Secrecy over ‘unnatural’ plan to feed chicken to farmed salmon
Are farmed salmon in Scotland going to be fed processed chicken? Salmon companies, and the UK government, won’t say.
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Teachers could earn less than minimum wage for extra exam work
Some teachers may end up earning less than the minimum wage for extra work around exams, prompting an accusation the
Hundreds of asylum seekers still housed in hotels
Almost 400 asylum seekers are still being housed in budget hotels rooms by Home Office contractor Mears – and living on
More than 40 former Mark Fortune tenants demand action from authorities
More than 40 tenants have spoken out against the Edinburgh landlord, Mark Fortune, with most claiming they were not returned
Ministry of Defence land sales having ‘devastating impact on communities’, claims union
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is having a “devastating impact on communities” by selling off land that could be used
Selling off Scotland: public bodies shed property worth half a billion
Scotland’s public institutions sold off more than half a billion pounds worth of land and property between 2015 and
Revealed: the Scottish Deliveroo riders earning less than minimum wage
Almost one in three Deliveroo riders in Scottish cities have been paid below the minimum wage for making food deliveries,
Neo-nazis active in Scotland use Instagram and Telegram to recruit youngsters
Neo-nazis are increasingly use platforms such as Instagram and Telegram to recruit young people and one of Britain’s
Claim contraceptive pill has higher blood clot rate than AstraZeneca vaccine is Mostly True
After this fact-check was first published on 18 March 2021, reports began emerging of a different rarer form of
Continued prison lockdowns are ‘de facto solitary confinement’
Criminal justice experts have raised serious concerns about the “de facto solitary confinement” of Scottish prisoners over the last year,
FFS explains: How popular is the monarchy?
Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey sparked fresh debate over the role and future of the monarchy in the
Lives put at risk by drug rehab funding rule
The lives of vulnerable people with addictions to drugs and alcohol are being put at risk because they are forced
Remote learning figures show the digital divide laid bare
Vulnerable children have been left sharing devices or unable to afford Wifi for remote schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic,