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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UK arms sales to Saudi to be reviewed by a judge
UK weaponry sales to Saudi Arabia will come under judicial review after an organisation opposed to the arms trade successfully
Energy firms prevented porpoise protection
Big energy companies scuppered plans to protect porpoises off the north east of Scotland by forcefully lobbying the Scottish Government
Revealed: scandal of the missing pollution filters in diesel cars
Scores of diesel cars have been illegally belching lethal exhaust fumes in towns and cities across Scotland because their pollution
Mobile phone firms secretly help government deploy spy technology
The operators of all four major mobile phone networks have been criticised after documents obtained by The Ferret reveal that
Police criticised for refusing to say how many children detained
Police Scotland has been criticised for refusing to release new figures on the number of children detained and held overnight
Scottish Government urged to obtain fake names of spy cops
A key witness at the Pitchford Inquiry has asked the Scottish Government to obtain the fake names used by undercover
Seabird populations crashing because of climate pollution
Tens of thousands of seabirds on the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda have starved to death because of food
China accused of lying over organ harvesting
An Australian academic has challenged claims by China’s government that it has stopped removing organs from executed prisoners for
Glasgow University slated for ‘silencing’ fracking critic
The University of Glasgow has been accused of trying to silence dissent on fracking after withdrawing online access from one
Scots police had access to GCHQ spy programme
Top secret documents revealing that Scots police forces had access to a GCHQ spy programme collecting information on people’s
UK Government arming forces blacklisted as child killers
UK Government support for military forces fighting in Yemen has been condemned after they were listed by the United Nations
Skills shortage threatens Trident safety, says MoD
A skills shortage that has plagued the Trident nuclear weapons programme for a decade is posing a threat to safety,