‘Backroom’ lobbying on Coul Links golf plan under fire
Scottish ministers have been privately urged to back plans for a golf course on a coastal wildlife site. This has been condemned as “backdoor lobbying that tries to bypass the rules”.
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Woman awarded £229,000 after deceit by spycop overseen by Scotland’s former police chief
An environmental activist deceived into an intimate relationship by an undercover police officer who operated in Scotland has been awarded
Row over plans to reform groups at nuclear sites
New guidelines which campaigners say could benefit communities around nuclear sites have been boycotted by a UK Government nuclear agency.
Women had suicidal thoughts after misogynistic abuse by Patriotic Alternative’s supporters
Two women formerly involved Patriotic Alternative – a far right group whose most active chapter is in Scotland – have described how
Children as young as five restrained in care homes despite ‘promise’ to stop
Scottish local authorities are continuing to use “traumatising and humiliating” restraint methods on children as young as five in residential
Police Scotland ‘lied’ about its policing of two protests during COP26, according to new report
Police Scotland “lied” to the Scottish Police Authority to “cover up their failures” when questioned on its policing of two
UN urges pension funds to divest from firms linked to Israeli settlements
The United Nations is urging local government pension schemes (LGPS) to divest from companies linked to Israel’s settlements in
‘If I go out the Taliban will kill me – if I stay at home, poverty will’: Afghans make plea for UK help
Two Afghans in hiding from the Taliban in their home country – and in fear for their lives – have spoken to
FFS explains: Refugees, migration and channel crossing
After the tragic loss of life in the English channel, the issue of immigration to the UK has been back
‘Master propagandist’ neo-Nazi’s links to Scotland’s far right
A convicted British neo-Nazi – described as the “master propagandist” of a banned terror organisation – had links to far right activists
Revealed: one bed at Dungavel costs taxpayer three times the average wage each year
Each bed at Dungavel immigration detention centre will cost taxpayers £74,000 per year – three times the Scottish average wage
Revealed: the 27 London finance companies funding ‘nuclear arms race’
Twenty-six financial firms in London have been accused of funding a “new nuclear arms race” including investment funds with links
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,