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A local authority councillor who groomed and sexually abused a vulnerable teenage girl has been jailed for more than two years. David Graham, of Methilhill, Fife, was found guilty on 23 July 2025 following a trial at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

A protester has claimed he was arrested for wearing a “Plasticine Action” T-shirt at a demonstration in Parliament Square in London on 9 August. Miles Pickering, an engineer from Brighton, was among 532 people detained at the protest. He said he was arrested under section 13 of the Terro

Raeburn Christie Clark and Wallace has extended its reach in the region with the opening of a new office in Laurencekirk.

McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) has announced the appointment of two new trainee solicitors, Logan Morrison and Aidan Melrose, as well as the qualification of Brandon Stein, who joins the firm’s corporate team as a solicitor. Mr Morrison and Mr Melrose will complete their traineeships across the

On 12 August the Court of Session threw out a challenge to a local authority’s decision that commercial leases for £1 annually were a rates-avoidance scheme, with the result that the landlord rather than any occupying tenants was liable for non-domestic rates. The petition for judicial r

Scotland is set to be the first UK nation to introduce detailed regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures, write Duncan Batchelor and Claire Raftery. In May, the Scottish government announced plans to introduce a non-surgical cosmetic procedures bill during the current session of the Scottish P

Police Scotland has been urged to strengthen its data handling after almost 1,400 breaches were recorded over the past three years. Incidents included the loss or theft of technology used by officers, unauthorised access to systems or data, and misplaced identity cards and keys.

The High Court of Justiciary has quashed five acquittals made after a judge sustained a no case to answer submission in the trial of a man accused of various offences against his wife and daughters following a mid-trial appeal by the Crown. Respondent JSH was tried on an indictment containing 20 cha

Glasgow Caledonian University has launched an academic prize in memory of a Scottish woman who was persecuted for witchcraft more than 300 years ago. Lilias Adie died in prison in 1704 before she could be burned for “confessing” to being a witch. Locals buried her under a large stone on

A YouTuber has meticulously identified every misused road sign in Grand Theft Auto V. The Scottish-made video game's fictional setting of Los Santos is loosely based on real-life Los Angeles.

Macdonald Henderson is the top legal adviser in Scotland with 13 deals so far this year, the latest Experian M&A report shows.

Hundreds of swimmers have gone for a dip in the River Spree in defiance of a century-old ban. Berlin authorities banned swimming in the Spree in May 1925 out of concern for public health.

The women’s rights campaign group that secured a Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of gender has begun fresh legal proceedings against the Scottish government, arguing that certain policies remain “inconsistent” with the judgment. For Women Scotland said it has “li

Britain's first transgender judge has launched a crowdfunding campaign in support of her bid to bring the UK before the European Court of Human Rights. Dr Victoria McCloud resigned as a Master of the English High Court in 2024, saying she had concluded that it was no longer "possible in a dignified