Adult adoptees are taking desperate measures to obtain their family ‘health histories’
Adult adoptees are calling for access to genetic testing to address the ‘health gap’ caused by their lack of information about genetically inherited conditions.
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Mobile phone firms secretly help government deploy spy technology
The operators of all four major mobile phone networks have been criticised after documents obtained by The Ferret reveal that
Police criticised for refusing to say how many children detained
Police Scotland has been criticised for refusing to release new figures on the number of children detained and held overnight
Seabird populations crashing because of climate pollution
Tens of thousands of seabirds on the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda have starved to death because of food
China accused of lying over organ harvesting
An Australian academic has challenged claims by China’s government that it has stopped removing organs from executed prisoners for
Police Scotland under fire after new evidence of Sri Lankan torture
Police Scotland is seeking to extend a controversial training project with Sri Lankan police despite new evidence of the force’
Revealed: how Scotland’s wildlife is suffering
More than 1,700 of Scotland’s most precious wild animals, plants and places are in a poor state – and
Ineos hires new managers to frack central Scotland
The petrochemical company, Ineos, is hiring new managers and scientists in London with the “immediate intention” of pushing ahead with
Information watchdog pressured to keep secrets
Scotland’s freedom of information watchdog bowed to behind-the-scenes pressure from the Scottish Government to conceal information about
Rare Scottish wildlife left without legal protection
Some of Scotland’s rarest wildlife is at risk of disappearing because the Scottish Government has for years ignored repeated
Fracking: US study warns of toxic chemical risks
There are fresh fears about fracking Scotland’s central belt after scientists in the US discovered dangerous levels of toxic
Bees slowly poisoned by pesticides, say scientists
Toxic pesticides in widespread use by farmers around the world are gradually killing neurons in the brains of bees and
Bid to block ban on controversial pesticides
The Scottish Government has backed a bid by the agricultural industry to stall a proposed ban on controversial pesticides, according