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A 93-year-old former Nazi has gone on trial in Germany over charges he helped kill hundreds of people at the Stutthof concentration camp near the end of the war. Bruno Dey, who was an SS guard as a teenager, appeared in Hamburg youth court yesterday to deliver a prepared statement, The Times reports

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The Edinburgh Tax Network, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Chartered Institute of Taxation and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, with support from Terra Firma Chambers, will present a Joint Seminar and Discussion on 24th October on the subject of ‘Exiting from Private

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A barrister who claimed the new Brexit deal negotiated by the Prime Minister was “unlawful” has had a legal challenge to suspend the agreement dismissed. Jolyon Maugham QC was seeking interim suspension and interdict on the basis that the withdrawal agreement was in breach of legisl

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The Court of Session has delayed a decision on whether the Prime Minister has complied with a law that compels him to seek a Brexit extension. Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to Brussels requesting a delay, accompanied by a signed letter saying he thought that doing so would be a mistake.

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Scottish company Murgitroyd Group has been acquired for £62.8 million by Sovereign Capital Partners LLP. The firm has been bought by Project Petra Bidco, a newly-incorporated entity indirectly controlled by funds managed by Sovereign Capital Partners, at 675p a share.

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Pictured (L-R): Konstantin Baranov, Christina McKelvie and Laura Miti Campaigners from Russia and Zambia have begun a three-month fellowship at the University of Dundee designed to support those at risk for their work in protecting human rights around the world.

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A lawyer is being sought to join the board of a charity which helps ex-offenders find employment, as part of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit. The unit adopts a public health approach, with the message that: “Violence is preventable – not inevitable”.

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The Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer will lead a delegation of MSPs visiting the Swedish Parliament this week as part of an ongoing commitment to parliamentary reform and learning from other legislatures.

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School officials have come under fire for making pupils wear cardboard boxes on their heads while they sit exams – in order to stop them from cheating. Children sitting a chemistry paper at Bhagat Pre-University College in the Indian state of Karnataka were made to wear the boxes, with holes i

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