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Proposed legislation to implement Scotland’s Budget for 2021-22 has passed its first parliamentary hurdle. MSPs have voted to endorse the general principles of the Budget Bill at stage one. They also approved the Scottish Rate Resolution, setting all income tax rates and bands.

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A bullfighter has failed in an attempt to copyright his most famous kill. Spain's Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the case brought by Miguel Ángel Perera, ruling that the routine cannot be protected as it was improvised and not preconceived.

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Spain's disgraced former king, Juan Carlos I, has paid a €4 million tax bill in a bid to help end his exile. The "king emeritus" abdicated in 2014 and later left Spain altogether amid allegations of corruption and tax offences, residing now in Abu Dhabi.

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Judges in Scotland are most concerned with the loss of respect for the judiciary by the government and attacks on it by the media, while a significant proportion is even considering leaving the bench in the next five years, a new survey has revealed. The 2020 UK Judicial Attitude Survey shows that 8

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Solicitor David George Frew has passed away at the age of 66. Mr Frew's career began as a detective constable with Strathclyde Police and the Scottish Crime Squad. He then obtained an LLB and diploma from the University of Strathclyde before eventually founding his own firm, Frew and Co Solicitors.

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A former Syrian official has been convicted in Germany of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity in an unprecedented case. Eyad al-Gharib, 44, was one of two former Syrian intelligence officers charged by German prosecutors last year under the principle of universal jurisdiction. The other w

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Armed police on rollerblades will patrol the streets of one of the world's largest cities under a strange new initiative. The new armed rollerblading unit in Karachi, Pakistan has been established to help crack down on street thefts and harassment.

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A sheriff in Glasgow has refused a motion calling for his recusal from family proceedings involving a mother who sought to relocate with her child to the USA. The case commenced when the pursuer and father, AB, sought to secure the return of their child from the USA, where they had previously b

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