BBC News:
| Young adults are taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol - and it's dividing experts | Tue 18th Aug 2026 01:00 BST |
Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn. | |
| 'I feel guilty': The farmer whose lamb had Scotland's first case of bluetongue | Tue 18th Aug 2026 11:05 BST |
Fiona Johnson moved her family to Creetown earlier this year, hoping to start afresh with animals bought from the local area - but "bad luck" intervened. | |
| Erin survived cancer aged 21 - now it's a race against time for a chance of a baby | Tue 18th Aug 2026 15:33 BST |
Having life-saving cancer treatment at 21 would be hard enough for anyone, but Erin Lavery was told she may never be able to have children too. | |
| Officers told not to pursue car on wrong side of motorway, says police body | Tue 18th Aug 2026 16:40 BST |
The Garda Representative Association said officers were given a command to "disengage" with the car after it took "evasive action". | |
| Ferguson shipyard to cut a quarter of its workforce | Tue 18th Aug 2026 13:56 BST |
The state-owned yard on the Clyde will lose 70 of its 283 staff through a voluntary redundancy process. | |
| Nurse made bad decisions after finding patient cold and unresponsive, inquest told | Tue 18th Aug 2026 16:38 BST |
The agency nurse did not follow resuscitation guidelines after finding Mohammed Jaafri. | |


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