More than 50 rivers polluted by toxic chemicals used to treat fleas on pets
Wildlife is under threat from water pollution caused by pesticides which are hazardous, widespread and persist for years.
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Buzzard stamped to death – but case against landowner dropped
Fresh concerns about the Scottish Government’s failure to tackle wildlife crime will be raised this week after the collapse
Bahrain Grand Prix should be cancelled, say human rights groups
A human rights organisation has accused Bahrain’s security forces of involvement in the deaths of three men, including Mustafa
Does Scotland have the best A&E waiting times in the UK?
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s recent trip to the US was not without controversy, as opposition politicians criticised her
The destruction and liberation of Batnaya
“For everyone to know that we are the soldiers of the Caliphate, and we are coming – God willing,” says Ben
Named: the 17 streets in Glasgow where it’s dangerous to breathe
Toxic fumes from vehicle exhausts have polluted 17 of Glasgow’s busiest streets in breach of a legal safety limit
Parents kept in dark over private finance school defects
Eight privately financed schools in Scotland with potentially dangerous defects that were hidden from parents can be named after an
Mosul: the appalling human cost of the battle to defeat IS
It’s late afternoon in Iraqi Kurdistan and Hasar Husein and Haithan Abdul Kareem lie side by side on stretchers
Charlotte Street Partners lobbying for Rupert Murdoch papers
Influential PR firm Charlotte Street Partners is lobbying on behalf of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper titles in Scotland, The Ferret
Would an independent Scotland have to join a queue for EU membership?
Scotland’s constitutional status is once again in question after Nicola Sturgeon’s second referendum plan received Scottish Parliament backing.
The Bosnian steel town choking to death
Most winter days, the sky over Šahiza Šehić’s house is filled with plumes of acrid black smoke. Šehić, who
The carnage and crisis of Mosul
“Daesh put its fighters on the top three floors of the hospital while patients were still downstairs…there were even
Anger over Buccleuch ‘land grab’ in bowling green battle
Britain’s biggest landowner, the Duke of Buccleuch, has been accused of a “land grab” after he sold off a