Revealed: Deer management cost public purse at least £135m in a decade
Deer overpopulation in many parts of Scotland is harming the environment. Attempts to tackle the longstanding issue are costing taxpayers tens of millions of pounds.
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New footage shows deformed salmon at RSPCA-assured fish farm
Newly released video footage shows salmon apparently suffering from deformity and disease at a Highland fish farm certified by leading
Podcast: UK Government rhetoric puts torture survivors at risk, says top psychotherapist
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Force public bodies to ditch access fees for running events, ministers urged
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Silent disaster: Eni’s Nigerian subsidiary accused of causing major oil spill
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For Fact’s Sake podcast: How are online scammers using artificial intelligence?
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Scottish veterans suffering from PTSD abandoned by justice system
Former military servicemen and women across Scotland suffering from combat related trauma are falling between the cracks of the criminal
Scottish Government accused of funding ‘marketplace of death’ with £8m in public grants
The Scottish Government has given over £8m in public grants to companies exhibiting at a London arms fair hosting states
FFS explains: Glasgow’s drug decriminalisation policy
Efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug deaths crisis have been in the news frequently in recent months. Glasgow made headlines
Host asylum seekers on Edinburgh ship and we’ll give you £6m, UK Government tells council
The UK Government offered a £5.9m pay-off to Edinburgh council in an ultimately futile attempt to house thousands of
‘These are our people’: How a street-based therapy service is tackling San Francisco’s drugs crisis
In a side street off a busy thoroughfare in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMA) neighbourhood, dozens of people
Yousaf vows NatureScot probe after nearly 50,000 animals licensed to be killed
The first minister has promised a government investigation into Scotland’s nature agency after The Ferret revealed it allowed nearly