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David Strang Fears over violence at Polmont Young Offenders Institution has limited social activities there according to a new report.

Theresa May New UK government proposals could see professionals including lawyers, accountants and consultants who provide advice on tax avoidance facing substantial penalties if they are found to have acted illegally.

A bizarre instance of road rage between two middle-aged German men led to one denting the other's BMW with his foot-long sausage. News of the incident - in which police say a massive pork product was allegedly hurled at the vehicle - emerged in Die Welt.

A study of Sir Walter Scott’s The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border has been written by Alistair Johnson of the Advocates’ Library and published on the website of the Faculty of Advocates. The work explains how the Minstrelsy, three volumes of collected folk ballads first published in 1802 and 1

Fergus Ewing A consultation on proposals to amend legislation so that specified forms of electrofishing would be permitted for catching razor clams has been launched.

Philip Gormley Famed crime writer Ian Rankin has revealed that the head of Police Scotland invited Scotland’s top crime writers to dinner in order to “reassure” them that changes to the force would not affect their novels.

The beneficiaries of a trust fund which was created by a now deceased woman to reduce the impact of inheritance tax on her family have had a petition for rectification of a deed of appointment refused by a judge in the Court of Session. Lord Turnbull ruled that the deed accurately expressed the inte

Lord Hardie The Edinburgh trams inquiry could result in criminal prosecutions according to its chair, Lord Hardie.

Plans to plug a gap in provisions on cross-border powers of arrest have been backed by the Faculty of Advocates. Current legislation allows people suspected of an offence in one part of the UK to be arrested in another part. They can be detained without warrant by police from the jurisdiction where

The Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has today published a thematic report on fatal accident inquiries (FAIs). In recent years, the length of time taken between the date of death and the start of an FAI has attracted considerable criticism. This inspection sought to identify reasons for such

The Orange Order has called a bottled water company’s decision to drop a campaign called “Orange and Proud” in Scotland and Ireland “bizarre”. Volvic’s advertising board campaign will only appear in England and Wales over worries it might offend Catholics and give the impression the comp

Pictured: back from left – Scott Milne, joint managing partner; Lauren Fettes; Lynne Macintyre; Robin Dunlop; Craig Nicol. Front from left – Lynne Sturrock; Graham Lambert; Anne Miller

Police Scotland has denied there is an “overtime ban” after a whistle-blower claimed he was instructed to abandon drug investigations in case he incurred extra hours. The officer chose to remain anonymous as he risks “career suicide” by highlighting his concerns.

Employees at a company in eastern China have been handed fines for not commenting on their boss’s social media posts, the Beijing Youth Daily reports. At a travel agency in Jinan, over 200 workers were fined 50 yuan (£5.70) each for failing to comment on CEO Zhang Ming’s Weibo posts – an arra

The owners and publishers of the now defunct News of the World, which was ordered to pay £200,000 in damages after the former MSP Tommy Sheridan won a defamation action against the Scottish edition of the newspaper, have had an application for a new trial refused. Judges in the Inner House of the C