A BBC investigation captures people openly dealing and taking drugs, as well as thefts, arrests, and violence.

Shifting the playing style, maintaining qualification for major tournaments and refreshing the squad await the new Scotland boss.

The UK government has moved a step closer to making a decision on whether to approve further drilling.

A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.

Dr Michael Bradnam said recurring patient safety issues at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital were ignored.

Simon Fraser University Pipe Band from Canada took the coveted title following the two-day event at Glasgow Green, in which 211 bands competed.

Rangers will host Celtic in the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals with Kilmarnock v Aberdeen the other all top-flight tie.

The five women will try to scale a 25ft wooden pole covered in grease and claim the prize at the top - a ham.

Pro and anti-immingration protesters held demonstrations in Falkirk to mark a year since the sides clashed over an asylum hotel.

The 22-year-old was later traced to the Longniddry area following the alleged abduction in the Canonmills area.

Dunbar RNLI said the 14-year-old injured his leg after plunging into the water at about 18:30 on Thursday.

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

Colin Ross's fiancee said he wandered off up a side street near the Pantheon while on holiday.

The plan to reduce light pollution could be put out for public consultation at a later date.

As Rangers struggle on the pitch, there will be an understanding that they need fan loyalty to stay afloat.

Barely 1% of professors at UK universities are black, so he was joining a small and highly visible minority in academia, writes Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys.

Matty Hyndman on faith, conversion therapy and the outdoors

Scottish government plans could see long-term prisoners released early to free up more space in prisons.

Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson's acting relationship goes back a long way, mirroring the show the pair have been reunited on.

Stewarton Annick Ladies FC have spent three weeks raising about £15,000 to cover travelling to Shetland.

A recovering gambling addict describes the difficulty in getting help in parts of rural Scotland.

The 22-year-old was later traced to the Longniddry area following the alleged abduction in the Canonmills area.

Under the plans, Hebrides People Visitor Centre's archive will be "safeguarded".

The UK government has moved a step closer to making a decision on whether to approve further drilling.

Scotland's first ever case of the virus was detected in a lamb in Dumfries and Galloway on Saturday.

Pro and anti-immingration protesters held demonstrations in Falkirk to mark a year since the sides clashed over an asylum hotel.

Shifting the playing style, maintaining qualification for major tournaments and refreshing the squad await the new Scotland boss.

Connie McLaughlin gets to the heart of the stories making the news.

The Scottish FA say they have appointed "one of Europe's brightest emerging coaching talents" by securing Sebastien Pocognoli as Scotland men's new head coach on a two-year deal.

Rangers will host Celtic in the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals with Kilmarnock v Aberdeen the other all top-flight tie.

New Scotland boss to bring in former Premier League winger as assistant, while Hearts lodge a bid for a new striker...