Solicitors join firm

DUNDEE-headquartered law firm Thorntons has taken on eight newlyqualified solicitors after a two-year traineeship.

Chairman Colin Graham said: “Welcoming eight newly qualified solicitors to our teams in Perth, Dundee and Edinburgh is fantastic news for the firm and aligns perfectly with our growth aspirations.

“I’d like to thank our teams for ensuring that our trainee solicitors gain crucial experience across all of our legal disciplines and it’s great to see the wide range of opportunities they have chosen to pursue.”

He added: “I wish them the very best for their future with Thorntons.” AN art exhibition of work created by a young refugee treated at Ninewells Hospital has raised hundreds of pounds for the renal dialysis team.

Minan Albomahdi and her family arrived in Scotland in January last year from Jordan, having been relocated as part of the Dundee settlement scheme.

However when she arrived, it was clear that she wasn’t well. She began renal dialysis and on her 18th birthday in December, she received a kidney transplant in Edinburgh. POLICE have closed the investigation into the nude pictures scandal where intimate images of dozens of woman were published online.

That is despite confirming that Alastair Ferguson, who was prosecuted for circulating the images at Dundee Sheriff Court earlier this month, was not sent any of the pictures directly.

It means police will not pursue those who may have shared the images of the women in the first instance.

Ferguson, of Reres Road, pleaded guilty to causing the women fear and alarm by uploading images and creating an online link for them to be viewed.

He shared the images to a storage application from a computer at Dundee and Angus College’s Kingsway campus on March 12.

Following the conclusion of the case, the Tele asked Police Scotland whether any of the victims of the leak had sent the pictures directly to Ferguson.

A spokeswoman said: “It can be confirmed none of the identified