SNP minister insists controversial Not Proven verdict has no place in modern Scots justice system

Former First Minister Alex Salmond is calling on the SNP and Scottish Greens to help create a independence convention where each constituency would field just one pro-independence candidate at the next UK general election.

Scotland's new justice secretary has agreed to “improve the experience” of spiking victims after the Record revealed concerns over delays in testing.

Controversial plans to create a National Care Service in Scotland are "hard for me to get my head around", the SNP minister responsible has admitted.

A dad accused of murdering his two-week-old baby daughter has been found not guilty by a jury.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has been spotted wearing a kilt as he attended the Coronation ceremony of King Charles III.

EXCLUSIVE: Actress and singer Victoria Justice (The Tutor), model and actress Devon Ross (Irma Vep), Taylor Smith (Where The Crawdads Sing), and Dermot Mulroney (Scream VI) are leading cast in feature sic, which is filming in Thailand.

Angus Robertson has said he is as "concerned as anybody" about the future of the SNP amid an on-going police investigation into the party.

On last night's episode of The Chase, one lucky Scot took home the jackpot after beating The Sinnerman.

McKinley Franklin editor Amazon Freevee has ordered a two-season renewal of the Daytime Emmy-winning original series “Judy Justice,” the streaming service announced Monday. Freevee, too, has greenlit “Justice on Trial,” a new “Justice” spinoff created by and featuring Judge Judy Sheindlin. After debuting on Freevee in November 2021, “Judy Justice” has become the No. 1 original program with over 150 million hours watched. The series, too, won the Daytime Emmy in the “Legal/Courtroom program” following its first season. Episodes from Season 2 of “Judy Justice” are streaming now and will release each weekday through June 9.  “How shall I describe my feelings about the renewal of ‘Judy Justice’ on Amazon Freevee? Gratifying, certainly. Grateful, of course,” said Judge Sheindlin. “In exploring the continued success of the program, I do believe that people long to see old-fashion justice administered with an even hand. A little humor doesn’t hurt. I intend to deliver both for as long as I’m able.”

Amazon’s Freevee has renewed Judy Justice for two additional seasons and will expand the franchise with the docudrama, Justice on Trial.

Big cat wrangler and "Tiger King" star Joe Exotic says drug sentences should be capped at three years and that a "two-party" criminal justice system in the U.S. is unfair to the accused as he challenges President Biden to a debate on the issue. He also told Fox News Digital in a phone call from the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, that he is innocent of the attempted murder-for-hire charges and animal abuse for which he is serving a 21-year federal sentence.

Humza Yousaf has been urged to break the "umbilical cord" tying him to Nicola Sturgeon by a former SNP MSP.

Sony Pictures Television has bolstered its international team with the hire of respected UK scripted producer Matthew Justice.

Scottish courts are to scrap the country's not proven verdict, after years of ongoing debate over the "controversial" ruling.

EXCLUSIVE: Big Talk Productions is renaming itself Big Talk Studios and is reshuffling its top team as Matthew Justice departs after 16 years.

Stuart McDonald is the SNP's new treasurer following the resignation of Colin Beattie earlier this week.

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has resigned from the government.

A Scot took home a share of the jackpot on the Chase today after his team came out victorious.

An MSP has quit as SNP treasurer after he was arrested during a police investigation into party finances.

A Labour MP has apologised after mistakenly calling calling Scotland’s First Minister “Mohammad Yousaf”.