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Singers who glorify "mafia culture" face up to three years' imprisonment under a law proposed by junior members of Italy's hard-right government. Lega, a far-right party with long-standing roots in the north of Italy, has taken aim at the neomelodica genre of music associated with the southern
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to Police Scotland and the Crown Office warning of potential human rights violations in the policing of peaceful protestors. The letter reminds the public bodies of their duty to exercise their functions proportionately in the wake of the proscription
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River Test The River Test in Hampshire has become the second waterway in the UK to be recognised as a legal entity, following a unanimous vote by Test Valley Borough Council to grant it “personhood”.
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A new route to British citizenship for Irish people living in the UK will become available later this month. The British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024 is due to come into force on 22 July 2025 and will make it easier and cheaper for Irish citizens living in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern
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Alastair Tibbs reviews Netflix's new documentary on the Grenfell Tower fire. In the early hours of 14 June 2017, the London sky was ignited. What started as a spark from a faulty fridge soon became the blaze that claimed the lives of 72 men, women and children. It was, however, a perfect storm of ne
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A man who convinced thousands of followers that he was the reincarnation Christ has been imprisoned in Russia. Sergei Torop, a former traffic cop, founded the "Church of the Last Testament" in 1991 and recruited thousands of members in Siberia.
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Grantown-on-Spey & Vicinity Community Council has been successful in opposition to an application made by Highland Council at Inverness Sheriff Court to have the court approve a scheme which would have allowed the council to apply compulsory charges for community events held on The Square, Grant
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Single-use vapes will no longer be stocked or sold in Scotland under new legislation which came into force yesterday. The UK-wide ban has been introduced to prevent the environmental damage disposable vapes cause and to address health concerns associated with vaping as Scotland moves towards a tobac
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Professor Richard Susskind, the world's most cited author on the future of legal services and a leading expert on the impact of AI on society, is giving a public talk in Glasgow this week. Taking place at the University of Strathclyde tomorrow evening, the event coincides with the launch of Professo
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Clyde & Co has announced three senior promotions in Scotland, with Natalie Gibb and Claire Raftery made partner and Kimberley Mitchell promoted to legal director. Ms Gibb joined the firm in 2011 as a trainee solicitor in the Edinburgh office.
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A team from Blackadders LLP braved a firewalk to raise funds for the Dundee Maggie’s Centre as part of a charity of the year partnership with the cancer support provider.
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The European Commission has fined Apple and Meta after finding that the tech giants breached their obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the DMA and Meta breached its obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less
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A former nurse who stalked and terrified a woman after matching with her on a dating app has been jailed again – this time for breaching a non-harassment order. Adele Rennie, 34, from Kilmarnock, pled guilty at the town’s Sheriff Court yesterday. She admitted contacting a woman she had p
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Lawyers have been urged to resign from a law firm after it made a deal with Donald Trump. A former lawyer at A&O Shearman, Olivier Fréget, called on his ex-colleagues not to each be an “accomplice” in Trump’s crackdown on the legal sector as the firm came to an agreement
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