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Legislation to reform the governance of men's football in England and "put fans back at the heart of the game" has been introduced in Parliament today. The bill comes at a critical juncture for English football, following the attempted breakaway European Super League, and a series of high-profile ca

A man who trafficked sheep parts from Kyrgyzstan as part of a bizarre plot to clone "massive hybrid sheep species" is facing imprisonment. Arthur "Jack" Schubarth, 80, from the US state of Montana, last week pleaded guilty to two wildlife offences committed as part of what prosecutors describe as "a

Ampersand has announced that Jamie Gardiner and Alexander Sutherland have been appointed to the Scottish government’s panel of standing junior counsel. They join fellow Ampersand members Tim Young, Euan Scott, Jennifer Nicholson-White and Michael Way on the panel.

Thomas Mitchell takes a look at the statistics around motorcycle casualties, which cast doubt on the claims made by Transport Scotland. Over the five years up to 2022, motorcyclists accounted for 17 per cent of all fatalities but less than one per cent of traffic. In 2022, according to Sco

Sixty-four solicitors have been formally welcomed to the profession in the Law Society of Scotland’s first admissions ceremony of 2024.

An application for permission to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland’s Social Security Chamber by a man who sought additional living and mobility points in respect of Adult Disability Payment on the basis of an enlarged prostate has been refused by the Upper Tribunal for

Police have been giving the public strange advice on car thefts. Officers in Toronto, Canada, told vehicle owners at a community meeting last month that they should make it easier for thieves to access their keys by leaving them near the front door.

Holyrood’s Rural Affairs & Islands Committee has today said it agrees with the general principles of the Agriculture & Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill. The legislation represents the Scottish government’s ‘vision for agriculture’ to transform farming and food produc

A replacement plaque was installed this morning at the base of the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square in Edinburgh.

Domestic killers in England and Wales face tougher sentences one year on from the publication of Clare Wade KC’s review. Ms Wade’s review looked at domestic homicide sentencing, and provided key recommendations for the UK government to protect women. The review found that:

The rule of law is in decline across the EU, according to a civil liberties network. Berlin-based Civil Liberties Union for Europe's annual report found that challenges to the rule of law were sporadic in old democracies with mainstream parties in power, including Germany and France, but that deteri

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has announced the appointment of Lisa Gillespie KC as deputy principal crown counsel. Ms Gillespie was admitted to the bar in 2005 and has been a full-time advocate depute since February 2014. She took silk in 2020. Ms Gillespie will support principal crown counsel Ashl

A man convicted of assaulting members of his extended family between 1999 and 2001 has lost a High Court appeal against one of the charges after failing to establish that the jury had been misdirected on corroboration. Appellant JH argued that the trial judge had misdirected the jury in relation to