Police Scotland has defended two controversial contracts it has to train foreign police including a partnership with Jamaica, whose police force was accused of 168 murders last year
A fracking gas pipeline key to the “shale gas revolution” promised by Grangemouth petrochemical giant Ineos has been shut down by US safety regulators to prevent “catastrophic results impacting the public”.
The allegations of fraud are said to be linked to contracts given to private firms for roads maintenance.
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that Police Scotland have solved all murders since 2013.
Taxpayers’ money amounting to more than £50m was given to companies in Scotland that were later liquidated, dissolved or put into administration.
We mapped more than ten thousand UK gender pay gap reports, so you can see whether the firms near you are paying men and women fairly.
Communities from around the world are calling on Scotland to toughen its target to cut climate pollution in order to safeguard food supplies, protect homes and save lives.
Allegations of sexual harassment by NHS staff in Scotland led to at least 25 internal investigations by health boards last year resulting in dismissals, resignations and ongoing police cases.
Wildlife in Scotland has weaker protection against damaging developments than wildlife in England and Wales, according to emails released by the government’s conservation agency, Scottish Natural Heritage.
