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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.
Revealed: the rise in self-harm in Scottish prisons
Cases in which people try to hurt or kill themselves in prison have risen by over a third in the last four years.
Revealed: neo-Nazi terrorists are behind Scotland’s newest far right group
Our seven month investigation has prompted calls for the government to take action against Scottish Dawn.
Leak: counter-terrorism strategy in Scotland focuses on sectarianism and far right
Most work under the UK Government’s counter terrorism strategy in Scotland is aimed at tackling sectarian and extreme right wing ideologies.
Victims of ‘spycops’ to mass boycott review of undercover policing in Scotland
A letter signed by 18 people claims that the planned review into spycops activity in Scotland “cannot be trusted.”
Exposed: the catalogue of cruelty suffered by Scotland’s farm animals
Thousands of farm animals have suffered in more than 700 serious breaches of welfare rules in Scotland over the last two years.
Footage of illegal trap released amid fresh calls for more powers for SSPCA
Campaigners are demanding that the Scottish Government make a decision over whether the SSPCA should be given more investigation powers.
Spycop’s alias confirmed by public inquiry
Simon Wellings was the alias used by a so-called spycop who operated north of the border after infiltrating the anti-globalisation group, Global Resistance.
New figures prompt claims of ‘no confidence’ in Scots counter terror policy
Just three people in Scotland have been identified as at risk of being "drawn into terrorism" in Scotland since 2011.