Richard Elias

Ten years ago, the Dornoch Firth oyster beds had bee fished to extinction... now thanks to Glenmorangie, Heriot-Watt University and the Marine Conservation Society they are on their way back

Masked youths have gone on the rampage across the capital, throwing fireworks, bricks and bottles at police, while in Glasgow a car is on fire in Pollokshields amid further trouble

Meet Eli, Luke, and Ben... three new team members have joined the Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks crew working to clear timber to make way for overhead pylons in some of Scotland's ancient forests

EXPRESS INVESTIGATES: As cocaine use increases massively in the UK, with one-in-40 a regular user, drug smugglers from home and abroad are using increasingly innovative methods to get it into the country

Susan Hitchen, the director of Operation Identify Me, tells the Scottish Daily Express how she hopes to bring justice to the 45 unidentified women, some of whom have been linked to axe killer John Sweeney

The peaceful Isle of Iona now has fibre cables which will transform connectivity for the 170 residents and the tens of thousands of visitors and pilgrims and tourists who visit each year

Truly an honour! The Singleton of Glen Ord distillery in Muir of Ord near Inverness was recognised as having the world's leading distillery tour at the World Travel Awards

The iconic Scots firm was hit with protests and threats of a boycott a few years ago, but under the leadership of canny Sir Boyd Tunnock it has gone from strength to strength

Colin Wright, 38, originally from Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, ran a secret amphetamine factory which operated on an 'industrial scale' before he was arrested in Spain

Mirror reporter Richard Elias swoons over the sights, sounds and smells of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, as he finds fantastic food and breath-taking scenes