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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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
Revealed: the fish farms worst on animal welfare
Salmon farmers with the worst records on animal welfare have been named and shamed by campaigners hoping to provoke reforms.
More than 500 people detained in police cells under immigration law
A human rights lawyer has called on the Scottish Government to “demand answers” after it emerged that 537 people were
Scottish pension funds linked to Donald Trump’s border jails
Scottish pension funds have invested millions of pounds in firms bankrolling Donald Trump’s migrant camps. The pension funds of
Thousands of offences by Scottish fishing industry escape fines
Evidence that thousands of offences by Scottish fishing boats have gone unpunished has prompted accusations that the industry is being
No rest for Manila’s dead: the front line of the Philippines drug war
The Philippines’ president Rodrigo Duterte was elected in 2016 on a platform of ridding the country of its drug addiction
Vulnerable women at risk in Dungavel detention centre, says report
Women are at risk of exploitation in Dungavel House immigration removal centre and more than 200 detainees were on watch
New housing estates fail people by favouring cars, says study
New housing estates in Scotland have been branded “car sick” because they pander to drivers at the expense of pedestrians,
Former Tory MP quits ‘dark money’ trust
A Holyrood lobbyist and former Tory MP has quit a “dark money” trust funding the Scottish Conservatives, following an investigation
Claim 60 per cent of Scots farmers voted for Brexit, Tories and against independence is Mostly False
Scotland’s farmers are facing an uncertain future as the Brexit negotiations falter, with the National Farmers Union leader calling
Hunger strike by UK businessman in Belarus prison
A British businessman imprisoned in Belarus has staged a hunger strike in protest at the conditions in which he and
Call for Westminster probe into Tory ‘dark money’ donations
A campaign group has written to Westminster’s Commissioner for Standards to request an investigation into the conduct of two