Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
Andrew Graham-Stewart
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Consultancy firm’s review of fast-track salmon farm pilot branded “sham”
A consultancy firm which took part in a government pilot for fast-tracking salmon farm applications did an “independent” evaluation of
Forest agency ‘massacre’ up to 2,000 baby red squirrels
The Scottish Government’s forestry agency has been accused of “indiscriminate massacre” after it admitted it could have killed nearly
We may have lost red squirrel nests, says forestry agency
The Scottish Government’s forestry agency has admitted that red squirrel nests may be “lost” when it cuts down trees,
Adverts attacking salmon farming ‘censored’
Five local newspapers in Scotland have refused to publish an advert backed by 26 environmental and community groups criticising the
Salmon farm pollution rises 10 per cent
Seabed and pesticide pollution of Scottish lochs by the salmon farming industry increased by over ten per cent in a
Bee-killing pesticide treatment for fish farms backed by Scottish Government
The Scottish Government is paving the way for the multinational salmon farming industry to start using a toxic pesticide blamed
Salmon farm rapped for toxic pesticide breaches
A salmon farming company has been reprimanded for feeding a toxic pesticide to fish twice as often as permitted and
Farmed salmon deaths from disease reach record high
The amount of salmon killed by diseases and other problems at fish farms has reached record levels, with death rates
Salmon farming firm under fire over fish welfare after 700,000 deaths
A £3 billion fish farming multinational in Scotland has been officially reprimanded for animal welfare failures after more than 700,
Sick salmon at Scottish fish farm revealed on film
Scarred, frayed and lice-infested salmon caught on film at a fish farm off the island of Lewis have prompted animal