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The Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire housing market showed broad stability in the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest Aberdeen Housing Market Report published by the Centre for Real Estate Research (CRER) at the University of Aberdeen Business School, using data supplied by ASPC.
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Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Drones now leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan
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To Edinburgh to meet a recently retired university pal. We choose Fishers in Thistle St, the city centre redoubt of the popular Leith restaurant. A cheery welcome greets us and we’re guided to our seats and wait … and wait. Eventually a waitress appears and takes our wine order. This hu
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A company has been fined £350,000 after the catastrophic collapse of a storage tank at its Peterhead premises which left a self-employed worker with life-changing injuries. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the incident, which occurred on 21 June 2023 at Tetra Technologies UK
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The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal in a dispute between a separated married couple over division and sale of the matrimonial home after upholding a sheriff’s decision that the wife could not rely on section 19 of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 to rema
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As a young journalist visiting Brezhnev’s sclerotic Soviet Union, I felt privileged to be shown around the huge state library in Leningrad, the second largest in the world, by one of the aged librarians who had actually worked there during the horrendous 872-day siege of the city, when the Naz
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Nearly 590,000 Americans who paid deposits of £74 for Donald Trump's gold-plated T1 smartphone have been faced with the reality that their money, totalling roughly £43.7 million, is gone, and the device may never exist. Unveiled by Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump at Trump Tower in June 20
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The impact of coerced debt as a form of economic abuse in Scotland has been revealed in a new study. The report, "It’s always there, like a shadow behind you”: Women’s Experiences of Coerced Debt and Recovery in Scotland, provides recommendations for cross-sector reform.
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The University of Dundee has been reprimanded by the Scottish Information Commissioner after failing to respond on time to freedom of information questions concerning its anti-money laundering procedures. The Courier submitted an FOI request in October 2025 seeking details of how the university impl
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Plans by the UK government to reform anti-money laundering regulation in Scotland are “misplaced, misguided and counterproductive” and risk weakening the fight against economic crime, the Law Society of Scotland warned today. The concern follows yesterday's King’s Speech, which inc
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A personal injury sheriff has dismissed an action by a tenant alleging that damp and mould in her rental property triggered her asymptomatic asthma after finding that no evidence had been led supporting her claim that the landlord’s failure to maintain the property had resulted in her conditio
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The Homeless World Cup Foundation has announced a new partnership with Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac), who will join the organisation as an official legal supporter. As part of the partnership, MFMac will provide legal expertise and advisory support to the Homeless World Cup Foundation, helping st
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The 2026 King’s Speech has confirmed the introduction of the Enhancing Financial Services Bill and the Small Business Protections Bill, aimed at modernising the UK’s regulatory landscape and tackling the "scourge" of late payments. The financial services legislation is designed to delive
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A former Woolworths employee has been criticised by Australia’s Fair Work Commission after lodging a compensation claim over being told to cover up his exposed “bum crack” during a shift. In a ruling, deputy president Alan Colman dismissed the Victorian man’s application, fin
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