his innermost thoughts. >> i feel like i still have a long way to go to recover from this social anxiety, this feeling of insecurity. if i keep talking, keep talking, it's going to get better. >> reporter: on july 12th, conrad headed to the beach with his mom and two sisters. lynn vividly remembers walking the shoreline with her son. he seemed in good spirits that day. >> we talked about school and he's like, i'm not sure where i am right now in my head. i said, well, you just got your captain's license, you don't have to worry about anything right now. >> reporter: ...

The territory. the reason our soldiers are in afghanistan there is a wall between us and the terrorists in afghanistan. we are in syria to make sure isis can't come here. president trump has done a lot. but to those who think they are tired of fighting you because you are tired of fighting them you don't know the enemy. >> martha: north korea. is there a new date and a new meeting? >> i think we will hear there is will be a new meeting. to all of those who criticize the president, how did you do with rocket man? keep talking, mr. president, no missiles have been fired. no bombs exploded since ...