:00:00. > :00:14.The number of drugs deaths in Scotland has hit a record high.
:00:15. > :00:20.more than 700 people died last year - a 15% increase on the year before.
:00:21. > :00:23.Health professionals are calling for new strategies
:00:24. > :00:24.to tackle the problem, including the introduction
:00:25. > :00:28.of medically-supervised heroin for addicts most at risk.
:00:29. > :00:32.Our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.
:00:33. > :00:36.Front line troops in the fight to get drug deaths down.
:00:37. > :00:40.Glasgow's assertive outreach workers.
:00:41. > :00:42.Each day, teams tried to find users who
:00:43. > :00:44.are injecting on the streets, putting themselves and the public
:00:45. > :00:54.We are trying to promote the use of clean needles.
:00:55. > :00:57.We also provide the antidote to opiate overdose.
:00:58. > :01:01.You don't have to go far from Glasgow city
:01:02. > :01:05.centre to find evidence of street drug use existing.
:01:06. > :01:08.We found drugs paraphernalia lying in considerable
:01:09. > :01:14.The people who are leaving this stuff are the people
:01:15. > :01:17.most at risk of dying and they are the hardest to reach
:01:18. > :01:22.Official figures just released show the scale of
:01:23. > :01:27.There were 706 drug-related deaths in Scotland last
:01:28. > :01:38.Older users, over 35, with long drug-taking histories
:01:39. > :01:41.There are public health implications.
:01:42. > :01:45.Needle sharing has led to a rise in infections, such as HIV
:01:46. > :01:50.Copenhagen is one of many places around Europe offering users
:01:51. > :01:57.the chance to receive medical grade heroin under supervision.
:01:58. > :02:00.These ideas are one's health officials
:02:01. > :02:04.here would like to explore to save lives and money.
:02:05. > :02:06.There would be a cost benefit, cost reduction to the
:02:07. > :02:19.Prisons, the criminal justice systems, housing,
:02:20. > :02:21.We had three new members last month, which was quite
:02:22. > :02:27.She offers support to families bereaved by addiction and
:02:28. > :02:32.is in favour of supervised drug injection.
:02:33. > :02:36.It is getting people out of the shadows.
:02:37. > :02:54.The number of young people dying from drug-taking is coming down and
:02:55. > :02:57.the number from taking drugs is the lowest in a decade.
:02:58. > :03:00.Unemployment has fallen in Scotland and across the UK as a whole.
:03:01. > :03:03.Official figures show the number of people out of work in Scotland
:03:04. > :03:07.between April and June was down by 26,000.
:03:08. > :03:10.It means the Scottish unemployment rate stands at 5.2%
:03:11. > :03:15.- higher than the UK rate of 4.9% of the workforce.
:03:16. > :03:18.The construction defects which closed 17 schools in Edinburgh
:03:19. > :03:22.could have implications for buildings across the UK.
:03:23. > :03:24.That's according to the leader of the City Council who's
:03:25. > :03:26.commissioned an inquiry into what happened.
:03:27. > :03:29.He was speaking as children returned to school in the capital
:03:30. > :03:34.after the summer break. John McManus reports.
:03:35. > :03:39.A massive storm had caused a wall of the school to collapse
:03:40. > :03:44.Checks carried out on all of the city
:03:45. > :03:50.public school is soon uncovered the same faults will do yesterday,
:03:51. > :03:52.Reporting Scotland revealed 30 schools across the country had to
:03:53. > :03:55.have repairs because of defective wall and header ties, like this one
:03:56. > :04:06.In Edinburgh, thousands of pupils were unable to return to
:04:07. > :04:10.school after Easter while repairs were made.
:04:11. > :04:14.The first day of term hree at this high school in Edinburgh.
:04:15. > :04:15.As pupils begin the academic year, the
:04:16. > :04:18.council is starting its own enquiry as to why 17 of its schools had to
:04:19. > :04:29.under the public private partnership championed by Labour.
:04:30. > :04:31.Edinburgh Council says that financial model
:04:32. > :04:34.It is not a contract issue, it is a construction
:04:35. > :04:38.We'll be holding them to account for what has gone wrong.
:04:39. > :04:44.The enquiry will report by the end of
:04:45. > :04:46.December 2016 and I will be ramifications.
:04:47. > :04:48.For the whole of Scotland and potentially the rest of
:04:49. > :04:52.These pupils explained how they had to be bussed to different
:04:53. > :05:05.I switched on my phone, I was studying, and then it
:05:06. > :05:08.came through that we were not in school Monday.
:05:09. > :05:16.Older pupils heading for exams were prioritised.
:05:17. > :05:27.The actual teaching, they were not taught proper lessons.
:05:28. > :05:33.Parents will await the outcome of the public
:05:34. > :05:36.enquiry, expected to conclude in December.
:05:37. > :05:38.To the Olympics and Scottish athletes have made
:05:39. > :05:39.it through the heats in
:05:40. > :05:43.two events on the track at the Olympic stadium this afternoon.
:05:44. > :05:46.Andy Butchart qualified for Saturday's final of the five
:05:47. > :05:48.thousand metres and Lynsey Sharp is through to the semi finals
:05:49. > :05:55.Football and Celtic scored five goals in the first leg
:05:56. > :05:58.of their Champions League play-off against Hapiel Beer Sheeva,
:05:59. > :06:01.but the Israelis did manage to score two vital away
:06:02. > :06:07.Tom Rogic and Leigh Griffiths put Celtic in charge before this free
:06:08. > :06:11.kick from Griffiths gave them a 3-0 half-time lead.
:06:12. > :06:14.But Celtic switched off after the break, conceding
:06:15. > :06:20.The Scottish champions held their nerve with Moussa Dembele
:06:21. > :06:23.and captain Scott Brown scoring to make it 5-2.
:06:24. > :06:29.The second leg is in Israel next Tuesday.
:06:30. > :06:31.Rugby and the SRU have announced that Gregor Townsend will become
:06:32. > :06:33.the Scotland head coach in June next year.
:06:34. > :06:36.The 43-year-old is currently in charge of the Glasgow Warriors
:06:37. > :06:39.and will replace New Zealander Vern Cotter at the end of the season.
:06:40. > :06:41.Townsend led Glasgow to the Pro 12 title in 2015.
:06:42. > :06:44.Well, after a glorious day for much of the country,
:06:45. > :06:57.It was glorious, 27 degrees in the north-west. Tonight it is dry with
:06:58. > :07:01.clear spells but also some list and low cloud for the east coast. At
:07:02. > :07:09.times in Tayside, the Eastern and central belt. Tomorrow is looking
:07:10. > :07:16.fairly decent, still some cloud across many eastern parts but a dry
:07:17. > :07:20.day for most. One or two showers. Across the UK as a whole, we have
:07:21. > :07:24.this weather front out west producing cloud for Northern
:07:25. > :07:28.Ireland, into Wales and the south-west. Many areas will be dry
:07:29. > :07:32.and pleasant and warmth with temperatures around 20 to 24
:07:33. > :07:39.Celsius. Workload around tomorrow compared to today but sunshine and
:07:40. > :07:43.moderate winds. Friday is not pleasant. Low-pressure budging from
:07:44. > :07:48.the south-west, a real change is it with cloudy, wet and windy weather.
:07:49. > :07:51.It starts dry with some sunshine but the cloud and the rain moves on from
:07:52. > :07:56.the south-west and journeys right across the country as we head to the
:07:57. > :07:57.day. It will be breezy and equally feel with temperatures around 1718
:07:58. > :07:59.Celsius. And that's Reporting Scotland this
:08:00. > :08:03.Wednesday evening.