Asylum, Human rights
Home Office ‘utterly failing’ in treatment of detained immigrants, say MPs
A new report by an influential Westminster committee accuses the UK government of "serious failings" in the detention of immigrants.
Environment
Sturgeon pressed to better protect wildlife
Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to correct a “mistake” which makes wildlife sites in Scotland more vulnerable to damage than sites in the rest of the UK.
Fact check, Politics
Claim Labour voted against carers’ benefit increase is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the debate over the increase to the carer’s allowance.
Environment
Cracked reactors force further delays at Hunterston
Plans to restart two cracked and ageing reactors at Hunterston in north Ayrshire have again been delayed as operators struggle to convince regulators they are safe.
Asylum
Police probe cyber attack on Dungavel detention centre
Hackers have brought down the computer system at Scotland's only immigration detention centre prompting an investigation by Police Scotland.
Environment
Landowners under attack over film of heather on fire
Film footage of heather moorland on fire belching clouds of smoke across the Cairngorms has sparked fierce criticism of sporting estates.
Environment, Human rights, International
Gaffe reveals why Sturgeon refused to meet nuclear waste protestor
The Scottish Government mistakenly reveals that Nicola Sturgeon refused to meet an Aboriginal nuclear waste protestor to try and avoid political damage – not because she was too busy.
Environment
Sturgeon backs Ewing over felled pinewood
Nicola Sturgeon has defended her rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, after he backed a hotel developer accused of illegally destroying an ancient pinewood in the Cairngorms.
Human rights, International
NHS Scotland buys surgical gloves from firm which used forced labour
Surgical gloves used in hospitals across Scotland are made in factories where forced labour, long hours and “union-busting” have been reported.