Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
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Licensed to kill: the landowners who shoot thousands of brown hares
Landowners, farmers and foresters are licensed to kill more than 1,300 brown hares every year during the breeding season,
Carry on shooting: Scottish beavers still being killed
Two Scottish beavers have been shot and another five were seen dead in Tayside over the last month, an investigation
Scottish Government ‘ignores’ pleas to improve chicken welfare
Scottish ministers have been accused of “making a mockery” of a public consultation after rejecting a series of recommendations to
Revealed: the suffering faced by Scotland’s farm animals during live transport
Thousands of farm animals in Scotland have suffered in more than 300 serious welfare breaches during live transport in recent
Anger over licences to kill 4,000 ravens
Revelations that farmers and landowners in Scotland have been licensed to kill more than 4,000 ravens in the last
Ministers ‘pandering’ to farmers on beaver shooting
Conservationists, welfare campaigners and the Scottish Greens have blasted the Scottish Government for delays in giving legal protection to wild
Mass killing of geese on Islay must cease, say scientists
The shooting of thousands of geese on the island of Islay leaves many to suffer a slow death, contaminates the
Claim 60 per cent of Scots farmers voted for Brexit, Tories and against independence is Mostly False
Scotland’s farmers are facing an uncertain future as the Brexit negotiations falter, with the National Farmers Union leader calling
Scottish ministers urged to cut climate pollution from farming
The Scottish Government is facing unprecedented pressure to overhaul its plans to cut climate pollution from farming from a powerful
Scottish cull plans for beavers criticised by conservation groups
Concerns have been raised over plans by the Scottish Government to simultaneously introduce legal protection to beavers while sanctioning licences
Probe into farmers’ failings on biomass boilers
The energy watchdog has launched an investigation into revelations that at least ten Scottish farmers failed to get planning permission
Exposed: the catalogue of cruelty suffered by Scotland’s farm animals
by Rob Edwards and Andrew Wasley Many thousands of farm animals have suffered in more than 700 serious breaches of