Claim Scottish Labour built six houses in government is False
Online claims questioned Scottish Labour's house building in government between 1999 and 2007.
Mark Ruskell
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Seal shooting at fish farms doubles before ban
The number of seals shot by the fish farming industry has doubled ahead of a proposed government ban, prompting fears
Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US
The Scottish Government is going to ban the fish farming industry from shooting seals to save a £180 million export
Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms
The rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, has been accused of breaching the ministerial code by failing to record 25 meetings
Toxic fish farm pesticide polluted ten lochs across Scotland
Ten lochs across Scotland have been polluted by a toxic pesticide used by fish farms to control fungus, parasites and
“Wholesale slaughter”: around 100 beavers shot in Tayside
Farmers and landowners have legally killed around one hundred wild beavers in Tayside, The Ferret can reveal. Campaigners have condemned
Torness nuclear reactors predicted to start cracking in 2022
Cracks that could increase the risk of a radioactive accident at Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian will start
5,000 sites escape pollution checks due to coronavirus crisis
More than 5,000 business sites across Scotland are going to escape judgement on their environmental breaches in 2020 because
Environmental rules for salmon farming industry relaxed
The Scottish salmon farming industry has been accused of taking advantage of the coronavirus emergency to “sidestep” environmental regulation. The
Fish farm companies ‘bidding to use bee-harming pesticide’
Scotland’s salmon farming industry is planning to use a toxic pesticide banned in terrestrial agriculture because of dangers to
Dismay as Ineos triggers plan to re-open coal gas inquiry
A Scottish Government proposal to re-open a public inquiry into plans by Ineos to drill for underground coal gas in
Ineos still bidding to drill for underground gas in Scotland
The Grangemouth petrochemical giant, Ineos, is attempting to resurrect plans to drill for underground gas in central Scotland, provoking alarm
Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”
Senior Scottish Government forestry officials feared that a £5 million tree-planting deal with the oil giant, Shell, could be viewed