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Viking-inspired parade returns to Shetland after pandemic break as ban on female participation liftedScotland’s Up Helly Aa festival – in picturesIt began with a flare fired overhead into the darkness. Then the torches erupted into flame, casting an in…
Kadi Johnson tells inquiry into Bayoh’s death in 2015 that postmortem was carried out before family viewed bodyThe family of Sheku Bayoh were prevented from saying their final goodbyes because a miscommunication by the police watchdog meant a postmorte…
Justice secretary pauses transfer of all transgender prisoners after outrage about rapist Isla Bryson being sent to an all-female prisonNo transgender prisoner with a history of violence against women will be accommodated in a women’s prison, Scotland’…
The Scottish actor Alan Cumming said that he returned his Order of the British Empire, or O.B.E., in protest of the role of the monarchy and empire. He’s not the first celebrity to do so.
Barry Martin, 38, was one of five firefighters taken to hospital after fire at historic Edinburgh buildingA firefighter who was critically injured earlier this week while fighting a blaze at the historic Jenners building in Edinburgh has died.Police Sc…
Scottish Trans and Nicola Sturgeon say decisions must be made on case-by-case basisThe case of Isla Bryson, the transgender double rapist who was initially sent to a female prison, must not result in a blanket ban on trans women serving their sentences…
Analysts warn of legal challenges if bill makes inmates’ access to gender recognition certificates easier – though jail allocation is decided case by caseThe outcry over the placement of the convicted double rapist and transgender woman Isla Bryson in …
Move follows Nicola Sturgeon telling MSPs Isla Bryson would not be detained at all-female Cornton ValeIsla Bryson, a transgender woman found guilty of raping two women before transitioning, has been moved from Scotland’s all-female Cornton Vale prison …
IFS says if Holyrood’s health and climate policies remain in place other public spending will also sufferThe Scottish government could be forced to reconsider spending pledges to provide free university places and free personal care for older people in…
Politicians, campaigners and UN special rapporteur concerned by case of Isla Bryson, who offended before she had transitionedPoliticians, campaigners and a UN special rapporteur have all expressed grave concerns that a transgender woman found guilty of…