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.
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Giant supertrawlers routinely fish in Scotland’s marine protected areas
Giant supertrawlers routinely fish in Scotland’s marine protected areas, damaging precious marine life and fish populations, despite the UK
Tice boasted about savings from solar panels – despite branding renewables a ‘rip off’
Reform UK’s Richard Tice boasted putting solar panels on his company’s properties could help tenants with their bills
Revealed: Chronic North Sea oil spills threaten marine protected areas
There have been more than 2,000 oil spills in the North Sea since 2011 including 215 in marine protection
Hundreds of green activists face legal threats from private companies and governments
Hundreds of environmental campaigners in the UK – including marine conservationists in Scotland – have received legal threats, prompting claims that private
Whisky firms under fire for mass lobbying on deposit scheme
The whisky industry has been by far the biggest lobbyist against the Scottish Government’s deposit return scheme for drinks
Revealed: The insurance players entangled in North Sea oil
Fifteen insurance giants have been accused of “threatening people’s futures for dirty profits”, after The Ferret revealed their involvement
UK’s second-hand clothing pollutes African nations
On Korle-Gonno beach in Accra, Ghana’s bustling capital, reams of tangled clothing are burrowed into the sand. “They go
Antarctic krill fishing boosted by fish farming
Fishing companies are hoping to “double” their catches of krill — tiny animals that sustain the Antarctic Ocean — to feed the
Claim that Russia funded fracking opposition is Unsupported
The UK Government lifted its ban on fracking in England on 22 September. The announcement was followed by a heated
Industry lobbies MSPs to back nuclear power
The UK nuclear industry has stepped up its lobbying of MSPs in a bid to get the Scottish Parliament to
Beyond Cambo: 1bn tonnes of pollution in UK oil and gas pipeline
Twenty-nine new North Sea oil and gas projects, which together could cause nearly one billion tonnes of carbon pollution, are
Salmon producer accused of ‘Big Brother corporate snooping’ on campaigner
A leading Scottish salmon producer hired a private investigator to snoop on a key critic of the fish farming industry,