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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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.
Bid to control hill tracks scarring the highlands
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Councils paid £660m for temporary homeless accommodation
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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
Charities claim refugees facing eviction due to Home Office errors
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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
Golf plan attacked as ‘stalking horse’ to wreck wildlife sites in Scotland
Intensely controversial plans to build a golf course on one of Scotland’s most precious coastal wildlife sites would be
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
Claim that fire service paying VAT was ‘SNP policy’ is Mostly False
The fire service in Scotland has been hard at work this summer after an increase in malicious fires, but a
Scottish salmon farming expansion must be stopped, say critics
Expansion of Scotland’s salmon farming industry should be banned until welfare standards are improved, according to a new report