Jobs, bills and energy security: Fact-checking claims about Jackdaw gas field
The new gasfield was announced in recent weeks by the UK Government, and a number of claims emerged about its impact.
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Wildlife widely damaged by fish farm pesticides, says Sepa
Pollution from fish farm pesticides is more widespread than thought and is harming marine wildlife, according to the Scottish Government’
Call to review domestic murders to help prevent further deaths
Scotland must introduce formal reviews on domestic murders to help save lives, according to leading violence against women organisations. The
Review promised on Scottish homeless death statistics
Scotland’s national records office has said it will undertake a review that could see it count the deaths of
Fife arms firm fails to boycott Saudi summit over journalist murder
A US arms giant backed by the Scottish Government attended a business summit in Saudi Arabia despite an international boycott
Celebrity hunter tweets photos of killed animals after Scots hunting trip
The Scottish Government has been urged to take urgent action after a US celebrity hunter killed numerous animals on a
Call for trafficking victims to be protected from ‘hostile’ immigration policies
“I just ran and ran,” he said. He can’t remember collapsing in the road. But when he came to,
Hard Brexit threat to Scotland’s ferries and harbours
A hard Brexit from the European Union threatens the maintenance of Scotland’s ageing ferry fleet and harbours vital for
Claim Richard Leonard supported the Leave campaign in Brexit vote is False
Brexit and a second independence referendum have been predictable talking points at the SNP party conference. The party’s deputy
Keep siblings together: Call for law to stop separation of brothers and sisters in care
They are too often ripped apart right when they need each other most, causing distress, pain and fracturing once rock-
Claim Scotland spends 10 times more per person on social housing than England is Half True
Theresa May has announced a funding boost for social housing across the UK, saying that £2bn has been earmarked to
Arms dealers’ school visits damned as ‘moral disgrace’
An arms firm is offering World War One history lessons for schools prompting fears that defence multinationals are having an
‘I can be forthright’, says Fergus Ewing on bullying claim
Cabinet secretary Fergus Ewing has admitted he can be “forthright” and that he said sorry to an official who complained