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With sorrow we inform readers that popular addictions programme director Anthony McLellan has died. Chula Goonewardene shared that “The Memorial Mass for Tony will be on 15 January 2026 at 2pm at St James’s Catholic Church, Spanish Place, London W1U…

In a dystopian example of “You couldn’t make it up”, Scottish ministers are considering a change in the law banning smoking in public places to allow drug users to smoke crack cocaine in the controversial taxpayer-funded Thistle shoot-up galleries, the…

University College London et al published Association between alcohol consumption and musculoskeletal pain among employed and retired British civil servants: a multiple group latent class analysis – increased spinal pain was found in retirees who exceeded recommended limits, and increased…

As alcohol-related 999 calls are expected to surge during the festive season, London Ambulance Service urged the public to drink sensibly and treat its call handlers and crews with respect. Despite its life-saving work, there are 2 violent attacks on…

Police Scotland seized drugs worth almost £14million in the run up to Christmas, marking a record week. One of the largest busts of cocaine, worth over £8million, was made when officers executed a warrant in Bellshill; £3.5million worth of ecstasy,…