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Legislative proposals to help restore nature and protect biodiversity in Scotland have been introduced to Parliament. The Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill, which will now be considered by MSPs, would place a duty on ministers to set legally-binding nature restoration targets and aims to modernise

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The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Thomas Hein. The 25-year-old German national, an HGV driver for Josef Schnell, died on the A74(M) Glasgow to Carlisle Road near Moffat, around Junction 15, in the afternoon of F

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Celebrities A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have promised to name their next child after the lawyer who successfully defended the award-winning rapper on assault charges. A jury in Los Angeles this week found the rapper, legally named Rakim Mayers, not guilty of firing a semi-automatic weapon at a former fri

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A senior UK government minister was told by the English solicitors' regulator to stop describing himself as a former solicitor when he had in fact dropped out of his traineeship to become an MP. The Solicitors' Regulatory Authority (SRA) wrote to the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds in January i

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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. I’ve never seen a more worrying moment, says European human rights chief

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A tax officer who embezzled thousands of pounds from HMRC to pay off her mortgage and settle other debts has been jailed for two years.  Joanne Connell, 37, used her position in the bankruptcy team and knowledge of the HMRC computer self-assessment system to add bogus credits to the records of

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A triple hiring has bolstered the ranks at Gibson Kerr. Joining the firm are Angela Fyfe as a consultant in the family law team, Brittany Thomas as an associate solicitor in family law, and Sumaya Rouf as a solicitor in the personal law department.

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A local authority in the Philippines has placed a paid bounty on the heads of mosquitoes. One peso – around one euro cent or a penny – is on offer for every mosquito brought dead or alive to authorities in Barangay Addition Hills in central Manila.

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Orbex, the Scotland-based orbital launch services company, has launched its annual internship programme, recruiting nine individuals to support its team of experts working towards Orbex Prime’s inaugural launch later this year. The internship offers a unique opportunity for STEM and law studen

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