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The Scottish government is seeking to address some of the overly restrictive aspects of the short-term let licensing rules, but the measures may not be enough to tackle “unnecessary” regulation and financial burdens faced by the Scottish tourism industry, writes Kirsty Gallacher. In

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. 'Agony and pain': US health professionals reflect on the Gaza war

A former local authority employee who embezzled more than £1 million from Aberdeen City Council over a 17-year period has been imprisoned for four years. Michael Paterson, 59, set up an internal pathway which allowed him to fraudulently issue council tax refunds into his own bank account.

Joanna Cherry KC has lost Edinburgh South West to Labour’s Scott Arthur MP as the SNP suffered a major defeat at Westminster in the general election. Ms Cherry, a non-practising member of Arnot Manderson Advocates, said many voters felt that the SNP had “dropped the ball” on the ca

An IP judge has granted a request by a chemicals company that entered into a joint project with the University of Glasgow ordering the university to produce documents relating to activity by a linked company that it averred was using technology derived from patents previously assigned to it. Deepmat

A man has been jailed for four months after being found in possession of a small replica of the Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda video game series.

A security guard from Essex who kept thousands of images of Holly Willoughby has been convicted today of planning her kidnap, rape, and murder. Gavin Plumb, 37, spent two-and-a-half years researching the TV presenter’s personal life and assembling a ‘kidnap kit’ which included hand

A drugs courier who was paid £500 a trip to transport boxes of cannabis from England to Dundee has been jailed for 18 months. Lukas Losinski, 35, was caught with 974g of cannabis with a potential street value of £78,110 when police searched his home.

Lady Elish Angiolini has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Edinburgh Napier University. After several years of working at the Crown Office, the Govan-born solicitor became the first woman to be appointed as the regional procurator fiscal for Grampian and the Highlands and Islands, then the

Professor Frankie McCarthy has been re-appointed as a commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission for three years. A professor of private law at the University of Glasgow, she has been in post first as a lecturer, then a senior lecturer, since 2007.

Dr Eunice Pinn, a marine conservation expert, offers insight into her research on harbour porpoise conservation in an interview with Aberdeen University's School of Law. Her journey, which includes an LLM by research from the university highlights the complexities of balancing scientific and legal a

On 18 September 1961, a plane transporting Dag Hammarskjöld, then the secretary-general of the United Nations, flew across the Congo on a long route to avoid a vast area that had seceded from the main part of the country. The fatal flight ended at Ndola in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasala

A man who carried out a campaign of violent and sexual offending lasting more than two decades has been jailed. Brian McGlashan, from Perth, was found guilty of eight charges following a trial at the High Court in Dundee on June 5.

Two sheriffs have been appointed to the Sheriff Appeal Court from the reserve list. Sheriffs David Young KC and Joan Kerr have been appointed as appeal sheriffs by the Lord President, Lord Carloway.