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Former First Minister Alex Salmond MP has called for a posthumous pardon to be granted to persecuted Scottish reformer Thomas Muir of Huntershill. Making the inaugural Thomas Muir lecture at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh last night, on the 250th anniversary of the eponymous radical's birth, Mr Sa

The lawyer representing the family of Sheku Bayoh, who died in police custody in Kirkcaldy in May, has said the family no longer has confidence in the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) inquiry into his death. PIRC gave an interim report to Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland last month

A man who falsely advertised himself as a McKenzie friend has been jailed in England for three years. Martin Williamson, from Biggleswade, admitted duping 15 would-be clients into paying an upfront fee to have him work on their cases.

Pictured (L-R): Eloise Armstrong from Macmillan , Katie Anderson, Jamie Varney and Kelly Brotherhood A team of 22 lawyers, solicitors, associates and administrators from the Glasgow and Edinburgh offices of BLM in Scotland have raised a staggering £16,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support by participati

A team from Allan McDougall Solicitors has raised in excess of £1,200 for cancer charity Marie Curie.

Police officers in the Indian city of Rajura have arrested a parrot for allegedly cursing at an 85-year-old woman. The parrot, name "Hariyal", was said to have been trained by his owner Suresh Sakharkar for two years to squawk a stream of obscenities at the sight of his 85-year-old stepmother, Janab

A man in Tajikistan who took a cake to cafe to celebrate his birthday has been fined for breaking the country's strict law against celebrating birthdays in public. Birthday boy Isayev Amirbek posted photos on Facebook showing his visit to a cafe with a birthday cake, which were used as evidence that

Michael Matheson Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has said new GPS technologies should be explored for their potential use in monitoring sex offenders and domestic abusers.

An animal rights group has written to the Scottish Government demanding a member of a group examining wild fisheries law be removed because of his alleged association with recent wildlife crime. Animal Concern has said George Pullar, director of The Scottish Wild Salmon Company, should no longer sit

Pictured: The trial is played out... The Faculty of Advocates has marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Muir of Huntershill with a scene-setting lecture and a dramatic reconstruction of parts of the trial.

Kaliani Lyle The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced a major new project to increase reporting rates of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) hate crime.

Grahame Smith The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has called on public bodies in Scotland to refuse to implement the provisions of the government's Trade Union Bill.

Humza Yousaf The Scottish Government has invited organisations campaigning for better rights for migrant workers around the world to join a special roundtable meeting next month.

Second Quarter house purchase lending in Scotland saw a 39 per cent quarter-on-quarter rise as increases were recorded in both the number of loans made and the amount borrowed. According to the latest data from theCouncil of Mortgage Lenders, while the year-on-year comparison for Q2 was less substan

Cat MacLean A well-known Edinburgh solicitor who was aided by the Maggie's centre during her battle against aggressive breast cancer is to swim the Forth to say thank you and raise finds for the charity.