In 2014 Edinburgh’s controversial new tram system finally opened to the public and the highly scrutinised Edinburgh Tram Inquiry got underway, writes Steven Stewart. By 2023 a second phase of the tramline had been completed and the inquiry by Lord Hardie concluded. In recent months, City of Ed
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A mother and daughter who shared “deeply disturbing” neo-Nazi, antisemitic, racist and transphobic material on social media have been jailed after admitting a catalogue of hate crimes. Shirley Craughwell, 51, posted material describing non-white people as “a different species&rdquo
An Airdrie sheriff has made a residence order in favour of the mother of three children who fled the family home as a result of abuse towards the children and herself, which resulted in two criminal convictions in 2025, but allowed the father to have indirect contact by email. Pursuer CT, who had an
Northern Ireland's justice minister, Naomi Long, has rejected calls for mediation to resolve a long-standing dispute over criminal legal aid fee levels. Members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) yesterday withdrew services from all legally-aided Crown Court fees in a significant escalation of in
A Livingston sheriff has ordered the removal of the occupant of a house formerly subject to a Scottish Secure Tenancy, whose mother had been the tenant until July 2023, after finding that he had not entered into a new oral tenancy with the landlord in his correspondence with them in the following mo
Renovation and safety works at Ayr Sheriff Court have already cost more than £250,000, with further work still to be completed. A freedom of information request by the Ayr Advertiser shows that £262,898 has been spent across two phases of repairs at the scaffolded court building, and tha
Ghana has asked self-proclaimed prophets to submit their prophecies for government review. An online portal has been established by Ghana's presidential envoy for inter-faith and ecumenical relations to review "sensitive prophecies", The Economist reports.
A solicitor who claimed she was working an average of 28 hours per day has been struck off the roll in England and Wales. Samina Ahmed recorded false time entries for 7,551.70 hours of work between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022 – an average of 28.24 hours per day.
Saudi Arabia carried out 356 executions in 2025, the highest number recorded in a single year in the kingdom. Observers have linked the sharp rise to Riyadh’s intensifying “war on drugs”, with many of those arrested in earlier years being executed following the conclusion of legal
Commercial mediator Pam Lyall has passed away. Ms Lyall died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 18 December after injuring her head in a fall.
Thousands of offenders have had their alcohol levels tracked over the new year period by electronic tags that monitor their sweat levels. The tags – worn by 5,000 people who have been released from jail or are serving a community sentence – have kept them sober over the festive season an
Tourism in the Scottish Highlands is booming. Since 2012, the region has seen a 64.7 per cent rise in numbers to a massive 8.4 million people in 2023. But for all the good (and bad) this level of tourism brings, there is one area where significant issues prevail – the road network. Scotland is
Prisoner escort firm GEOAmey delivered inmates late to court on 10,474 occasions in a 10-month period, according to newly released figures. The company, which holds a £238 million contract to transport prisoners, has already been fined around £4m for performance failures. Late arrivals c
