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Crown prosecutors have been given a 10 per cent salary boost following a decade of wage freezes. The First Division Association, which represents senior civil servants, negotiated with the UK government for the increase.

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A Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) report has found that police were justified in their use of a baton launcher and a Taser device when they were arresting an armed man. Officers from Police Scotland were called to the incident on the morning of Saturday 2 June 2018 in Troon, w

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Lawyers Without Borders Student Division at Aberdeen University hosted its fifth annual human rights conference on Monday. The topic was "Refugee Protection: Are refugees afforded sufficient protection under human rights law?" The conference was opened by student president Max Wiktorsson followed by

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The governor of California has announced an immediate moratorium on the use of the death. Governor Gavin Newsom, who was sworn in at the start of the year, will today sign an executive order granting a reprieve to prisoners on death row and closing down the execution chamber at San Quentin State Pri

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A lecturer at a top Scottish university was reported to police over an alleged "hate crime" after quoting Trainspotting on Instagram. James Mooney, a film and philosophy lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, screened the cult classic for a delegation of visiting American students last month.

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