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Scottish Government move to renew Ineos fracking licence ‘disappointing’
Scottish ministers have come under fire after extending a licence for the Grangemouth petrochemical giant, Ineos, to frack for shale gas in the central belt.
Scottish fish farms using cancer-linked embalming fluid as disinfectant
Nearly 200 fish farms are allowed to use a carcinogenic chemical called formaldehyde which is used to embalm corpses.
Gaps revealed in nuclear convoy crash preparations
A series of shortfalls in Scotland’s emergency arrangements for coping with a nuclear bomb convoy crash have been exposed by a Scottish Government review.
Skipper of Scots boat fined for scallop dredging off Guernsey
The skipper of a scallop dredger registered in Scotland has been fined £1,000 after being caught fishing in territorial waters off Guernsey.
Private US arms firms bid for Navy training contract at Faslane nuclear base
American multinationals Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are bidding for a lucrative Ministry of Defence training contract at Faslane.
Gas leak at Mossmorran plant in Fife prompts safety probe
The UK government’s safety watchdog has launched an investigation into a prolonged leak of highly flammable gas at ExxonMobil’s petrochemical complex at Mossmorran in Fife.
Safety risks exposed by nuclear bomb convoy exercise in Scotland
An emergency exercise imagining an explosion spreading radioactive contamination from a nuclear bomb convoy crash in East Lothian was hampered by communication breakdowns that would have put people at risk.
Army under fire for targeting recruitment adverts during ‘January Blues’
The British Army has been criticised for targeting online recruitment adverts at young, risk-taking, working class Scots suffering the "January Blues".
Court rules UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful
The UK government broke the law by selling arms to Saudi Arabia, the Court of Appeal says in a landmark ruling.