Scots beauticians caught smuggling £6,500 worth of cocaine and Ecstasy into Creamfields festival
Drug mules Erin Hobdell, 21, and Kira McNicol, 23, travelled to the music festival and were caught with thousands of pounds of cocaine and Ecstasy.
Renewable energy must 'show benefit' to local people in net zero drive, says GB Energy boss
Jurgen Maier, the chairman of newly-established public body Great British Energy, said the government must "take communities with us" as it rolls out green energy projects
Spiking to be made specific offence, Keir Starmer reiterates
The Prime Minister also laid out plans for venue staff to be trained in relation to spiking, with a pilot to begin within weeks before a wider rollout next year
Man arrested after woman, 60s, threatened with hammer in aggravated burglary in Dublin
The burglary occurred at a residence in Ballyfermot in Dublin in the early hours of Monday morning
Christmas jobs boost as hiring accelerates ahead of festive season
Around 23,000 Christmas jobs are on offer across the UK in sectors including retail, catering, hospitality and construction, according to new analysis
Frequent attenders at A&Es can account for one in seven visits
The British Red Cross said the needs of people who repeatedly visit A&E "are consistently not being met" as it called for the creation of more dedicated high intensity use of A&E (HIU) services
Police share CCTV images of man wanted after bar attack in Glasgow
Cops have appealed for information after a serious assault in a bar.
Man set fire in Plymouth Salvation Army building putting lives at risk
Tommy Williams will be sentenced next year after pleading guilty at court
Consett NHS fundraiser launches Sri Lanka appeal to help villagers in 'appalling conditions'
Jayne Lofthouse, a team secretary from County Durham, is a dedicated fundraiser, and this is her next project.
Tributes to man who died in Clare road crash: 'He was one of a kind'
The man has been named locally
School teacher who sexually assaulted Ryanair stewardess on flight to Edinburgh avoids jail
Sebastian Russo said he was visiting his mother in Scotland for Christmas when he was on board the flight from Krakow in Poland.
Man in Rangers FC jacket wanted by police after deliberate Glasgow fire
CCTV footage has been released of the man cops are keen to speak to in relation to an blaze that was started in Renfield Lane near to Renfield Street on Wednesday, October 2.
Elderly pedestrian dies after being hit by HGV on A1 near Metrocentre
Emergency services were called to the A1 near Metrocentre shortly after 10.15am
Missing man found alive after family searched 'every day' for 18 months
A man who vanished last year has been found alive and well after his family didn't give up hope in their daily searches.
Union calls for end to 'high-pressure' exams for primary school children
The National Education Union (NEU) has called for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) - a government performance measure of schools which focuses on five subjects at GCSE - to be scrapped
Budget inheritance tax changes 'will hit fewer than 500 farms a year'
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that a "significantly fewer" than the 500 farms a year estimated by the Government will be impacted by the changes
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