Oil watchdog faces 'conflict of interests' row over directors’ Shell and BP shares
Board members at the North Sea oil regulator hold Shell and BP shares. Critics say the investments raise questions about the body's independence.
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Poverty tsar calls for Home Office accountability over asylum support crisis
The Home Office must be held to account for the hardship it has caused asylum seekers, left without food or
Revealed: ‘radical’ vision for Scotland as ‘woodland nation’
The Scottish Government should buy up, break up and sell off large forestry estates to diversify woodland ownership, experts are
Delayed discharges from mental health wards of more than three years recorded
People have faced “unacceptable” delays of more than three years before leaving mental health wards, despite being well enough to
Claim historical data won’t be used for pupil assessment is Half True
Pupils will be not be assessed in traditional exams for the second year running, as Scotland’s education system continues
Moray estate ‘illegally’ blocking land access, says MSP
A local MSP has accused the owners of a Moray estate of acting like “18th century feudal barons” by “illegally”
Police investigate allegation seal was illegally shot by fish farm
Police Scotland is investigating an incident in March when a seal was allegedly shot at a fish farm off a
Revealed: spycops infiltrated Scottish anti-nuclear groups
Scottish anti-nuclear groups were spied upon by the British state in the 1970s and 1980s, according to documents released
Claim Scotland has “lowest amount” of TV licence payment is Unsupported
A viral post on social media criticising the TV licence suggested that Scots are less likely to pay for it
Concerns raised over ‘lethal’ risk of Ineos pipe on proposed quarry site
Campaigners in the Scottish Borders are raising growing concerns that the work of a proposed quarry could disturb an Ineos
The FFS Show episode 8: Scots vaccine death stats, and how to talk to conspiracy theorists
Mags is back for episode eight of The FFS Show, The Ferret’s fact-checking and misinformation podcast. She looks
Claim of multiple deaths in Scotland from Covid vaccine Half True
A blog shared hundreds of times on social media has claimed that the Covid-19 vaccine has been listed multiple
Highland estate owner breaching public access rights, say locals
The former leader of Highland Council has accused a wealthy landowner of breaching outdoor access legislation by locking gates on