Scotland’s night patrol groups say they are protecting women and children. Critics claim they are ‘vigilantes’
Our investigation indentified more than a dozen groups across Scotland claiming to provide 'street patrols'.
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Anger as public cash for ‘just’ transition flows to big business
Grassroots organisations say Scotland’s £500m ‘just transition’ fund has been “captured” by corporate interests – including oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood.
Lochs polluted with high levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Concerning levels of 'forever chemicals' were found in water bodies across Scotland, including lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and Outer Hebrides.
The IDF used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos
The Israeli Defence Forces produced propaganda videos for its operations in Gaza, Iran and Syria, using uncredited imagery from the Scottish Maritime Museum. Critics said it was “deeply disturbing” that “fabricated content” was used to justify military operations.
Scotland’s rising tide of racist violence: Threats, assaults, stabbings
At least 20 incidents linked to anti-migrant protests, racism and the far-right in the last two months have exposed rising
Top Scottish Tory accused of ‘cosying up’ to climate deniers
A senior Scottish Conservative controversially elevated to the House of Lords by Boris Johnson is under fire for agreeing to
Navy told to remove radioactive waste from nuclear bomb base
The Scottish Government’s green watchdog has been urging the Royal Navy to remove potentially radioactive waste from the UK
It takes a village: a new approach to living with flooding
Dr Fiona Work, a former nurse, remembers December 2012 vividly. “I had gone to my friends and had a call
How communities are struggling to recover after flooding and coastal erosion
On a fine summer morning in the Brig, the popular Bridgend bar in Brechin, Scott and Amanda McNeill recall the
£3.7m and just 200 users: SNP-backed green jobs scheme off to slow start
A website launched to help thousands of oil workers move into green jobs attracted just 200 users in Scotland in
Claim English drug deaths ‘written out of figures’ is False
The level of drug-related deaths in Scotland has been persistently high in recent years, with the Scottish Government facing criticism
Shetland spaceport under fire from local community
Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and
Scots ‘umbrella’ firms duped NHS and council workers into tax avoidance schemes
Scottish companies are roping NHS and council workers into veiled tax avoidance schemes that could see them hit with big