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Edinburgh Council has reached an out-of-court settlement with DLA Piper over legal advice provided during the capital’s troubled tram project. The council had originally sought £200 million in damages, alleging “negligent legal advice” given to TIE, the arms-length company re

UK real gross domestic product is estimated to have increased by 0.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

A sheriff has found there were no precautions which could reasonably have been taken that might realistically have resulted in the death of a prisoner being avoided but has made six recommendations which might realistically prevent other deaths in similar circumstances. Sheriff Jennifer Bain KC has

The majority of MSPs sworn in yesterday made a secular affirmation in a Holyrood first. All MSPs must swear allegiance to the Monarch before they can take up their roles. The Oaths Act 1978 permits elected officials to choose between a religious oath or a secular affirmation. This allows humani

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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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

Dorothy Bain KC has informed First Minister John Swinney that she intends to leave office. Ms Bain, who was appointed by Nicola Sturgeon in 2021, is expected to depart as Mr Swinney prepares to form a new government following next week’s swearing-in of the Scottish Parliament.

For many people the rolling hills of the Lake District offer gentle escapism, but for Digby Brown media manager Sam Whyte it provided the setting for a physical test that pushed him to his limits.  On Sunday 10 May he completed The Fred Whitton Challenge – regarded as the UK’s tough

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

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

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

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