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Robert Baird, Ms Baird's father, told the hearing that his daughter had struggled with drink and drug problems for several years but described her as ‘happy go lucky’ and said she had a ‘great personality and a lovely heart’

Incidents include smoking, drug and alcohol misuse, aggressive behaviours and criminal damage and assault

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Making possession illegal will boost criminal gangs and criminalise young people. It’s another vote-chasing stunt from ministers, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Councillor said allowing the landside coffee shop to serve alcohol from 5am could attract problem drinking and "preloading" by travellers.

It’s now more commonly known that alcohol and tobacco use make us ill. Less known is that just four industries account for at least one-third of global preventable deaths. These industries are: unhealthy processed food and drinks, fossil fuels, alcohol and tobacco. Collectively they cause 19 million deaths every year,…

Ormiston Gala was refused a drinks licence last month after it was argued the event was mainly for children and families but Aberlady organisers say they are working to bring all their community together at their event

Yet again, Glasgow's outdoor drinking ban has been a hot topic in the past week - but why was it implemented in the first place, and how come Edinburgh doesn't have the same law? We take a closer look.

He also broke into a family home and took three bikes

Richard Hill is thought to have drunk a mixture of drinks poured into trophy cups before he collapsed and died