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A teaching assistant at a school in Manchester who seduced a school pupil and had sex with him 50 times has avoided jail and instead been given a two year suspended sentence and 250 hours' community service. The schoolboy, who cannot be named, had unprotected sex with teaching assistantCaroline Berr

Final Call for The Tumbling Lassie Ball Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh, Saturday 10th October 2015. Champagne reception – three course dinner – raffle/auction (auctioneer - Gordon Jackson, QC) – dancing – carriages 1am

Members of Scottish Ensemble, the UK’s only professional string orchestra, will begin their 2015/16 Shetland season with a programme of duos for violin and viola, performed by husband-and-wife team Jonathon Morton and Clio Gould, at Mareel, Lerwick on 29 September. Mr Morton is the current artist

An “overstayer” who claimed that his removal from the UK to India would breach his human rights because he was engaged to a British woman has had a petition for judicial review dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refused a challenge to a ruling that even if the petitioner was in such a re

The Faculty of Advocates has announced its opposition to plans by the Scottish government to end the three-year time limit on the raising of damages actions by survivors of historical child abuse.

David McKie German car manufacturer Volkswagen may be forced to compensate motorists if they bought cars affected by the the rigged emissions tests scandal.

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The Crown Office's Civil Recovery Unit has recovered £212,800 under an agreed civil settlement with a Glenrothes based company which accepted that it had benefited from unlawful conduct by a third party. Brand-Rex Limited is a developer of cabling solutions for network infrastructure and industrial

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is facing scrutiny over allegations that it may have breached data protection laws by improperly editing its internal customer records. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is looking into the matter following claims made by RBS customer and small business dir

Professor Sue Black Mary, Queen of Scots was not involved in the murder of her husband over 400 years ago according to an inquiry.

Chris Grayling A criminologist and government researcher has said the criminal courts charge which people are frequently unable to pay is in breach of article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

From left: Tom Cromar, Karen Donaldson, Charis McConnell, Kelly Craig and Una Paton (Ward 30 nursing staff), Stephen Webster and Kevin McCormick.

Caroline Young ESPC has been shortlisted for an accolade in this year's Scottish Business Awards.

Michael Matheson A consultation on strengthening the presumption against short periods of imprisonment has been launched by theScottish government.

Rosemary Agnew Scottish government plans to extend freedom of information (FOI) laws should cover private schools according to Scotland's information commissioner.