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Judge says Sean Hogg, 17 when he committed the crime and now 21, would have been jailed if he had been over 25 Campaigners and politicians have expressed outrage after a man who raped a 13-year-old girl in a Scottish park when he was 17 was not given a…
Buses will carry passengers over Forth Road Bridge from May with a safety driver and ‘bus captain’ onboardSelf-driving buses will begin carrying passengers over Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge next month in what has been hailed as a world first.Five singl…
Only 18 of 382 councils have minimum gender representation parity, say equality charitiesThe vast majority (95%) of local authorities across the UK are dominated by men, while only just over a third of local councillors are women, according to figures …
Former Scottish first minister says she needed more privacy and accounts of her life on social media were ‘much more glamorous and exciting’ than realityThe former first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has said the need to seek more privacy in t…
Court hears Kashif Anwar, accused of murdering Fawziyah Javed in Edinburgh, had told her it would be ‘OK’ if she died in childbirthA man accused of murdering his wife by pushing her from Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh was overheard in hospital telling her …
Possibility of byelection in Rutherglen and Hamilton West after sanctions recommended for MP who took train in 2020 despite positive test Politics live – latest updatesAn MP who broke Covid rules in the early stages of the pandemic is facing a 30-day s…
Latest updates: former business secretary says postponing decision about rise in state pension is ‘a decision in itself’Starmer says Labour would freeze council tax for next year if it were in power, he says. (See 9.13am.)This is similar to an approac…
New first minister announces appointments as he seeks to move past divisive leadership contestScotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf, has revealed a majority-female cabinet, with half its members under the age of 40, as his attempts to unite the p…
Yvette Cooper criticises announcement as immigration minister says asylum seekers may also be housed on shipsEagle how the pay settlement for health workers will be funded.Hunt says, as with all pay settlements, departments fund them from the money the…
Scotland’s first Muslim leader hails victory but rival Kate Forbes rejects offer of cabinet postHumza Yousaf has said becoming Scotland’s first Muslim leader sends a strong message “to every single person out there who feels that they don’t belong”, af…