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Hundreds of members of Afghanistan's security forces have been dismissed by the morality police for failing to grow beards. The Taliban's Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue fired the beardless men – who are among 13,000 people who have been detained for immoral acts

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An appeal by a 99-year-old woman convicted of being an accessory to the murder of 10,505 people when she was secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp has been rejected. Germany's Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, who was given a

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A man has been jailed for 11 years after trying to murder his lawyer in a knife attack in his office. Muhammad Shoaib, 71, suffered a stab wound to his chest and a wound to his right hand during the violent incident in Glasgow and feared he was about to die.

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A violent rapist who began abusing three young children when he was just 12-years-old has been jailed. Alasdair Craig was found guilty of all 11 charges – including rape – on July 3 following a trial at the High Court in Kilmarnock.

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Health Secretary Neil Gray has said that the level of drug misuse deaths remains “hugely concerning”, as the latest statistics showed an increase of 121 deaths compared with 2022. Figures published by National Records of Scotland found that 1,172 people died due to drug misuse in 2023.

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ESPC has conducted a study into the property market across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders, to uncover the locations that buyers move from, and where they most frequently move to. The report looks back at the property market from January 2019 to July 2024, considering where buyers are

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Burges Salmon has advised Clean Energy Cap Ltd (CEC), a private-wire renewable energy company, on an investment from True Green Capital Management LLC (TGC), a renewable energy-focused private equity firm. An Edinburgh-based Burges Salmon corporate energy M&A team advised on the transaction, led

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The UK's legal services market has grown by more than 12 per cent in the past year, new figures show. Lawyers are on track for a record year after data from the Office of National Statistics indicated that they had recorded their second highest monthly billings on record.

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A fugitive accused of murder has been found – working as a police officer. Antonio Riano was wanted for the shooting of Benjamin Becarra, 25, in the US state of Ohio, in 2004.

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