Communities were promised a share of Scotland’s wind boom. Some are being sold short
More than 20 wind farms are failing to pay an agreed amount to locals. That could cost Scottish communities over £50m.
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Sturgeon to quiz Police Scotland over branding fracking critics as “extremists”
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is to question Police Scotland over its branding of anti-fracking campaigners as “domestic extremists”
Fracking campaigners are ‘domestic extremists’, say Police Scotland
Opponents of fracking in Scotland are considered “domestic extremists” by Police Scotland, despite Home Office advice that campaigners should not
Police Scotland under pressure after landmark ruling on unlawful spying
Police Scotland and the Scottish Government are under pressure to disclose information about the unlawful collection of people’s data
Scots pension funds linked to Yemen bus atrocity
Scots council pension funds have shares worth £110 million in US arms giants linked to an alleged war crime in
Union wants pension funds clean-up over links to Trump migrant camps
One of Scotland’s largest unions is calling for a radical overhaul of council pension funds over links to Donald
Asylum seekers shackled for up to 17 hours while removed from UK
Asylum seekers were shackled for up to 17 hours while being forcibly removed from the UK by a private firm,
Arms sales to Yemen slammed as report claims war crimes cover-up
War crimes have been covered up in Yemen and the UK risks complicity in “laws-of-war violations” due to its supply
Scots pension fund sells shares in controversial Israeli bank
A council pension fund has sold its shares in an Israeli bank at the centre of a global divestment campaign.
Revealed: Boris Johnson’s Afghan trip cost taxpayers £20,000
Boris Johnson’s widely criticised trip to Afghanistan when a crucial vote was due on Heathrow’s third runway cost
Highland hare population has dropped dramatically, says study
The number of mountain hares in the eastern Highlands has dropped by more than 99 per cent since 1954, according
Tory minister rejects MSP request to visit Dungavel detention centre
A Scottish politician’s request for an official visit to Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in South Lanarkshire has been
Named: supermarkets selling salmon from ‘poor’ welfare firms
Supermarkets are selling farmed salmon from companies accused of poor animal welfare, we can reveal, prompting claims that consumers are