According to the BBC, Scottish Criminal justice is on the agenda for discussion by the Cabinet on Tuesday. They are to meet at Bute House for their regular weekly get together, but, following the decision by the UK Supreme Court to allow Nat Fraser’s appeal against his conviction, they will urgently consider whether Scottish criminal law is in crisis. Fraser was jailed in 2003 for the murder of his wife, Arlene Fraser in Elgin. Dur interview with Kenny McAskill we asked him specifically about this question. The last court of criminal appeal in Scotland has always been the High Court, and McAskill told The Reporter he wants to keep it that way.
Slateford Road was under water at the weekend after a water main burst in the capital. The BBC reported that a clean-up operation was carried out.
The Herald reported over the weekend that the Elsie Inglis Care Home was closed on Friday following the death of a woman in her fifties last week.
The Edinburgh Sevens played at Murrayfield at the weekend should be a permanent fixture according to John Jeffrey, as related by The Scotsman.
We have our own coverage of the Sevens here.
In football, The Scotsman report that Musselburgh Athletic lost the final of The Scottish Junior Cup to Auchinleck Talbot, but the Burgh manager thought they would have won if only they had had five more minutes.
We will bring you our regular What’s on this week feature later this morning, but we are going to change the format from June 1st to bring you our own What’s On day-by-day for each month, as it will make for easier editing, and allow us to bring you a wider range of news.
If you have something you would like us to include then please get in touch! We aim to continue producing our What’s on at the weekend feature, but again we could do with some help from you. What’s on in your area? Please let us know!
