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Thousands of calls to the police are abandoned by callers before being answered, it has emerged. Figures show that 77,670 calls made to the 101 number were abandoned in 2015.

Holyrood will debate creating a new offence to hold abusive partners to account, after it was announced in the Programme for Government. In 2014-15 nearly 60,000 domestic abuse incidents were reported to police, with 79 per cent of these incidents having a male perpetrator and female victim.

Pictured (L-R): Matt Wightman, Rob Aberdein and Joseph Bowie will lead Aberdein Considine’s expansion into England and Wales.

The bid of bakers in Forfar to acquire EU protected status for their bridie has been put in doubt by claims that every baker has their own recipe for the savoury pastry,The Courier reports. Saddler’s and McLaren and Son would like protected geographical indication for the "Forfar Bridie", meaning

Following European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's state of the union address this week, the Commission has this week set out proposals on the modernisation of copyright to "increase cultural diversity in Europe and content available online". President Juncker said in his address: "I want

Terra Firma Chambers has re-affirmed its ongoing commitment to strengthening links with law firms and direct access organisations throughout Scotland by announcing three seminar events this Autumn. The first will take place in Oban on 6th October, followed by Inverness on 26th October and Aberdeen o

Pictured: Back row (L-R): Jennifer Love, Graeme Watt, Hamish Lean, Bobby McDonald and Laura Bisset

In the Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights has held, by 15 votes to two, that there had been no violation of the rights of three applicants (Mr Ibrahim, Mr Mohammed and Mr Omar) under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (c) (right to

Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael has criticised the body that investigates possible miscarriages of justice over the murder of a Bangladeshi waiter in 1994, The Herald reports.

Lord Minginish The Scottish Land Court has issued a decision to the effect that an application by Colin Kennedy, convener of the Crofting Commission, to purchase his Apportionment at Arinagour Common Grazings on the Isle of Coll is incompetent.

Sheenagh Adams Registers of Scotland (RoS) has released its 2015-16 annual report and accounts.

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The European Court of Human Rights held a Grand Chamber hearing today in the case of Satakunnan Markkinapörssi Oy and Satamedia Oy v. Finland. The case concerns the ban on two publishing companies’ processing of taxation data.

David McIndoe The Scottish government’s Help to Buy scheme has reached another milestone with the latest phase enabling more than 30 households a week to purchase a new build home.