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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Revealed: links between covert Scots police units and official review
The close links to covert police units in Scotland of a former detective probing undercover policing are revealed today by
Hundreds of vulnerable asylum seekers held despite doctors’ fears
Nearly 300 vulnerable asylum seekers held in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre were refused release over a four-year period despite doctors
Superbug fears prompt NHS Scotland to review drug buying
The National Health Service in Scotland is to review its procedures following revelations that it spends millions of pounds on
Safe House
School’s out for the Christmas holidays, and girls are fleeing their families to save their childhoods and, maybe, their
Poor housing for refugees causing ‘suffering and stress’
Refugees are suffering bullying, evictions and poor accommodation from a private company paid millions to house them, according to evidence
SNP MPs wined and dined by arms companies
An SNP politician who criticised UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia has received more than £400 worth of hospitality from
Westminster under fire for defying UN on nuclear weapons
The UK government has been lambasted for rejecting a move by the United Nations to outlaw nuclear weapons. A meeting
Scots doctors call for an end to UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Doctors in Scotland are among hundreds of medics who’ve signed a letter calling on the UK Government to end
Mexican workers call for Lidl berry boycott amid claims of slave labour
Mexican fruit workers have asked Scots consumers to boycott berries sold in the Lidl supermarket chain amid allegations of slave
Persian Gulf repression fuelled by UK Government, claims report
Repression in the Persian Gulf is being fuelled by the UK Government and private arms and security firms in Scotland
Review of secret police condemned as a “whitewash”
A review of undercover policing as ordered by the Scottish Government has been condemned as a “whitewash” and an “insult”
Yemen bombs firm condemned for training children to make drones
Critics of the arms trade have condemned a drone project in schools run by an arms firm linked to alleged