‘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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Council pension funds’ investments in fossil fuels could lose value, claims report
Investments in fossil fuels by council pension funds could become less valuable as the energy market transforms, warns a new
Critics condemn the UK’s increasingly privatised immigration industry
Travel agents, airlines, and arms, IT and surveillance firms, are among dozens of companies involved in the UK’s increasingly
Charity could consider legal action against UK Government over compulsory election ID
A Scottish disability charity will consider joining forces with other human rights organisations to take legal action against “discriminatory” and
Far right leader condemned for ‘racial nationalist’ comment
A children’s sports coach who heads a far right group in Scotland has been condemned after describing his organisation
Scottish far right group compiled a list of individuals who oppose racism and fascism
A far right group linked to neo-Nazis has allegedly compiled a list of around 60 organisations and individuals in Scotland
UK Government plan to give armed nuclear police more powers raises ‘profound concerns’
A UK Government plan to give an armed police force called the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) greater powers has raised
Trafficked: concerns over criminalisation of young Vietnamese found in cannabis factories
Human rights organisations have raised concerns that young trafficking survivors in Scotland – including Vietnamese children found in cannabis factories – are
Ocean desolation: how fish farm pollution is killing marine life in Greece
Collapsed wild fish populations, yellowing seagrass and marine dead zones…this is how scientists from the Archipelagos Institute for the
Arms firms funded by Scottish Enterprise linked to displacement of refugees
Arms firms given taxpayers’ money by Scottish Enterprise have been linked to the displacement of tens of thousands civilians escaping
Safety fears over military drone test flights
Protests are being planned after the UK Civil Aviation Authority sanctioned the testing of a massive new military drone at
Royal Navy silent on nuclear submarine crashes
The Royal Navy has refused to say whether anyone was disciplined following an incident in which a nuclear submarine nearly
Claim by Nigel Farage about RNLI is False
Former UKIP and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has regularly criticised the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in