145K views · 10K reactions | On this day in 1932, Edinburgh’s first Scottish-American Memorial Service took place here in West Princes Street Gardens. We still mark it every year with Legion Scotland and Poppy Scotland, commemorating ties of friendship between Scots and Americans, forged through times of peace and war gbsct  | The City of Edinburgh Council | Facebook

The Scottish Prison Service has apologised after admitting causing the death of an inmate through “unnecessary and excessive forcible restraint” by prison officers. Allan Marshall, from Lanarkshire, died in 2015 at the age of 30, following restraint by a total of 17 prison officers in HMP Edinburgh (Saughton). During a court hearing at the Court of Session on Friday, the Crown Office and Police Scotland admitted that they failed in their legal duty to properly investigate his death and to ensure

A mural by the street artist Banksy is being removed from the wall of a court building in London. The mural appeared on an external wall of the Queen's Building, in the Royal Courts of Justice complex, on Monday. The image depicted a protester lying on the ground holding a blood-spattered placard while a judge, in a wig and gown, looms over him, wielding a gavel. The work has been covered up at various points since it was discovered and guarded by security staff, with the HM Courts & Tribunals S