A company that sold a major Highland port for an undisclosed sum to a Japanese firm received over £30m of taxpayers’ money – including £10m just a few months ahead of the sale. Global Energy – a ...

Climate pollution from the burning of rubbish in Scotland has almost doubled in five years, according to new data, with some ...

Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health ...

Grassroots organisations say Scotland’s £500m ‘just transition’ fund has been “captured” by corporate interests – including oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood.

At least nine million fish have been killed by diseases, botched treatments, poor handling and other problems at salmon farms around Scotland since 2016. This content is for Standard Monthly , ...

The UK government has lost over £250 billion in 13 years by giving generous tax breaks to North Sea oil companies, according to an expert report. Increasingly lax tax regimes by successive Westminster ...

An anti-human trafficking organisation has successfully legally challenged a Scottish Government policy, which left some trafficking survivors living on just over £6 per day. The legal challenge by by ...

Calls for a privacy probe after Scottish Prison Service is first UK agency to admit using controversial phone blocking technology. This content is for Standard Monthly , Standard Annual, and Gold ...

Scottish Labour MP Ian Murray spoke in the House of Commons about the prospect of an independent Scotland joining the EU. The Edinburgh MP asked Scottish secretary Alister Jack about Scotland’s ...

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Supermarkets are selling farmed salmon from companies accused of poor animal welfare, The Ferret can reveal. This content is for Standard Monthly , Standard Annual, Gold Annual, and Lifetime members ...