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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Call for investigation after arms firms links to Whitehall exposed
A US arms company linked to alleged war crimes in Yemen had an employee working at the Department of International
Trump golf links will be stripped of conservation status, say experts
Rare sand dunes on the Aberdeenshire coast are likely to be stripped of their status as a protected nature conservation
Tory claim that Scottish Government growth scheme has not paid out is True
The Scottish Conservatives led an attack at First Minister’s Questions, accusing the Scottish Government of failing to deliver a
Chief Constable faces probe over claims he gave MSPs false details
Under-fire police chief Phil Gormley has been accused of giving inaccurate information to a Holyrood committee. The troubled Police Scotland
Pesticide report suppressed after freedom of information warning
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) ditched a written report to its board on a fish farm pesticide following fears
How the Scottish Government ‘nuanced’ away fish farm pesticide ban
The Scottish Government put pressure on its environmental watchdog to drop a plan to ban a toxic pesticide in 2018
Stirling University boasted that FBI probe academic took part in Moscow Brexit briefing
Stirling University boasted that a Maltese academic implicated in the FBI probe into Russian links to Donald Trump’s presidential
Theresa May’s claim Scotland has broadband powers is Mostly False
The Prime Minister sparked a row between the Conservatives and the SNP over Scotland’s broadband expansion. After Tory MP
Named: the companies causing the most climate pollution
Three of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have been outed as Scotland’s worst climate polluters, with carbon
Arron Banks winds up charity as regulator investigates
A charity run by prominent Brexit donor Arron Banks has been under investigation by the Charity Commission. The charity – called
Greens claim of learning support teachers cut is Mostly True
Education cuts and controversial reforms were the major talking points at the Scottish Greens conference, as MSPs condemned the Scottish
Bid for neo-Nazi party in Scotland rejected by Electoral Commission
A bid to register a neo-Nazi political party in Scotland has been rejected by the Electoral Commission. An application was