Legal Aid lawyer charged taxpayers for lavish champagne lifestyle of top hotels and fine dining

drugs with a street value of £83,000 in the Highlands. One man, 36, from Inverness and a 21-year-old man from Forres, on the Moray Coast, are due to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on Thursday, July 30.

15-year-old has been charged after a crash between an off-road motorbike and a car in Glasgow. The teenager was riding the bike when it was involved in a collision with a car in the Possilpark area of the city on Tuesday, July 28, evening.The incident happened at the junction of Saracen Street and Keppochhill Road in the north of the city.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorSTV Productions is in the mix for two BAFTA TV Awards on Friday night, when double Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson competes in the Best Actress category for dementia drama Elizabeth Is Missing and Edinburgh-set The Victim vies for Best Mini-Series. For Sarah Brown, the Scottish producer’s creative director of drama, it represents the culmination of six years of work.“It’s been an amazing 18 months for us.

Police said. Police officers and London Ambulance Service arrived at around 10am last Wednesday and the baby boy was pronounced dead at the scene, Scotland Yard said.A post mortem was carried out at St Thomas' Hospital yesterday and gave the preliminary cause of death as an "incised wound", police said.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.The leader of North Lanarkshire Council’s Conservative group has criticised payments of more than £12.2 million made by the authority to departing staff in recent years.Councillor Meghan Gallacher, who serves in the Motherwell West ward, says these figures highlight how council resources have been “stretched to the bone” by Scottish Government cuts to local authorities.The council has made 475 agreements in just the last

Perth cancer fighter Lily Douglas has shared her top tip for getting through shielding with the country.

drink-driving limit while allegedly doing 90mph on a Scottish road. The 52-year-old has been accused of speeding on the A96 at Carden near Alves in Moray as well as allegedly being over the drink drive limit.

North Lanarkshire.Emergency services were called the scene on Merry Street, Motherwell, at around 6.25pm on Sunday.Local residents reported seeing thick, black plumes of smoke rising into the sky while flames took hold of the Spar shop.Hero firefighters have been battling the blaze with high-pressure hose reels but some homes in the area have lost water pressure as a result.Scottish Water said: “We’re aware that Scottish Fire and Rescue are in attendance at Merry Street in the ML1 Motherwell

tourism begins to reopen across the country. All self-catering, hostel and guest house accommodation along with its café and restaurant have been officially closed until August 31.

hospitals.A probe into problems at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and Edinburgh’s Sick Kids starts next month and could take three years.Critics slammed the fee for public relations, which comes despite the Scottish Government and health boards employing their own in-house PR teams.Glasgow’s 3x1 Group has been awarded the PR contract, having secured a similar deal for the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry.Labour MSP for Glasgow Anas Sarwar said: “What matters is not media management

Glenrothes, on Friday June 5 after concerns were raised for the youngster.The tot - who was just 11-weeks-old at the time - was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children where they were found to be in a ‘critical’ condition.It is understood that the youngster will suffer long-term effects from the injuries sustained as they continue to be treated in hospital.Specialist forensic officers remained at the address in Macedonia for around seven days while a police guard was also put in

South of Scotland Enterprise confirmed that all appeals are heard within the 10 working days benchmark applied across all Scottish Government agencies.A spokesperson said: “We continue to work closely with Cocoa Bean to see what support we can provide them through the disruption caused by the pandemic and help them build a solid future.”

Sturgeon has blasted reported UK Government plans to hold on to a key economic lever after the Brexit transition period.It has been claimed Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not devolve control over ‘state aid’, which allows Governments to subsidise companies.The First Minister tweeted this morning: “This would be a full scale assault on devolution - a blatant move to erode the powers of the Scottish Parliament in key areas.

possession of cannabis in court.Michael McKeown was caught with the drug when he was searched by police.The 51-year-old was preparing to represent a client when court staff alerted officers.It is understood they doubted McKeown’s claims he was a solicitor when he arrived at Glasgow Sheriff Court wearing a Celtic training top.Police stopped and searched him and found a small quantity of cannabis.McKeown, a partner at law firm Callaghan McKeown & Co, admitted an offence under the Misuse of Drugs

Covid-19 infections continues to increase, public health chiefs in England have warned. Data released on Friday shows there were 18 new cases per 100,000 residents in Carlisle in the week ending July 3, compared with eight new cases the week before.

Coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Scotland are being relaxed, as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed dates for hotels, indoor pubs and hairdressers to reopen and announced plans to lift restrictions on funerals and worship.In a statement to the Scottish Parliament, Ms Sturgeon said the ongoing decline in the prevalence of coronavirus means the country can move into phase three of its four-step plan to exit lockdown.She confirmed that from tomorrow, people can meet in extended groups