The DNA of people living in Scotland has "extraordinary" and "unexpected" diversity, according to a new study. The Scotland's DNA project, led by Edinburgh University's Dr Jim Wilson, has tested ...

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The DNA of thousands of children is already being kept on Scotland's national database, The Herald can reveal. New figures show the DNA of 4790 teenagers aged 16 and younger is held on the system.

A new £6m DNA-profiling facility has been unveiled which is claimed to be the most advanced in Europe and could hold the key to solving cold cases. The new technology is based at the £75m Scottish ...

Police Scotland has been warned it is not recording DNA ethnicity data correctly amid a row around allegations of institutional racism within the force. Former chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone ...

The force and the Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services were issued with seven recommendations following a review. The Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services laboratories in the Scottish ...

The Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services laboratories in the Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh in Scotland following a £6 million investment (Danny Lawson/PA Wire). (PA Archive) Police Scotland ...