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The top stories you need to know today include the Scot who committed public indecency in a flat stairwell, the death of a young mum after trying cocaine and the lottery winner 'wishes he had never won'.
Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond.
Drunk Scot performed sex act on woman in flat stairwell as resident tried to squeeze past
A drunk Scot carried out a sex act on a woman as a tenement resident tried to squeeze past them on the common stairwell.
Keith Ballentine didn’t stop despite the shocked neighbour in the Edinburgh flats being blocked on his way to leave. The resident called the police and, when officers arrived some time later, the pair were still performing sexual acts.
Ballentine, 47, appeared at the city’s sheriff court on Thursday and admitted committing an offence of public indecency. The woman, Kimberley Finnigan, 41, pled guilty to the charge at a previous hearing and did not appear.
Fiscal depute Morgan Beattie said it was around noon when the resident left his flat in Lochrin Terrace in the capital's Tollcross area.
Young mum tragically dies after taking cocaine in 'one off' decision on night out
A "bubbly and popular" mum tragically died after taking cocaine in a "one-off" decision on a night out. Holly Dakin passed away in her sleep following a "sudden cardiac event", an inquest into her death heard.
A coroner ruled that her sudden passing was "drug related" and the result of a possible underlying cardiac-related disease. The heartbreaking news came as a shock to her mum and dad Robert and Rosemary Dakin, who described their daughter as "everyone's fun friend".
They attended the Nottingham inquest with Holly's boyfriend and close friends, and said "all of us didn't have a clue".
Lottery winner who scooped £2.9million jackpot now 'wishes he had never won'
A lottery winner says he regrets scooping the jackpot after being overwhelmed with pleas for financial help.
Anoop, who lives in the southern Indian state of Kerala, bagged 250 million rupees (£2.9million) after his numbers came up in the state government lottery earlier this month.
His win was the biggest ever to be offered in the regional lottery and made national headlines, with the auto driver shooting to fame overnight. However, just one week after celebrating the prize money, Anoop was forced to post a video asking people to stop harassing him and his family, the Mirror reports.
How much it will cost to boil the kettle from October 1 as energy prices rise
As the cost of living crisis continues, many families are looking for ways to make their money go further.
From holding off putting the heating on to air-drying clothes instead of using the tumble drier, there are some things which are easy to use less - but the humble kettle is hard to go without.
They're the unsung heroes of cold days, and many of us rely on warm cups of tea or coffee to get us through the day.
Hair expert shares the correct number of times we should wash our hair a week
Taking good care of our hair can be difficult, as there are so many myths floating around.
There's a lot of speculation over how often we should actually wash our hair, and if it's healthier to leave it longer in between washes.
But, according to the UK's leading hair transplant surgeon Dr Matee Rajput, there is a right answer. Surgeon to the stars, including Love Island winner Jack Fincham, Gaz Beadle and Joe Swash, he's shared his expertise on some common hair questions we wonder about every day.
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