alessia russo has been called up for the first time to replace her.ld to tackle the rise in drug related deaths in scotland. and peter levy is in hull — with the latest on the school closures in lincolnshire due to coronavirus fears. first to laura in glasgow. laura, tell us a bit more about what is happening there today. ye5, around 350 delegates are meeting here in glasgow to debate, discuss and try to come up with a plan to tackle what has been called a public health emergency. those drug deaths in scotland. let me just remind you of some of the figures. in 2018 there we re some of the figures. in 2018 there were 1000, 187 drugs —related deaths recorded in scotland. that is a 27% rise on the previous year and an increase of about 50% on a decade ago. that puts the drug deaths rate in scotland at the highest in the uk, the highest in any european country, and the highest, even higher than in the united states of america. so there is lots to talk about today, there are policymakers there, people who have experienced drug use and people who work on th