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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The city streets where exhaust fumes breach safety limits
Toxic fumes from cars, lorries and buses are breaching safety limits and endangering health in urban areas across Scotland, according
Peers living in Scotland cost £1.8m per year
Sixty four peers living in Scotland shared a payout of £1.83m from tax payers in just one year, The
Concerns over nuclear safety at Rosyth after exercise failures
The nuclear safety regime at the Rosyth naval dockyard in Fife has been called into question after an emergency exercise
Co-operative Bank closes human rights group’s account
A pro-Palestinian organisation that opposes human rights violations in the Occupied Territories has been told by the Co-operative
Amazon cashes in on public money while workers pay for buses
Amazon received almost £1m in Scottish Government grants this year while agency staff earning just over the minimum wage must
‘Dangerous’ plan to ship bombs-grade uranium from Dounreay to US
A secret plan to ship nuclear weapons grade uranium from northern Scotland to the US has been condemned as an
Resistance: The people fighting fracking in Scotland
Holding an umbrella upside down so its spike points towards the floor, Bill Frew runs a finger clockwise around the
Government deletes statement supporting underground coal gasification
The Scottish Government has deleted a statement backing plans for underground coal gasification (UCG) from its website after a complaint
Bosnia 20 years on
Documentary photographer and film-maker Chris Leslie first visited war-torn Bosnia in 1996. He returned in late 2015 to
Fracking no longer viable, says government advisor
A leading academic who was an advisor to the Scottish Government on fracking no longer believes that unconventional gas development
Ineos faces safety crackdown to prevent ‘multiple fatalities’
The Ineos oil and petrochemical complex at Grangemouth is facing a legal crackdown by the UK government’s health and
Fracking could cut house prices 10%, say experts
Scottish property experts have predicted that fracking in the central belt could hit house prices by up to 10 per
