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A bill that would allow all pupils in state and grant-aided schools to have at least four nights and five days of residential outdoor education during their school career has been supported by a Holyrood committee. Following a vote, members of the Education, Children and Young People Committee agree

Ed Sheeran was forced to end an impromptu performance on the streets of Bangalore after being shut down by police for illegal busking. A member of the public complained to police after the singer, one of the world's best-selling musicians, started performing in the southern Indian city over the week

A Scottish local authority has been granted decree of absolvitor in an action by an asylum seeker who sought to establish that he had been aged under 18 when first accommodated by the authority. Abdraman Ali Ahmat raised an action against Aberdeenshire Council seeking declarator that his date of bir

Scots lawyer Ken Swinton, editor of the Scottish Law Gazette, is to give a talk on his fascinating history of a street in Edinburgh's New Town at the Royal Scots Club on Monday February 17 at 7.00pm. During the pandemic, Mr Swinton assiduously researched the history and life stories of the residents

Members of the Scottish Human Rights Commission are travelling again to the Highlands and Island in February and March to deliver a series of community empowerment events. The purpose of these new engagements is to share findings and enable those working locally to use human rights to advocate for c

A pilot granting access to free transcripts for complainers in High Court sexual offence cases has been extended for 12 months.  Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed the extension of the pilot to March 2025 in a letter to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee.

A man who carried out a campaign of violence and control towards women while moving around the country has been jailed for 14 years. Chef David Robertson, 28, from Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, was found guilty of two charges of attempted murder as well as two counts of rape involving women he k

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a free online tool to help organisations ensure their direct marketing activities comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (PECR) and the UK GDPR. By answering a few questions, the tool aims to bring the relevant guidan

Cocaine is as harmless as whiskey and only illegal "because it is made in Latin America", the president of Colombia has said. Gustavo Petro, who presides over the world's largest producer of cocaine, claimed that scientists had analysed the drug and come to that conclusion, CBS News reports.

The US is to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Donald Trump accused it of having "engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel". The court issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders in November 2024 – which Tr

A new SLCC board member has been appointed. 

Autocracy, Inc is a small book, with a dark paper cover, that sets out in disturbing detail the attacks, overt and covert, by autocrats everywhere on liberal democracies and open societies. The concept of autocracy is where one person governs with all the power, and that is defined by the author as

Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court's main building at Whytecauseway Kirkcaldy, will remain closed today. All criminal business including trials will  call in the Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court Annex building, Brycedale Avenue, Kirkcaldy. Accused and witnesses should attend as normal at that building.

Alyson Forbes has been appointed as a legal member to the board of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). Miss Forbes was a procurator fiscal depute in Crown Office for 22 years. She worked in both the High Court and Appeals Units in the Crown Office.