THE Crown Office has insisted it had worked hard to protect taxpayers from “avoidable costs” – as they confirmed the final payout bill over the shambolic Rangers takeover prosecution will ...

Instant justice’ is not possible, says Lord Carloway, but admits he does not know reasons for the Operation Branchform ...

Scotland's most senior judge claimed this week there appeared to be a "hold up" in the long running investigation into SNP ...

Edinburgh councillors have agreed to look into improving bus services to the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena and the ...

Three men have been charged into the use of fake Scottish banknotes across Yorkshire and Derbyshire following a police ...

Mentoring initiative for women in Scottish aquaculture returns for 2025. The Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) Mentoring ...

Ryan Brown will now serve at least 11 years behind bars after his sentence was increased following a successful appeal from ...

There is no UK police force outside of Scotland to take on the inquiry into the botched Emma Caldwell murder investigation, the Crown Office has said. Emma Caldwell’s body was found in Limefield Woods ...

Scotland’s justice secretary has rejected calls to introduce mandatory timescales for charging and prosecuting people in the ...

It is Welsh government policy for the estate to be devolved like in Scotland, but UK Treasury minister Darren Jones said that no discussions have taken place. The first minister told the Senedd she ...

POLICE Scotland have responded after it was suggested that there was a “hold up” in the Operation Branchform investigation. A spokeswoman told The Herald that the force were waiting for a decision ...