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A baby girl died from a rare cancer after doctors repeatedly missed signs of her illness, a sheriff has ruled.

The Lord Advocate is coming under pressure to invoke powers which could immediately quash convictions of subpostmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal.

A former Cabinet Secretary has said any decision to prosecute Nicola Sturgeon or her husband over SNP fraud claims should not be made by the Crown Office.

The Scottish Government must not prolong the legal battle following a defeat over Holyrood’s gender reform laws, former SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has warned.

Humza Yousaf has been dealt a fresh blow by the Court of Session after a judge ruled the UK Government did have the power to block controversial gender reforms.

A mother who went to the pub instead of seeking medical help for her daughter before she died is set to take part in a probe into the teenager's death.

A mum whose daughter’s alleged teenage rapist was not prosecuted in court is to meet Crown officials.

Safe consumption rooms could be opened where ever they are needed in Scotland if a pilot scheme proves they can work, an SNP minister has said.

Rules that saw young sex offenders spared a prison sentence will remain in place because scrapping them would breach their human rights.

Scotland's senior prosecutor has pledged that a rising tide of hate crime will not be tolerated.

Detectives had to wait two weeks for permission to search the Glasgow home belonging to Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell, it has been reported.

The deaths of two pensioners who were killed by a mentally ill neighbour are to be probed on the orders of Scotland's top law officer.

Cold case experts are set to launch a fresh probe into the case of teenager Pamela Hastie in an attempt to discover who raped and murdered her more than 41 years ago. The 16-year-old was strangled as she walked home from school in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, in 1981 in a crime that shocked Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon has spent over £260,000 of taxpayers’ cash fighting failed Supreme Court cases against the UK Government. Sources have confirmed that the legal bill for the First Minister’s doomed battle to hold a second independence referendum without the consent of Westminster will top £130,000.

Scots remain split down the middle on independence and only a "fool" could know the outcome of a referendum, the country's top pollster has said.

Judges on the UK Supreme Court will this week their verdict on whether the Scottish Parliament can hold a second independence referendum without prior approval from Westminster.

The fatal accident inquiry process into the tragic deaths of a couple who lay undiscovered following a car crash on the M9 near Bannockburn is to begin before Christmas.

Judges in the Supreme Court heard evidence for and against First Minster Nicola Sturgeon's plan to hold a second independence referendum for the second and final day today.

SNP ministers have been accused of "farming out" IndyRef2 legislation to the Supreme Court because they didn't like answers from their top law officer.

Protesters have hit out at "unelected judges" being asked to decide whether the Scottish Parliament has the legal power to call a referendum on independence.

The UK Government has submitted its full written statement to the Supreme Court arguing against the Scottish Parliament holding another independence referendum. Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain was asked by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to refer the Bill to judges in London to decide if Holyrood has the power to hold a referendum without the consent of Westminster.

Drugs crusader Peter Krykant has delivered a proposal to open official Overdose Prevention Centres in Glasgow and Dundee within four months.

A top Scottish prosecutor has been found dead in his home.

Keir Starmer has said he will not copy the Lord Advocate’s radical policy of offering class A drug users a warning if he becomes Prime Minister.

police face charges over the death of Sheku Bayoh. The Sunday Mail can reveal Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain signed off a Victim’s Right to Review (VRR) on behalf of the tragic dad’s family after her predecessor James Wolffe failed to act.

Glasgow, on June 25, 2002, and died two days later in hospital from horrific head injuries. Nineteen years later, no one has been charged for his murder.On Tuesday, Dorothy Bain was sworn in as Scotland’s new Lord Advocate, replacing James Wolffe.