Two women who were reportedly murdered by their ex-partners as they sought help from authorities were "horrifically let down" by the justice system, an MSP has told John Swinney.

A schoolboy who stabbed a teacher in the head has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in youth detention.

A woman whose out-of-control XL bully dog mauled her 19-year-old cousin to death has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

A woman who was fatally injured in a crash following a police pursuit has been named by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Three directors of a tree-planting company have been jailed after running a £70m investment scam that duped thousands of people, including many pensioners, out of their savings.

A former college lecturer caused the deaths of a husband and wife in a head-on crash while drink-driving following a Christmas party.