Environment
Growing support for compulsory neutering of pet cats
A new campaign to force pet owners to neuter their cats to reduce suffering and save wildcats has won widespread support.
Fact check
Claim that 200,000 people are waiting for affordable housing is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim 200,000 people are on waiting lists for social housing in Scotland.
Fact check
FFS explains: the GERS report and Scotland’s deficit
Ferret Fact Service looks at the recent GERS report, and what it tells us about Scotland’s deficit.
Arms trade
28 firms from Scotland due to attend arms fair in London
28 firms from Scotland due to attend an arms fair dubbed a “festival of violence” – including a US arms giant with a factory in Fife.
Fact check
Labour claim that SNP voted down public sector pay cap end is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that the SNP voted against scrapping the public sector pay cap.
Environment
Scottish ministers rapped for failing on community rights
Scotland is facing a reprimand at a United Nations summit for failing to give communities rights to fight damaging building developments.
Environment
Filmmakers urged to drop support for Pentland studio plan
A plan for a £250 million Scottish film studio on the outskirts of Edinburgh has been delayed, causing critics to question its future.
Crime and justice
Privacy fears as police access data from tens of thousands of mobile phones
In the last three years Police Scotland have successfully obtained data from at least 35,973 phones.
Environment
Buccleuch wind farm ‘could unearth lead contamination’ from old mines
The Duke of Buccleuch’s plan to build a wind farm in southwest Scotland is facing fierce opposition from residents and politicians.