内容摘要：In a statement, the DWP said the government was committed to protecting the people who use its services "and fixing the broken welfare system we inherited so it works for those who need it".

In a statement, the DWP said the government was committed to protecting the people who use its services "and fixing the broken welfare system we inherited so it works for those who need it".

Whether there is any evidence of such terrible harm is a question the court is far from deciding.A trio are attempting to cross the High Arctic on a never-done-before route across Svalbard.

James McCorkindale, Lee Graham and Arctic expedition leader Kasper Jæger are facing -40C temperatures, 186 miles (300km) of sparse terrain, polar bears, sea ice and frozen glaciers, along with a 165lb (75kg) sled to pull.The expedition will raise money for children's hospice Hope House Tŷ Gobaith and will be Mr McCorkindale's third voyage in the Arctic circle.The explorer, from Mold, Flintshire, said the Arctic "does not want to kill you, but it doesn't want you to survive".

The friends will be covering 186 miles crossing the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard from east to west on a new route through the High Arctic., Mr McCorkindale, 44, said they had been given special permission to go as a group of three.

"We've been told now it's actually, believe it or not, illegal, to do now in a three-man team.

"It's been allowed, it's official, we are allowed to go, thankfully but that's it.She said: “Addiction's so powerful that you'll do anything to get the drugs, whether nitazene is in it or not.

"It's like Russian roulette. You just need to get the drugs and that's it."Aid and Abet’s co-founder Kevin Neary told BBC Scotland: "If they want to prevent more deaths, they need to get more information and more support out there.

"There's a massive danger it'll come like a tsunami."Chief executive of the Scottish Drugs Forum Kirsten Horsburgh described the figures as a huge concern and said Scotland was not prepared for a major influx of nitazene.