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Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets

Air pollution from exhaust fumes has increased on streets in Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Falkirk and Perth, according to the latest government monitoring.

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Fact check, Finance, Politics

Claim Scotland needs a deficit of 3% or lower to join EU is Mostly False

Ferret Journalists on January 17, 2020January 17, 2020

Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by Ian Murray MP that Scotland would need a deficit of three per cent or below to join the EU.

Environment

Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”

Rob Edwards on January 16, 2020January 19, 2020

Senior Scottish Government forestry officials feared that a £5 million tree-planting deal with oil giant, Shell, could be viewed as “greenwashing”, according to internal emails.

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Arms trade, Politics

UK tried “diplomatic blackmail” to force Mandela to buy Scottish warships

Joe Lo on January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

In 1995 the UK Conservative government threatened to cut back naval co-operation with Nelson Mandela's South Africa unless it bought Scottish warships.

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Environment

Call for landowners to be forced to kill more deer to protect trees

Richard Baynes on January 13, 2020January 16, 2020

A powerful alliance of Scottish environmental groups has called for a radical rethink in the way deer are managed, which will mean making culls compulsory for landowners.

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Environment

Councils have sprayed 170,000 litres of weedkiller linked to cancer

Kirsty Jenkins on January 12, 2020January 13, 2020

Over 170,000 litres of a weedkiller officially classified as a probable cause of cancer have been widely used by local authorities across Scotland in the last five years.

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Environment

Footage of fox hunt released amid calls for legislation to be strengthened

Billy Briggs on January 10, 2020January 12, 2020

A video showing a fox being chased by a pack of hounds in Scotland has been released as animal welfare charities up the pressure on the Scottish Government to tighten foxhunting legislation.

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Human rights, International, Politics

Watchdog probes overseas schools funded by UK taxpayers after human rights concerns

Ryan Latto on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020

A World Bank watchdog is investigating claims of human rights abuses and poor conditions at overseas for-profit schools run by a company partly funded by the UK taxpayer.

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Fact check, Politics

FFS explains: UK government’s voter ID plan

Ferret Journalists on January 8, 2020January 8, 2020

Ferret Fact Service looks at UK government plans to require voters to bring identification to polling stations in UK elections.

Health

Firms linked to tax havens profit from NHS recruitment crisis

Joe Lo on January 7, 2020January 10, 2020

Firms profiting from NHS Scotland's recruitment crisis have links to tax havens and pay their directors up to £184,000.

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Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets