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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New freedom of information tsar under fire on FoI abuse claim
Scotland’s newly-appointed freedom of information (FoI) commissioner has run into criticism because he previously accused the media of FoI
The golden hours: inquiry reveals on investigating Sheku Bayoh’s death
As the third hearing of the public inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh starts, The Ferret looks at the
Officers’ attempt to avoid punishment over ‘racist’ messages costs Police Scotland £200,000
An attempt by ten police officers to block disciplinary action being taken against them for allegedly sharing racist and antisemitic
Hundreds of police recruits ‘breach coronavirus rules’
Hundreds of new police recruits who started training this week at the Scottish Police College in Tulliallan were not given
Police Scotland taser use up sixfold in four years
The number of times tasers were deployed by Police Scotland to confront suspects has shot up from 13 to 80
Number of police on streets down almost 50 per cent since 2011
The number of police officers on Scotland’s streets in some parts of the country has almost halved since 2011