The university has continued to argue staff cuts are needed to make ends meet. But a growing cash balance has raised questions about the need for more redundancies, and whether it qualifies for millions in public support.
Gypsy Travellers have been persecuted for centuries. But despite a Scottish Government apology last June for the Tinker Experiment – which tried to assimilate them into settled culture – some claim their cultural rights are still being denied.
The Scottish Government has continued to back Ming Yang’s proposed investment at Ardersier despite national security concerns. It’s now being accused of a “staggering” failure of due diligence on the firm.
An Israeli company linked to a major Conservative Party donor faced enforcement action over its peat extraction operations in Scotland,
A multinational which extracts peat from a site in Dumfries and Galloway has been doing so “in breach of…planning
Scottish local authorities have recorded more than 10,000 data breaches over the last five years, The Ferret can reveal.
A prominent member of the House of Lords is in dispute with his Galloway tenants after water supplies to their
Plans by Scottish local authorities to cut carbon pollution are “deeply insufficient” and will cause Scotland to keep missing climate
An attempt by a fertiliser multinational to extend peat extraction in south-west Scotland has been unanimously rejected by a
A multinational fertiliser company has been accused of making “factually inaccurate” claims in support of its attempts to extend peat
It was the private finance initiative (PFI) contract aiming to make Dumfries and Galloway council “cleaner and greener”, but which
Plans to prolong the mining of peat at two sites in Dumfries and Galloway have alarmed environmental groups, who want
Residents of a Dumfriesshire village have published a detailed proposal for a community buyout of land owned by the Duke
The Duke of Buccleuch has come under fire for failing to protect residents and ramblers from toxic waste ponds left
