The Justice Secretary hopes the move will also help clear the court backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with.

AN Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza has killed 15 people, according to health officials.

Measures to protect residents from Covid at a care home where seven elderly people died were not “effectively or consistently” followed by staff, a coroner has ruled. William Wilkinson, 102, Doris ...

POLICE Scotland have launched an appeal for information after a man was left fighting for his life after an attack outside a business in Orkney.

One in 10 homes (11) with a household income of less than £20,000 a year already owe money to their energy supplier ahead of winter, Uswitch found.

Over half of supermarket food and drink is packaged in unnecessary plastic, that’s according to new analysis which has highlighted up to ...

A FACTORY in Scotland has confirmed it will close next year, with around 100 employees being made redundant. Around 100 jobs are to be axed at the Silberline factory in Leven, Fife. In January, the ...

The safety of patients and staff is being put at risk by NHS buildings that are “falling apart”, according to health senior health leaders.

A college will offer “bespoke support” for workers impacted by the closure of the Grangemouth refinery, the UK Government has announced. Plans for the closure of the site in the second quarter of next ...

United Utilities did not report at least 102 million litres of illegal sewage pollution to regulators, a BBC analysis found.

THE Scottish beer giant BrewDog lost £59 million last year, according to the company’s latest accounts. For the fourth year in a row the firm has posted significant pre-tax losses. While it recorded a ...

The social media platform said it is using expert guidance to train technology to spot scam accounts and prevent them from contacting teenage users.