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.
Harry Huyton
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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
Named: supermarkets selling salmon from ‘poor’ welfare firms
Supermarkets are selling farmed salmon from companies accused of poor animal welfare, we can reveal, prompting claims that consumers are
Revealed: the fish farms worst on animal welfare
Salmon farmers with the worst records on animal welfare have been named and shamed by campaigners hoping to provoke reforms.
Nearly all respondents to fox hunting consultation want law changed
Nearly all of the 18,787 respondents to a public consultation on fox hunting want the law to be reformed.
Horror photos of farmed salmon spark legal threat
The diseases, damage and infestations suffered by hundreds of thousands of caged salmon in Scotland have been exposed by more
Nearly 38,000 mountain hares killed in one season, new data reveals
The full extent of culling of one of Scotland’s most iconic species, the mountain hare, has been revealed with
Tourist agency urged to stop promoting mass killing of hares
Scotland’s official tourist agency is coming under mounting pressure to cease promoting the recreational shooting of thousands of mountain
Gamekeepers advised to cover up dead mountain hares
Gamekeepers should hide heaps of dead mountain hares in the back of their trucks to prevent photographs being taken and
Scottish salmon exports at risk if seals keep being shot
Scotland’s salmon farming industry will lose its biggest £200 million export market to the US if it persists in
Exposed: the inhumane shooting of hundreds of seals
Hundreds of seals shot around Scotland’s coasts were pregnant, feeding their young or failed to die instantly, according to