:00:19. > :00:25.Welcome to Friday is Reporting Scotland. Tonight, a record number
:00:25. > :00:30.of drug-related deaths. Nearly 600 Scots died last year and methadone,
:00:30. > :00:34.the heroin substitute prescribed by doctors, was involved in half of
:00:35. > :00:39.them. After millions of pounds and decades of trying, we ask where
:00:39. > :00:43.these figures leave the country's drugs strategy.
:00:43. > :00:48.A jury is urged to find this man guilty of the murder of Jenny
:00:48. > :00:53.Methven but William Kean's defence says there is no evidence.
:00:53. > :00:57.Run, rabbit, run - we are on Canna, where the residents are working out
:00:57. > :01:03.how to rid their island of an infestation Bostock thank God they
:01:03. > :01:07.are not carnivorous because we would be in serious trouble.
:01:07. > :01:16.The Dundee derby is back. And after an absence of seven years there is
:01:16. > :01:20.not a ticket to be had for Sunday's clash at Tannadice.
:01:20. > :01:23.584 people died in Scotland last year as a direct result of drugs or
:01:23. > :01:31.alcohol, a big increase on the previous year. Methadone, the
:01:31. > :01:33.heroin substitute prescribed by GPs, was implicated in nearly half the
:01:33. > :01:37.deaths. Our social affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson is
:01:37. > :01:42.here with the details. Each year we report the depressing
:01:42. > :01:48.toll of Scottish drugs death. In the past two years there was hope
:01:48. > :01:52.as the number fell but now we are back to the familiar story. Figures
:01:52. > :01:58.for 2011 show that there were 584 deaths attributable to drink and
:01:58. > :02:05.drug causes. That is a record high and a rise of 20 % over the
:02:05. > :02:11.previous 12 months. It is up 76 % on the figure to 10 years ago.
:02:11. > :02:17.Number two deaths soar be prescribed heroin substitute
:02:17. > :02:24.methadone implicated. It has been the treatment of choice
:02:24. > :02:28.for Scotland's drug at -- addicts for three decades. Methadone allows
:02:28. > :02:31.users to maintain a stable life and ensures that they are in touch with
:02:31. > :02:40.medical services. GPs remain confident it is an effective
:02:40. > :02:48.treatment. They are better supervised and there is a low risk
:02:48. > :02:55.of overdose. And they require more skills and supervision and a better
:02:55. > :02:59.level of care. This man came off his programme because he said that
:02:59. > :03:03.the drug made him feel worse than heroin. He died four years ago and
:03:03. > :03:07.his father says he is concerned are public sector spending cuts mean
:03:07. > :03:16.that users are not being supported as they should be.
:03:16. > :03:24.Once they go on methadone, people are kept on it. It is as if they go
:03:24. > :03:31.out the door and there is nothing about getting them off drugs.
:03:31. > :03:33.BBC Three documentary last night, comedian Russell Brand argued with
:03:33. > :03:38.the President of the Royal College of GPs that methadone simply does
:03:38. > :03:44.not work. I would be using the methadone on
:03:44. > :03:52.top, like most of the drug addicts sino are. To say that methadone
:03:52. > :03:56.destroys their soul... It does not give them the solution they require.
:03:56. > :04:01.The Communities Minister toured a drug Recovery Centre in Edinburgh
:04:01. > :04:05.curiously free of recovering addicts. Sue said that methadone
:04:05. > :04:10.would continue to be an important part of the Government's strategy.
:04:10. > :04:14.-- she said. People need to be given options and choices for the
:04:14. > :04:19.best possible scenario for them. That will not always be methadone.
:04:19. > :04:24.We need to be able to ensure that a range of options is available and
:04:24. > :04:28.perhaps in the past that has not been the case.
:04:28. > :04:32.What other government doing to improve the situation?
:04:32. > :04:37.A couple of years ago they introduced a new strategy aimed at
:04:37. > :04:41.recovery of addicts, getting them drug-free, rather than the previous
:04:41. > :04:49.policy of maintenance on methadone, which sometimes went on for year
:04:49. > :04:54.after year. The community -- the minister was asked if she thought
:04:54. > :04:58.it was working. She said, number- one, the number of young people who
:04:58. > :05:01.appear to be taking hard drugs seems to be dropping and the number
:05:02. > :05:06.of young people dying seems to be dropping. The increase in the
:05:06. > :05:09.number of people dying overall from drug misuse appears to be
:05:09. > :05:15.attributable to older people in the Thirties and Forties and even
:05:15. > :05:18.Fifties and Sixties who have long histories of drug-taking and are
:05:18. > :05:22.finally succumbing. The prosecution in the trial of a
:05:22. > :05:27.man accused of beating an 80-year- old woman to death has urged the
:05:27. > :05:32.jury to find him guilty of the "savage and brutal murder". William
:05:32. > :05:38.Kean denies murdering Jenny Methven in February of this year in her
:05:38. > :05:42.cottage in Perth Show. -- Perth shire.
:05:42. > :05:47.William Kean is accused of murdering Jenny Methven by hitting
:05:47. > :05:53.her over the head at least 11 times with a blunt instrument at her
:05:53. > :06:01.college -- her cottage. Today the jury help -- heard closing speeches.
:06:01. > :06:06.The prosecution opened with the words of Jenny Methven's son.
:06:06. > :06:10.He was quoted as saying, she was my only living relative. 01 never be
:06:10. > :06:16.able to return to my house. When this is done and dusted everybody
:06:16. > :06:19.will move on but I will have to live with this for ever. He said
:06:19. > :06:24.that there were only two questions for the jury to consider, was Jenny
:06:24. > :06:28.Methven murdered? I suggest the answer to that would be unanimously
:06:28. > :06:33.yes. The second question is who did murder her? I will be in big --
:06:33. > :06:39.inviting you to convict Mr Kean. He said this was a savage and brutal
:06:39. > :06:42.murder and we may never know the motive. Mr Kean said he did not
:06:42. > :06:48.murder Jenny Methven but found her badly injured in the cottage and
:06:48. > :06:52.went away. The defence QC said the fact that he did not make an 999
:06:52. > :06:58.Cork after finding her is unacceptable, disgraceful, immoral
:06:58. > :07:02.and horrific but it doesn't make him a murderer. 46-year-old William
:07:02. > :07:06.Kean denies murdering Jenny Methven in her cottage in February this
:07:06. > :07:13.year. He has lodged a special defence of incrimination, blaming
:07:13. > :07:17.her son, David. The judge will do for her directions to the jury on
:07:17. > :07:24.Monday morning and they will retire to consider their verdicts.
:07:24. > :07:28.You are watching Reporting Scotland. Still to come, a -- paradise for
:07:28. > :07:33.stargazers - the Isle of Coll is bidding to become Scotland's second
:07:33. > :07:38.official Dark Sky Park. In sport, the waiting is over.
:07:38. > :07:43.After almost seven years Dundee is waiting for a Premier League derby,
:07:43. > :07:50.but how important is the City -- is the match to the city?
:07:50. > :07:55.And Neil Lennon admits huge injury concerns. Details to follow.
:07:55. > :07:59.It has emerged that an RAF rescue helicopter tried to fly at the UN
:07:59. > :08:05.World you could Adam broke to hospital but was this -- but was
:08:05. > :08:12.prevented by bad for the. -- bad weather. He was taken to Aberdeen
:08:12. > :08:17.Royal Infirmary on Wednesday. Yes, this attempt to airlift the
:08:17. > :08:21.Duke of Edinburgh to Balmoral to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary was
:08:21. > :08:26.revealed when the decision was taken on Wednesday afternoon to get
:08:26. > :08:29.him to hospital and the RAF was tasked with getting a helicopter to
:08:29. > :08:35.Balmoral but the weather conditions on Wednesday afternoon were
:08:35. > :08:39.described as horrendous. It was really quite foggy. The helicopter
:08:39. > :08:43.landed at three different points, trying to meet the ambulance
:08:43. > :08:47.between Balmoral and here but it was never close to the road for the
:08:47. > :08:53.transfer of the patient to happen so the decision was taken to
:08:53. > :08:56.discontinue -- to just continued the journey by road.
:08:56. > :09:00.What is the latest word on his condition?
:09:00. > :09:04.He is responding well to be triggered he is getting for a
:09:04. > :09:09.bladder infection. The treatment is involving a lot of antibiotics and
:09:09. > :09:13.the side-effects of that are to make be patient very tired, so the
:09:13. > :09:17.Duke has been ordered by doctors to rest. Other members of the royal
:09:17. > :09:22.family have been continuing their commitments as normal, the Queen
:09:22. > :09:25.leaving Balmoral around lunchtime, returning a couple of hours later.
:09:25. > :09:29.Because the Duke has been ordered to rest, no members of the royal
:09:29. > :09:36.family have been a visiting today but they have been keeping in touch
:09:36. > :09:39.by telephone. It looks as if the Duke will be here over the weekend.
:09:39. > :09:45.A former news editor of the Scottish news of the world has been
:09:45. > :09:48.charged with committing perjury at the trial of the former MSP Tommy
:09:48. > :09:52.Sheridan. Douglas Wight has also been charged with conspiracy to
:09:52. > :09:57.hack telephones and conspiracy to obtain personal data. Mr Wight, 39,
:09:57. > :10:01.was interviewed at Govan police station in such -- in Glasgow
:10:01. > :10:06.yesterday. Sheridan was jailed last year after being found guilty of
:10:06. > :10:10.perjury during a defamation case against the News of the World in
:10:10. > :10:17.2006. The trial of a man charged --
:10:17. > :10:21.accused of murdering a pensioner with his own car has begun.
:10:21. > :10:26.Christopher Grenfell denies killing James Simpson last year. It is
:10:26. > :10:36.claimed he tried to -- he stole the man's cover for repeatedly driving
:10:36. > :10:40.
:10:40. > :10:43.it over him. Water is being pumped from
:10:43. > :10:46.Aberdeen's historic Rubislaw Quarry for the first time in 40 years. The
:10:46. > :10:48.famous site is one of the biggest man-made holes in Europe. Local
:10:48. > :10:51.residents have been worried by rising water levels.
:10:51. > :10:57.We don't intend to take it too far down at the moment, we are taking
:10:57. > :11:00.it down by four or five feet at the moment.
:11:00. > :11:03.The largest secondary school on the Western Isles had to close early
:11:03. > :11:05.today after a chemical spill inside the new �55 million building. The
:11:05. > :11:08.Nicolson Institute in Stornoway on Lewis opened to pupils for the
:11:08. > :11:11.first time yesterday. Shellfish producers in the
:11:11. > :11:13.Highlands and Islands are fighting to persuade local consumers and UK
:11:13. > :11:20.supermarkets to buy their product, as the multi-million-pound eurozone
:11:20. > :11:22.shellfish market threatens to collapse. Until now, France and
:11:22. > :11:27.Spain have been the main consumers of Scottish langoustine and other
:11:27. > :11:31.shellfish. A team of tidal energy experts from
:11:31. > :11:34.Orkney are taking their expertise overseas. A team from the European
:11:34. > :11:39.Marine Energy Centre is to help South Korea develop its own tidal
:11:39. > :11:41.energy testing facility. Galloway Mountain Rescue team has
:11:41. > :11:50.taken delivery of a brand-new purpose-designed Land Rover
:11:50. > :11:55.ambulance and mobile incident unit. The team has raised �45,000 needed
:11:55. > :11:57.to replace the old vehicle and trailer they have used for 17 years.
:11:57. > :12:01.A free-form football match has taken place in the centre of
:12:01. > :12:05.Edinburgh as part of the Art Festival. It is one of a series of
:12:05. > :12:12.tours where members of the public are invited to see art and their
:12:12. > :12:16.surroundings in a new way. I am quite a big fan of not
:12:16. > :12:21.necessarily calling things art because people get pushed away from
:12:21. > :12:28.it, but if they can jump in and realise this is just a different
:12:28. > :12:31.perspective, they might see the city slightly differently.
:12:31. > :12:34.And there are more stories from your area, and all the latest news,
:12:34. > :12:39.24 hours a day on BBC Scotland's website.
:12:39. > :12:43.The Hebridean island of Coll is bidding to join Galloway as
:12:43. > :12:49.Scotland's second official Dark Sky Park. It is thought the island's
:12:49. > :12:54.almost total lack of light pollution may make it a stargazer's
:12:54. > :12:59.paradise. Galloway's experience suggests that this kind of tourism
:12:59. > :13:09.has huge putt at -- potential that other parts of Scotland could tap
:13:09. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:13.The views of Coll, a delight. But Ireland's believes it can be a big
:13:13. > :13:19.attraction for stargazers, which is why they are applying for her
:13:19. > :13:23.official dark sky status. We are so lucky here, we have minimal light
:13:23. > :13:28.pollution, our skies in the winter are stunning. You do not actually
:13:28. > :13:34.belies what is up there and tell you get to a place like this, where
:13:34. > :13:40.there is no interference, and you see it in all its glory. Scotland's
:13:40. > :13:43.first and so far only Dark Sky Park is established in Galloway, for
:13:43. > :13:48.environmental and economic reasons. A key aim was to boost winter
:13:48. > :13:52.tourism, something that has been achieved and more. Also getting
:13:52. > :13:56.people coming in the summertime, it is the natural time to go on
:13:56. > :13:59.holiday, coming to see meteors, as we have just had, the bed-and-
:13:59. > :14:02.breakfast people are finding they are getting questions that they
:14:02. > :14:07.never thought they would be answering, like, when do the stars
:14:07. > :14:13.come out? There is lots of little spin-offs coming out. On a clear
:14:13. > :14:17.night, the naked eye can make out the Milky Way and about 7,000 stars.
:14:17. > :14:22.But the telescope, pretty much to infinity and beyond. That is not
:14:22. > :14:25.just true in Delhi or the Isle of Coll, but in much of rural Scotland.
:14:25. > :14:30.When it comes to astronomy based tourism, the sky really is the
:14:30. > :14:39.limit. The dark sky family is growing by the world, but it would
:14:39. > :14:42.be great to see Scotland really becoming, Daks their country. --
:14:42. > :14:47.dark sky country. Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson
:14:47. > :14:50.has a busy festival season. As well as appearing in her own show at the
:14:50. > :14:54.Edinburgh International Book Festival, the opera's books have
:14:54. > :14:57.been adapted for a number of stage adaptations, including a show which
:14:57. > :15:04.is helping soldiers read their children bedtime stories. Polly
:15:04. > :15:09.MacLean reports. This is the tale of the humpback
:15:09. > :15:12.whale. It is a popular bedtime story, now turned stage play. This
:15:12. > :15:17.male underwear has a heartfelt message, even when your loved ones
:15:17. > :15:21.are travelling the world, they are still thinking about you. There are
:15:21. > :15:25.moments of sadness, but in general, it is about is fantastic and should
:15:25. > :15:30.that the father and daughter have together. -- the fantastic French
:15:30. > :15:35.have. Servicemen and women, who often have to leave their children
:15:35. > :15:39.for long periods of time. That inspired two army wives to set up a
:15:39. > :15:42.new charity. Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan for six months at a
:15:42. > :15:50.time, which is a long chunk of time for a child to be away from a
:15:50. > :15:57.parent. And what we do is to enable the soldiers to record a story for
:15:57. > :16:02.the children to listen to. scheme's profile has been raised
:16:02. > :16:05.with a show which, like the sale and there will, is to win the world.
:16:05. > :16:10.For the author of the story, June Leaute Olsen, it sends out an
:16:10. > :16:17.important message about the power of Reading. -- Julia Donaldson.
:16:17. > :16:23.is a wonderful way of just crossing Continents. Mike is about a snail
:16:23. > :16:31.and a will that travel the world, so the idea that the soldiers away
:16:31. > :16:34.in Afghanistan can communicate with people back home is great. Julia
:16:34. > :16:38.Donaldson's books are already known around the world, but thanks to
:16:38. > :16:47.this scheme, mums and dads wherever they are in the world can still
:16:47. > :16:56.read them at bedtime story. Now with the sports news, it's
:16:56. > :17:01.David Currie. There has not been Mansiz 2005, but
:17:01. > :17:04.the football fans in Dundee, the waiting is almost over. It is the
:17:04. > :17:07.city's first Premier League derby in seven years and there is not a
:17:07. > :17:13.ticket to be had. What exactly does the match mean to the clubs, the
:17:13. > :17:16.fans and the city? Chris McLoughlin reports.
:17:16. > :17:19.Here in the city of Discovery, there is something in the air,
:17:19. > :17:29.something that has been missing, avoid that is about to be filled.
:17:29. > :17:54.
:17:54. > :18:00.Yes, a city divided for years by rivalry and clubs divided by a... A
:18:00. > :18:05.road. Yes, as you can see behind here, Dens Park, if you walk this
:18:05. > :18:10.way, you will see Tannadice. Very close neighbours, and these days,
:18:10. > :18:14.they have a pretty close working relationship. Dundee game SPL entry
:18:14. > :18:18.after Rangers were told to start again in Division Three. It seems
:18:18. > :18:23.Glasgow's loss is Dundee's gain. is good for the city and the clubs,
:18:23. > :18:27.and for the fans. We are looking forward to it. Hopefully it will
:18:27. > :18:35.show Scottish football in the right light. For the city, it is a major
:18:35. > :18:39.boost. There is another to at least to come after this. -- two. I hope
:18:39. > :18:47.it's the first of a series of games. As you would expect, it is all the
:18:47. > :18:52.city is talking about. 2-0, 2 United. If confident? Yes. Are you
:18:52. > :19:01.happy that the derby is back? Definitely, it is good for the city.
:19:01. > :19:05.3-2. And so, after a summer of negative headlines, you will not
:19:05. > :19:08.hear talk of a football crisis in the city. Even the local heroes are
:19:08. > :19:11.bursting with pride. Off the independent commission set
:19:11. > :19:14.up by the Premier League to examine Rangers' alleged use of dual
:19:14. > :19:18.contracts will be chaired by Lord numbers that. He chaired the
:19:18. > :19:24.Scottish FA's inquiry into Craig Whyte's takeover and running of the
:19:24. > :19:28.club. A McCoist is fighting an SF a charge of bringing the game into
:19:28. > :19:32.disrepute, it was brought because he demanded to be told coup was on
:19:32. > :19:36.a panel that imposed a transfer embargo on the club. The price
:19:36. > :19:39.paintings he did the right thing. Absolutely, I think it is very
:19:39. > :19:44.important, there was nobody standing up for the clock at all at
:19:44. > :19:51.the time. So, I just felt in the position I was in, I had no other
:19:51. > :19:54.option. I stand by it, to be honest with you. Celtic are facing
:19:54. > :19:58.something of an injury crisis for tomorrow's Premier League game
:19:58. > :20:02.against Ross country and Tuesday's Champions League play-off against
:20:02. > :20:07.Helsingborg. Up to 11 of the first- team squad to be unavailable for
:20:07. > :20:13.the Ross County match, among them Anthony Stokes, Gary Hooper and Mo
:20:14. > :20:17.Bangura. It is a huge concern, be on Tuesday as well. A game tomorrow,
:20:17. > :20:24.not looking too far ahead of ourselves. It is a game I want to
:20:24. > :20:31.win. Ross country -- Ross County have an impressive record. We
:20:31. > :20:35.started the season very well. I have three of my main strikers out
:20:35. > :20:38.and that is a concern. Andy Murray says he will play any
:20:38. > :20:42.more matters before the US Open starts in ten days'. He was knocked
:20:42. > :20:46.out of the Cincinnati Masters by Jeremy Shardy of France in straight
:20:46. > :20:52.sets. Murray will have played only three matches since the Olympics in
:20:52. > :20:57.the run-up to the last Grand Slam of the season at Flushing Meadow.
:20:57. > :21:01.That's all my offerings this evening.
:21:01. > :21:05.A plague of rats has been followed by a plague of rabbits on the
:21:05. > :21:09.Hebridean island of Canna. It is not quite all Testament proportions,
:21:09. > :21:13.but the National Trust have seen off the vermin and are now turning
:21:13. > :21:16.their attention to controlling the rabbit population. As Jackie
:21:16. > :21:23.O'Brien reports, some enterprising islanders have come up with an
:21:23. > :21:28.appetising solution to the problem. Sort's law, it was siesta time for
:21:28. > :21:33.rabbits when I made a quick island hop to Canna this week. Not one of
:21:33. > :21:37.the estimated 15,000 animals living here made an appearance, despite
:21:37. > :21:44.plenty of evidence and reports of their presence. In the evening, is
:21:44. > :21:50.it here is covered with them. It is like a moving carpet of rabbits.
:21:50. > :21:54.you are just surrounded by rabbits. Thank God they are not carnivorous!
:21:54. > :22:00.It is not the first time that Canna has had to cope with a plague of
:22:00. > :22:05.pests. In 2005, experts from New Zealand were brought here to help
:22:05. > :22:10.eradicate and menacing population of rats. And some think that Hull
:22:10. > :22:13.could have led to this current boom in rabbits. With few natural
:22:13. > :22:17.predators let, rabbits are wreaking havoc in local gardens and on
:22:17. > :22:24.grazing, but the National Trust has got them, which owns the island,
:22:24. > :22:30.says it is on the case. We have had a control process in place, we take
:22:30. > :22:34.about 1,700 rabbits a year, there is a lot of work going on behind
:22:34. > :22:39.the scenes. We are pleased with progress. One local business is
:22:39. > :22:46.doing its bit to curb the rabbit population, by putting them in
:22:46. > :22:52.Pisces and Patti. And this is as close as I got to seeing one. --
:22:52. > :22:56.highs and pate. We have discovered it is a versatile product. We have
:22:56. > :23:01.branched out into burgers. I think we are looking at possibly going
:23:01. > :23:09.down the rabbit chorizo route. that's not all, folks. Here on
:23:09. > :23:14.Canna, you can be dull about it as well. -- you can read all about it.
:23:14. > :23:19.well. -- you can read all about it. And now for a look at the weather.
:23:19. > :23:23.It has not been bad weather this week. We have seen some rain, but
:23:23. > :23:29.some warm temperatures and sunshine as well. This evening, a lot of dry
:23:29. > :23:32.weather, some brightness again. We will start to see an area of rain
:23:32. > :23:38.pushing into the far south during this evening. But it will not come
:23:38. > :23:43.to much and will die away. Showers in North Argyll. The of heavy one,
:23:43. > :23:49.but mainly dry. Some mist and fog patches forming, particularly
:23:49. > :23:55.across the Northern Isles. And it will be another very mild night, 13
:23:55. > :23:58.or 14 Celsius. A light south- westerly wind. Fairly cloudy start
:23:58. > :24:07.of the day tomorrow, some bits of rain or drizzle in the south which
:24:08. > :24:10.will clear. Come the afternoon, we are looking at a lovely tried day,
:24:10. > :24:14.extending right across to the Berwickshire area force of the best
:24:14. > :24:18.of the sunshine across the more eastern areas up warm temperatures,
:24:18. > :24:23.20 or 21 Celsius. More in the way of showers further north,
:24:23. > :24:27.particularly across the North West Highlands. 22 Celsius For
:24:27. > :24:32.Aberdeenshire, a lot higher than today. Were in the way of cloud
:24:32. > :24:35.across western areas, but it should stay dry. -- more in the way. If
:24:35. > :24:40.you are thinking of heading to the hills, we will see some mist and
:24:40. > :24:45.fog initially but that will break, sunshine coming through with south-
:24:45. > :24:50.westerly winds. Really quite pleasant conditions. For more
:24:50. > :24:57.Northern Rangers, more in the way our shores, any mist or fog
:24:57. > :25:02.clearing, the of heavy shower across the Cairngorms. And four the
:25:02. > :25:07.waters forecast, forced three or force for, south-westerly,
:25:07. > :25:16.conditions could, visibility good on the whole. Very similar
:25:16. > :25:20.conditions across Moore northern Back on dry land, as far as the
:25:20. > :25:25.rest of the day is concerned, losing any showers in the North on
:25:25. > :25:31.Friday evening. Staying put on the dry overnight, some mist and fog
:25:31. > :25:35.patches forming. Sunday, the settled weather cools a way, this
:25:35. > :25:39.weather front starts to come our way, bringing some rain. Starting
:25:39. > :25:43.off try, mist and fog patches clearing. Sunshine, holding onto
:25:43. > :25:46.the dry weather in the North. Those the dry weather in the North. Those
:25:46. > :25:52.temperatures staying on the warm side.
:25:52. > :25:54.Now, just before 7 o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories.
:25:54. > :25:58.The chief of the South African police force has defended the
:25:58. > :26:02.actions of her officers after 34 people were killed in a stand-off
:26:02. > :26:06.with miners. She said the police were forced to open fire after
:26:06. > :26:11.striking workers armed with clubs and machetes charged their lines,
:26:11. > :26:16.firing shots. More than 580 people died in
:26:16. > :26:21.Scotland last year as a direct result of drugs or alcohol. That
:26:21. > :26:25.was a big increase on the previous year, and heroin substitute
:26:25. > :26:28.methadone was implicated in nearly half the debt.
:26:29. > :26:32.Police believe the Moors murderer Ian Brady may have revealed where
:26:32. > :26:37.he buried 12-year-old Keith Bennett, the only one of his victims whose
:26:37. > :26:40.body has not been discovered. Detectives are investigating claims
:26:40. > :26:46.by his mental health advocate that Brady wrote a letter, to be opened
:26:46. > :26:48.only after his death. The prosecution in the trial of 46-
:26:49. > :26:53.year-old William Kean, accused of beating an 80-year-old woman to
:26:53. > :26:57.death, has urged the jury to find him guilty. He denies murdering