Declan Paton, 26, claimed he left the country to flee from criminals after running up a drug debt. He was tracked down in ...

Time is running out to register to vote in the local and mayoral elections taking place in England on May 1. Anyone not yet registered, or who is not sure if they are eligible to vote, has until ...

A PANEL set up by SNP ministers to advise on jail sentencing has been packed with activists who are desperate to free cons, a ...

I OFTEN think some bright spark should do an environmental audit of these climate-change summits. We’ve had 29 of them so far ...

MacIntyre, who has been grouped with Billy Horschel and Nick Dunlap for the opening two rounds, blasted so many birdies on his Masters debut he just about got a ticking off from the American Bird ...

More than a fifth of early-release prisoners had broken jail rules ahead of walking out. In February, more than 300 inmates walked out under the first wave of the early release scheme - including men ...

SCOTLAND’s prisons watchdog has been slammed after suggesting jail bosses should provide a wardrobe of wigs and women’s underwear for transgender inmates. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland ...

Scottish Prison Service is urged to help support criminals on their ‘transgender journey’ with hard-to-source hairpieces ...

Kerri Pegg, 42, is facing jail after being convicted of misconduct in a public office after she began a relationship with ...

A drunken man who brutally assaulted a woman while she held a baby in her arms has been jailed for 20 months. Gary Rose, 27, ...

Craig Smith, 43, admitted to abusing three girls by intentionally engaging in sexual activity with two victims and sending ...