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A politician in Poland has been charged with insulting the country’s president after prosecutors claimed a social media post compared Karol Nawrocki's wife to a character from Shrek. Wojciech Ślusarczyk, a county councillor in central Poland, faces up to three years in prison if convicted.

The Scottish government has been asked when it will implement domestic abuse protections – which are still not in force despite being passed by parliament five years ago. Pressing John Swinney at First Minister’s Questions over a sharp rise in sexual crime, Scottish Liberal Democrat lead

A second award in a month is proof beyond reasonable doubt that a true crime podcast from the University of Dundee is essential listening. Inside Forensic Science has been named winner of the True Crime, Mystery and the Dark Stuff category at the 2026 Scottish Podcast Awards. It is the second succes

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by self-represented housing association tenants against the grant of an order for recovery of possession on the basis of anti-social behaviour, notwithstanding their complaints of an inequality of arms. The appellants, who were tenants of a property own

Dorothy Bain KC will hold court when she hosts one of the University of Dundee’s showcase events tomorrow. Ms Bain will share insights from her career when she presents the 2026 Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science Annual Lecture: From suspicion to certainty? Science, proof and the

A new inquiry into the affordability and sustainability of Scotland’s tax and spending plans has been launched.

Scotland recorded a 74 per cent rise in equity investment value in 2025, defying a wider UK trend that saw overall equity funding into smaller businesses fall slightly (by four per cent), according to new research from the British Business Bank. Published today, the Bank’s annual Small Busines

The first evidence hearings in the public inquiry into disgraced brain surgeon Sam Eljamel are expected to begin in September after delays caused by safety concerns at the inquiry’s Edinburgh venue. Inquiry chair Lord Weir said the Scottish government was working to resolve building safety iss

The captain of a fishing vessel who treated foreign crew workers ‘like slaves’ has been sentenced over a breach of maritime health and safety regulations. Evidence gathered by prosecutors showed Tom Nicholson, 38, imposed arduous working conditions on five migrant sailors.

More than 500kg of cocaine has been discovered concealed inside frozen tuna at the port of St Petersburg, according to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The agency said the drugs were found in a shipment of legally imported whole frozen tuna that had arrived from Ecuador. Officers used

An Aberdeen climate law expert has taken part in key United Nations negotiations that will help shape discussions at this year’s global climate summit. Dr Mitchell Lennan, co-director of the Centre for Energy Law at the University of Aberdeen, attended the 64th sessions of the United Nations F

Great Britain continues to be one of the safest places in the world to work, according to new analysis published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).  The analysis comes alongside the annual release of HSE’s statistics for work-related fatalities for 2025/26, which show that 126 work

Dentons has advised Zenobē on the Coalburn battery energy storage system project in Scotland, supporting the development of one of the UK’s most significant next-generation energy storage assets. The Coalburn project will comprise a 200MW battery energy storage facility with approximately 800

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Sudan's RSF committed crimes against humanity in el-Fasher, Amnesty says