Craig McDonald

Oct 5, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Craig McDonald

A quarter of all adults in Scotland are now being prescribed antidepressant drugs as the country is gripped by an unprecedented ‘epidemic’ in mental health problems. The number of people taking the pills also rose last year at an alarming rate, with more than 50 new patient cases prescribed every single day. The SNP pledged to halt the annual increases when it came to power in 2007. However, numbers have instead rocketed, reaching more than 600,000 by 2010.

Oct 5, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Craig McDonald

He was widely regarded as Scotland’s most dangerous man, a career criminal with an unquenchable thirst for extreme violence against anyone who crossed his path. Now, in his first interview in 25 years, gangster-turned-sculptor Jimmy Boyle has spoken of his brutality against the authorities who tried to contain him, and his redemption in the remarkable prison experiment which he says saved his life.

Sep 28, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Craig McDonald

A complete reinvestigation of the murder of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson was ordered after more than 150 ‘concerns’ were highlighted in a review of the evidence gathered in the previous police inquiry. The last probe into the killing, which has been unsolved for two decades, was carried out in recent years by detectives based in the North-East of Scotland and saw a possible motive established for the first time.

Sep 21, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Craig McDonald

The family of murdered banker Alistair Wilson have ‘lost confidence’ in Police Scotland and accused the force of ‘poor judgment and lack of accountability at its highest levels’. In an extraordinary statement yesterday, the family branded the police ‘incompetent’ and said they had been snubbed by Chief Constable Jo Farrell after requesting a meeting to discuss progress. The statement comes as Mr Wilson’s family prepare to mark the 20th anniversary of his death.

Sep 21, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Craig McDonald

Their origins can, in part, be traced to moves to introduce special traffic lanes in Glasgow as the city geared up for the Commonwealth Games in 2014. However, as bus lanes have proliferated and become a fixture across Scotland’s three biggest cities, we can today reveal the staggering levels of fines paid by motorists – raising concerns the lanes have been little more than a council cash-raising device all along.