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A pensioner who embezzled almost £40,000 from a charity that supports vulnerable women and children has been imprisoned for 20 months. Jay Reid, 67, was a manager of Argyll and Bute Women’s Aid in Dunoon when she stole the money over a five-year period.
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A jury has cleared six Palestine Action activists of aggravated burglary charges linked to an attack on an Israeli-owned UK arms factory which was cited as justification for the proscription of the direct action group. Six people – Samuel Corner, 23; Charlotte Head, 29; Leona Kamio, 30; Fatema
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Two men have been jailed for contempt of court after taking a selfie in the dock at Inverness Sheriff Court and uploading it to social media. Sheriff Gary Aitken sentenced Christopher Branley, 35, and Scott Ross, 40, after finding their conduct showed a serious lack of respect for the court. The cas
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A sheriff has ordered that a company director who gave an undertaking not to act in that capacity in 2017 after failing to account for VAT and subsequently breached it by assuming de facto directorship of an Aberdeen logistics company said to have been run by his wife has been disqualified from acti
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Work on safety measures at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and the Royal Hospital for Children (RHC) will be monitored by a new group made up of infection control experts, whistleblowers and patients.
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A lawyer tasked with defending the Trump administration in court asked a federal judge to hold her in contempt "so I can get 24 hours of sleep". Julie Le, who also told the judge that her "job sucks", has since been removed from her temporary position at the US Attorney's Office for the District of
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Justice secretary Angela Constance "must" confirm she will urgently publish details of a consultation ahead of her plans to release more criminals early from prison, the Scottish Conservatives have said. Shadow justice secretary Liam Kerr submitted an urgent question in Holyrood yesterday calling on
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Plans have been unveiled to strengthen the legal rights for eligible kinship carers and make it simpler and clearer to access support for them and children they care for. Promise minister Natalie Don-Innes introduced proposed Scottish government amendments to the Children (Care, Care Experience, and
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened formal investigations into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC) and X.AI LLC (X.AI) covering their processing of personal data in relation to the Grok artificial intelligence system and its potential to produce harmful sexualised image and
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A man befriended schoolboys through a messaging app then coerced them to perform sex acts in exchange for Xbox codes. Ross Brogan, 31, from Glasgow, bombarded four teenage victims with indecent communications and obscene videos then offered payment if they would reciprocate.
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Scottish government ministers must ensure the right combination of officers and staff is in place as new figures show a fall in the number of full-time police officers, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. The key points from the police officer quarterly strength stats for 31 December 2025 are
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Scottish Women’s Aid is marking 10 years of Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage helpline as it responds to record levels of demand for support. Launched in early 2016 with support from the Scottish government, the service began with just five staff and a phone line and received
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The automatic release point for certain short-term prisoners will be changed from 40 per cent to 30 per cent of their sentence, subject to approval by Holyrood.
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