Concern over bid to exempt organic food certification from public scrutiny
Campaigners asked for inspection reports on organic salmon farms in Scotland. It led to an appeal which could limit the public right to access environmental information.
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SSPCA under fire over lice-infested salmon filmed at fish farm
The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) is facing criticism after it decided not to punish
Alarm over Acetamiprid pesticide used on Scotland’s woods
Scotland’s forests are treated and sprayed every year with hundreds of kilograms of a toxic pesticide blamed for killing
Fergus Ewing should stop Michael Russell on pesticides, says leaked email
The rural economy minister, Fergus Ewing, should get his cabinet colleague, Michael Russell, to “draw in his horns” and stop
Revealed: the hidden storage costs faced by Scotland’s homeless
Charities and opposition parties have raised concerns about the hundreds of thousands in fees Scotland’s local authorities have charged
Liam Fox spends tens of millions on firms warning of Brexit dangers
Liam Fox’s Brexit trade department has spent tens of millions on companies that have warned of “chaos” and economic
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
Sick salmon at Scottish fish farm revealed on film
Scarred, frayed and lice-infested salmon caught on film at a fish farm off the island of Lewis have prompted animal
Lives on hold: meet the people existing in Edinburgh’s homeless hostels
Sitting on a scrap of beach looking over Edinburgh’s Firth of Forth – a no-man’s land that is no
Family accused of providing ‘substandard’ homeless accommodation paid £15m
A family business running homeless bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) and hostels in Edinburgh that have attracted repeated complaints
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,
Claim that SNP built more social rent homes than Labour Mostly True
Scotland’s lack of affordable housing has been criticised repeatedly by opposition politicians in recent years. Labour leader, Richard Leonard,
Salmon firms bid to block diseased fish photos
Two fish farming companies tried to block publication of graphic images of their damaged salmon, according to emails released by