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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University zero hours contracts rise despite pledge to end exploitation
Almost half of Scotland’s universities increased the number of staff they employed on zero hours contracts over the last
Investigation into alleged Yemen war crime: 97 killed
An investigation has begun into an alleged war crime in Yemen and whether smart-bombs fired at a busy market
Revealed: £1m tax sweetener for Cairngorms land deal
A major landowner was given a tax “sweetener” in a top secret £7.2 million deal to buy a treasured
University treated staff like ‘robots’ via fingerprint tracking
Glasgow University has been accused of treating staff “like robots” and creating a workplace resembling “something from a science fiction
Revealed: fox hunt master’s donations to pro-hunt Tories
A hedge fund manager who leads a fox hunt accused of breaking the law made several financial donations to leading
Taliban threat to hang journalist
An investigative journalist in Pakistan has received death threats from the Taliban and survived an armed kidnapping attempt for reporting
Ministers told to release Prince Charles letters
Scotland’s information watchdog has found the Scottish Government guilty of breaching freedom of information law by keeping ‘black spider’
US plea: don’t dump Dounreay nuclear waste here
A north American environmental group is pleading for the UK not to dump Dounreay’s toxic nuclear waste in the
Named: MSPs forced to repay £12,000 claimed in expenses
A trove of documents released by the Scottish Parliament show that two former MSPs who shared a constituency office in
Information watchdog under renewed fire for election bias
Scotland’s freedom of information commissioner, Rosemary Agnew, has unreservedly apologised for a “misleading” email suggesting she would delay decisions
70 cameras primed for new state-of the-art surveillance
Some 70 CCTV cameras in Glasgow have the capability to track people under a new surveillance system branded a threat
MPs investigate use of British bombs in Yemen’s war
MPs on a powerful Westminster committee are investigating if bombs made in Scotland have been used in Yemen’s civil