Ministry of Defence under pressure on Trident balloon accident
Local people filmed a large balloon meant to provide last-ditch communications in a nuclear war deflating and crashing. But the Ministry of Defence won’t say anything about it.
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Bees slowly poisoned by pesticides, say scientists
Toxic pesticides in widespread use by farmers around the world are gradually killing neurons in the brains of bees and
Revealed: £1m tax sweetener for Cairngorms land deal
A major landowner was given a tax “sweetener” in a top secret £7.2 million deal to buy a treasured
Ministers told to release Prince Charles letters
Scotland’s information watchdog has found the Scottish Government guilty of breaching freedom of information law by keeping ‘black spider’
US plea: don’t dump Dounreay nuclear waste here
A north American environmental group is pleading for the UK not to dump Dounreay’s toxic nuclear waste in the
Information watchdog under renewed fire for election bias
Scotland’s freedom of information commissioner, Rosemary Agnew, has unreservedly apologised for a “misleading” email suggesting she would delay decisions
Bid to block ban on controversial pesticides
The Scottish Government has backed a bid by the agricultural industry to stall a proposed ban on controversial pesticides, according
Outrage over mass killing of mountain hares
Landowners have been accused of breaching an agreement to end the mass killing of mountain hares in the wake of
Trident safety blunders exposed 20 workers to radiation, says MoD
Twenty workers at the Faslane nuclear submarine base were exposed to radiation in breach of safety rules, according to an
We’ve made 23 nuclear flights in five years, says MoD
Nuclear weapons materials have been flown between the UK and the US 23 times in the last five years, according
Ministers drop consultant exposed as pro fracking
The Scottish Government awarded a major contract to investigate the environmental impact of fracking to a vocal supporter of the
Drinks industry under fire for opposing deposit scheme
The drinks and retail industries have been accused of deploying “dirty tricks” in an attempt to derail Scottish Government plans
Top secret mock nuclear accidents reveal catalogue of failures
Top secret mock nuclear accidents testing the responses of the military and emergency services have revealed numerous mistakes that would