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.
Crime and justice
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Officers’ attempt to avoid punishment over ‘racist’ messages costs Police Scotland £200,000
An attempt by ten police officers to block disciplinary action being taken against them for allegedly sharing racist and antisemitic
Revealed: 16 asylum seekers died in six months
A total of 16 people seeking asylum in the UK died in the six months before lockdown, leading to a
More than one in four prisoners now on remand due to covid-19 court backlog
More than one in four prisoners in Scottish jails are now serving time behind bars despite not yet facing a
Revealed: Scottish Family Party leader breached electoral law
The leader of the Scottish Family Party breached electoral law by failing to submit a record of his personal campaign
Police urged to tackle landlords breaking lockdown laws
Illegal evictions and other unlawful practices by landlords are still taking place despite extra protections in place during Covid-19 and
Police did not protect ‘terrified’ refugees at protest from far right attacks, organisers claim
Refugee organisers of a Glasgow protest in support of asylum seekers have accused Police Scotland of failing to adequately protect
Tory ‘dark money’ trust fined again by Electoral Commission
A so-called ‘dark money’ trust that gave £416,000 to the Scottish Conservatives has received another fine by the Electoral
Neo-Nazi Scottish Dawn propagandist jailed alongside ‘Miss Hitler’
A neo-Nazi who produced propaganda for the banned far right group, Scottish Dawn, has been jailed after being found guilty
Channel 4 programme accused of promoting anti-Traveller myths
The award-winning current affairs programme, Dispatches, has been condemned for a documentary aired on Channel 4 about crime and Traveller
Scottish Government facing legal challenge on ‘inhumane’ calf exports
An animal welfare charity has launched a legal challenge to stop the Scottish Government from allowing young calves to be
Hundreds of police recruits ‘breach coronavirus rules’
Hundreds of new police recruits who started training this week at the Scottish Police College in Tulliallan were not given
Call for probe after man begging for help died in custody
A formal complaint has been sent to Police Scotland and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon about the case of a man