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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NatureScot failing to enforce humane killing of beavers, say critics
NatureScot has been accused of failing to ensure that beavers are being killed humanely, with just one autopsy performed on
Woodland bosses accused of failure and putting beavers at risk from guns
Government woodland bosses have been criticised for failing to deliver on a promise to bring beavers back to state-owned Scottish
Beaver reintroduction programme to spread across Scotland under new plans
A plan intended to aid the spread of beavers across the whole of Scotland has been published, with more than
FFS explains: Scottish drug deaths and how they compare with UK and Europe
The National Records of Scotland (NRS) has published its latest statistics on drug deaths, which show 1,330 people died
Experts voice fears over plans for lorry park on Jacobite battlefield
Jacobite experts have warned against a developer’s plans to build a lorry park on the site of a 1715
Licences to kill: 115 Tayside beavers shot in 2020
The Scottish Government’s wildlife agency licensed the killing of 115 beavers in Tayside in 2020, sparking angry criticisms from
Claim Scots have lower immunity to Covid-19 Mostly True
Concern was raised this week after World Health Organization (WHO) data showed that of the 10 European locations with the
Farmers and landowners raising funds to back beaver killing
Farmers and landowners have joined forces to help a Scottish Government agency defend itself for handing out licences to kill
Wildlife agency under fire for ‘sickening’ beaver images
The Scottish Government’s wildlife agency has come under fierce attack for including images of dead and dying beavers – including
Probe after bloodied beaver found dead in Perthshire
The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) is investigating the death of a beaver shot in
Pressure mounts on ministers as 87 beavers confirmed killed in Tayside
The Scottish Government is under growing pressure to act after confirmation that 87 beavers have been shot under licence in
“Wholesale slaughter”: around 100 beavers shot in Tayside
Farmers and landowners have legally killed around one hundred wild beavers in Tayside, The Ferret can reveal. Campaigners have condemned