Revealed: Deer management cost public purse at least £135m in a decade
Deer overpopulation in many parts of Scotland is harming the environment. Attempts to tackle the longstanding issue are costing taxpayers tens of millions of pounds.
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Arron Banks winds up charity as regulator investigates
A charity run by prominent Brexit donor Arron Banks has been under investigation by the Charity Commission. The charity – called
Bid for neo-Nazi party in Scotland rejected by Electoral Commission
A bid to register a neo-Nazi political party in Scotland has been rejected by the Electoral Commission. An application was
UK spy agencies share social media data with foreign governments, say critics
Millions of Facebook and Twitter accounts may have been analysed by UK intelligence agencies and personal data shared with foreign
Scottish taxpayers give Italian arms firm £6m
An Italian arms multinational with sales worth nearly £7 billion in 2015 has received more than £6 million of taxpayers’
Home Office accused of racial profiling in Scottish immigration “raids”
Almost one in three spot checks carried out by immigration officers in Glasgow over the last five years were on
Scottish council pension funds “bankrolling” arms firms
Pension funds in Scotland have £420 million worth of investments in arms companies including nearly £12m in a US arms
Former UKIP candidate linked to member of banned far right group
A controversial political figure who stood for Ukip and who now claims to be Tory had links to a leading
“We have to fight for our democracy” – voters attacked in Catalonia
Maria Dolores Hernandez is an unlikely rebel. The 94-year-old Catalan great grandmother walks with a crutch, and has spent her
Far right Scottish Dawn banned by UK Government under terror laws
A far right group in Scotland exposed as having links to neo-Nazis by The Ferret has been proscribed as a
Sturgeon’s claim indyref shipbuilding promises were broken is Mostly True
A key feature of campaigning before the independence referendum in 2014 was the future of Scotland’s shipbuilding industry. Supporters
28 firms from Scotland due to attend arms fair in London
At least 28 firms from Scotland are due to attend an arms fair in London dubbed a “festival of violence”
Privacy fears as police access data from tens of thousands of mobile phones
Police Scotland are using an Israeli based technology firm to crack the security protections on a growing number of mobile