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1. Drinks besides water NHS says can help with weight loss

   People have been told that sticking to water isn't the only way to lose weight

2. Anger over trans activists telling young people how to self-medicate

   Experts warn self-medicating with illicit cross sex hormones and puberty blockers carries serious health risks, including potentially fatal contamination and dosing errors.

3. Illegal XL bully that ate a man’s body in horrifying attack will be destroyed

   Scott Samson’s remains were found in his blood-soaked living room in Rutherglen, near Glasgow, last March with a dog he was watching for a friend.

4. Artist selected by Banksy to paint Duke of Wellington statue says it sparked an obsession with Glasgow

   Artist Pete the Street spends hours standing by his easel, capturing Glasgow’s rain-soaked pavements, derelict schools and half-forgotten corners most people pass without a second glance.

5. Still Game's Ford Kiernan reveals older actors originally lined up to play Jack and Victor

   Ford told how show bosses didn’t think it would be “believable” for him and fellow Scot Greg Hemphill to dress up as OAPs as they were only in their thirties.

6. Dad with MND to protest at Westminster demanding funding to find cure

   Mark Sommerville will join other sufferers and campaigners to demand more help, funding and awareness of the rapidly progressive life-limiting disease.

7. Scots folk legend could follow in steps of Taylor Swift with legal battle to regain control of work

   Dick Gaughan was a huge star of the traditional music scene in the 70s and 80s with fans around the world.

8. SNP ministers 'are ignoring salmon asthma risks for fish farm workers'

   Scottish Greens MSP Ariane Burgess said politicians “cannot continue to promote and profit from Scotland’s salmon industry while turning a blind eye to the health risks faced by the people working in it”.

9. Horror of deadly synthetic drugs as Scots addicts found dead in the street and turned “black” in flats

   People from Scotland's homeless community have spoken out after 81 people died in three months after taking synthetic opioid “pyro”.

10. Mum suing over claims a mould and damp ridden home left her family sick

    Leean McCulloch and her children moved into the property owned by West Lothian Council in July 2022, however within weeks she began to notice mould in the kitchen and bathroom which then spread to the bedrooms.