Over-stretched police are struggling to meet their target times for progressing cases to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, new research has revealed.

Here are a few of the things I've been up to this week.

Calls have been made for the Scottish Law Commission to review the test of undue leniency after claims the existing system is “failing”.

THE SNP GOVERNMENT has confirmed it will introduce an order, which will effectively ban judges from handing out prison sentences of less than a year.

Liam joined forces with the Aberdeen Conservatives to talk to constituents about threat of the SNP's Car Park Tax. Imagine an extra £500 a year in tax just to park at work!

Here are a few of the things Liam has been up to this week.

Last week, Aberdeenshire Council revealed it would have to cut £27million from its budget in order to balance the books for the year ahead.

IN PARLIAMENT, my colleagues and I spend a lot of time discussing high profile crimes. However, we rarely discuss anti-social behaviour, which can have a major impact on the quality of peoples’ lives; the cohesion of their communities and the amenity of the spaces in which they live.