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Minister for public health Jenni Minto tells Colin Mackay she is 'disappointed' over the amount of alcohol deaths recorded in Scotland. i.stv.tv/3MFFqCU

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An amazing inspiration: Award-winning Caithness reporter retires after 47 years johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/award-win…

Behind The Lens: The Legacy of a Highland news photographer - tribute to Gary Anthony inverness-courier.co.uk/news/behind-th…

Meet Spot, the robot dog who's about to kill traffic jams forever metro.co.uk/2024/02/17/mee… via @MetroUK

'Simpler fares' trial adds £100 to popular train journeys metro.co.uk/2024/02/17/sim… via @MetroUK

Drug dubbed 'killer painkiller' causes limb loss and rotting flesh metro.co.uk/2024/02/13/dru… via @MetroUK

Boy, 9, dies and brother, 16, infected with lethal bird flu strain found in UK metro.co.uk/2024/02/13/boy… via @MetroUK

'Mastermind' of armed robbery which killed PC escaped arrest for nearly 20 years metro.co.uk/2024/02/13/mas… via @MetroUK

Transgender girl stabbed 14 times in violent birthday party attack metro.co.uk/2024/02/13/tra… via @MetroUK

WATCH: Killer caught on camera buying cable ties hours before strangling woman to death metro.co.uk/2024/02/13/kil… via @MetroUK

Fears serial cat killer on the loose as fourth feline found dead metro.co.uk/2024/02/13/fea… via @MetroUK

Girl, 8, gets superhero-themed bionic arm and dreams of becoming a gymnast metro.co.uk/2024/02/12/gir… via @MetroUK

Bad news for tea drinkers as supply problems are leaving shelves bare metro.co.uk/2024/02/12/bad… via @MetroUK

Two schools forced to shut after concrete falls from ceiling metro.co.uk/2024/02/12/two… via @MetroUK

Woman fined for 'discrediting Russian army' by complaining about nursery toys metro.co.uk/2024/02/12/wom… via @MetroUK

Airline accused of 'fat-shaming' passengers by weighing them before flights metro.co.uk/2024/02/12/air… via @MetroUK

King's friends say walking and painting will keep him busy after diagnosis metro.co.uk/2024/02/12/kin… via @MetroUK

Family of Clapham chemical attack victim give update from hospital bed metro.co.uk/2024/02/12/fam… via @MetroUK