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An MP has been widely ridiculed after suggesting all knives in the UK should be fitted with GPS trackers to crack down on knife crime. Scott Mann, Conservative MP for North Cornwall, also said there should be a "national database like we do with guns".

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The Faculty of Advocates is proud custodian for the nation of “a most curious Scots relic” from the Battle of Flodden. The standard of a Scottish nobleman which was carried into battle that fateful day – 9 September, 1513 – is now to be found adorning a wall in the Faculty&rs

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The Law Society of Scotland has criticised Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) proposals for a third consecutive above-inflation levy on solicitors, which it says will lead to rising costs for legal services consumers. In its response to the SLCC annual budget and levy, the Law Society has d

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A former Lord President has called for a major inquiry into the land tenure system to remedy failings in land reform legislation, The Courier reports. Lord Gill said that part 10 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, which deals with farm tenancies, was worsening the decline in the tenanted sector

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Peter Ward looks at what's in store for the renewables sector after Brexit. Much has been written about the potential impact of Brexit on the UK’s renewable energy sector. Common themes that have emerged are loss of investor confidence, concerns over energy security and delays in much nee

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Airport customs officials have foiled an attempt to smuggle a looted Babylonian treasure dating from the second millennium BCE. The antiquity, believed to be worth at least hundreds of thousands of pounds, was identified in a customs declaration as a "carved stone for home decoration" worth just "30

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