Legislation to strengthen tenants’ rights and prevent homelessness has passed stage 1 in the Scottish Parliament. The Housing ...

First Minister John Swinney said he is “dissatisfied” with the lack of progress on the private prosecution of footballer ...

Lady Hale has appearead on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, is a former judge who ...

A stowaway has managed to fly from New York to Paris without a boarding pass. The woman, a Russian passport holder somewhere ...

The Law Society of Scotland’s commitment to diversity and inclusion has been recognised with an improved ranking in the Top ...

MML Law, the prominent Dundee solicitors’ firm, has announced a raft of new appointments and promotions. Jay Lawson, a ...

Events previously known as the ‘English Civil War’ are now given different titles because of a general recognition by ...

Being a public figure is tough. In some ways, few public roles are harder than those of politicians and government officials.

A Paisley sheriff has appointed the Chief Social Work Officer of East Renfrewshire Council as the welfare guardian of an elderly woman diagnosed with dementia after finding none of her three children ...

Ministers have welcomed parliamentary approval of three new proposed commissioners to the Scottish Land Commission (SLC). Ministers selected Dr Lucy Beattie and Dr Calum MacLeod as land commissioners ...

The former head of the Scottish Muslim Police Association (SMPA) has been ordered to repay £8,000 in compensation to the organisation after being convicted of embezzlement. Asma Ali, 47, of Glasgow, s ...

The picture above will be a familiar sight to many of the amateur athletes among us. Runners at the start line, eager to race ...