The Guga Hunt: Why a centuries-old Hebridean tradition is facing renewed scrutiny

The Ferret did a deep dive to explain why a bird cull on Lewis dating back centuries is causing outrage amid claims it's a "blood sport"

Councils were given millions to tackle the nature crisis. Some spent it on office costs

The Scottish Government gave local authorities £20m to tackle a "nature emergency". But we found that around £4m of that sum was spent on fixing cars and office equipment, among other non-environmental spending

Defence Safety Authority

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Human rights

Revealed: fire safety and staff problems at nuclear sites

Nuclear bomb sites across the UK have fire safety problems as well as shortages of safety regulators and engineers, according

Rob Edwards Dec 6, 2020

Society

Injury risks from “weaknesses” in Ministry of Defence safety, warns watchdog

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has “major weaknesses” in its safety systems putting the military and civilians at risk from

Rob Edwards Jan 23, 2020

The Guga Hunt: Why a centuries-old Hebridean tradition is facing renewed scrutiny

Councils were given millions to tackle the nature crisis. Some spent it on office costs

This Trump donor has snapped up a slice of Scotland’s wind

Defence Safety Authority

Revealed: fire safety and staff problems at nuclear sites

Injury risks from “weaknesses” in Ministry of Defence safety, warns watchdog