Families of Scotland's death in custody prisoners say more needs to be done to reduce the numbers of inmates dying while behind bars

With Andy Burnham aiming to get every rough sleeper in England a route off the streets before Christmas, Scotland's homeless want Swinney and the SNP to follow suit.

Operation Portaledge was launched by cops in March last year to target an outbreak of rival attacks between feuding Glasgow crime families.

The Scottish Police Authority's Forensic Services team have been working with Police Scotland since March last year to identify suspects involved in organised crime gang violence linked to a long running feud between two Glasgow crime families.

Paul Ferris and Johnny Adair became unlikely friends after Adair fled Belfast for Troon in Ayrshire due to escape a loyalist feud back in Northern Ireland

There are fears that organised crime groups are behind the rise in attempts by jail visitors to smuggle drugs into prison.

Every year since 2017 Police Scotland have launched Operation Moonbeam to combat firework related violence in the run up to Bonfire night

Two men were found dead in a flat in Glasgow's Partick in August and the body of the man suspected of their murders discovered the following day under a bridge.