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Tory Kieran Mullan said: ‘If the judiciary had come to us and asked for more sitting days, we would have responded to that, not told them no.’

The Government has set aside billions of pounds to compensate victims of the scandal.

First Minister John Swinney said the Government will consider a petition on the matter from the mother of student Emily Drouet.

The contract is for delivery of the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm which, once complete, will be capable of supplying power to half of Scotland’s homes.

The Queen walked around the table at Clarence House serving the children their food and even poured the gravy.

The incident occurred at a house in the north-west Highlands on Wednesday afternoon.

Father Daniel Doherty initially claimed he had been ‘affirming’ the victim.

The Conservatives had called for free travel not to be extended to asylum seekers.

But the First Minister highlighted Scottish Government investment in teaching.

Provisional Home Office figures show 33,973 people have arrived in the UK after making the crossing so far this year.

The Business Secretary and minister for defence procurement are hosting a meeting with bosses across the defence and finance sectors.

The number of flu patients in hospital in England is more than four times the figure at this point last year.

Shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman criticised the Government’s proposals.

Dr Charlotte Proudman had faced a Bar Standards Board disciplinary tribunal.

Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith argued that a trade deal with the US would be a ‘game-changer’ for the UK.

Glendian Daci, 26, and Aurel Xhoka, 33, pleaded guilty last month to producing the controlled class B drug in Greenock, Inverclyde.

Levi Fishlock was jailed for nine years over his role in the disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers, Rotherham.

Women continue to make up the majority of the oldest people in Scotland, but the figures show the gender gap is narrowing.

The 10-year-old was beaten to death four years after her taxi driver father was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse against him.

The figures have been described as shocking and heart breaking by charities.