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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Critics condemn Dragons’ Den lesson that encourages children to become arms dealers
School children are being encouraged to become arms dealers and sell weapons in a Dragons’ Den-style lesson that’s been
Leak: counter-terrorism strategy in Scotland focuses on sectarianism and far right
Most work carried out under the UK Government’s ‘Prevent‘ counter terrorism strategy in Scotland is aimed at tackling sectarian
Alarm over steep rise in nuclear bomb convoys in Scotland
The number of nuclear bombs being driven to and from the Clyde rose more than fivefold last year to help
Scottish ministers facing slap down for freedom of information failures
Scotland’s information watchdog is threatening tough legal action against Scottish ministers for repeatedly failing to respond to information requests,
Bahrain Grand Prix should be cancelled, say human rights groups
A human rights organisation has accused Bahrain’s security forces of involvement in the deaths of three men, including Mustafa
The destruction and liberation of Batnaya
“For everyone to know that we are the soldiers of the Caliphate, and we are coming – God willing,” says Ben
Mosul: the appalling human cost of the battle to defeat IS
It’s late afternoon in Iraqi Kurdistan and Hasar Husein and Haithan Abdul Kareem lie side by side on stretchers
The Bosnian steel town choking to death
Most winter days, the sky over Šahiza Šehić’s house is filled with plumes of acrid black smoke. Šehić, who
The carnage and crisis of Mosul
“Daesh put its fighters on the top three floors of the hospital while patients were still downstairs…there were even
Anger over Buccleuch ‘land grab’ in bowling green battle
Britain’s biggest landowner, the Duke of Buccleuch, has been accused of a “land grab” after he sold off a
Scrutiny over phone snooping tech won’t extend to Scotland
A move by the Home Office to improve oversight of public agencies using mobile phone interception technology will not extend
Video shows masked men shooting at protesters in Bahrain
State security officers in Bahrain allegedly donned balaclavas and fired on protesters leaving a teenager critically ill in hospital, according