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Trident is a disaster waiting to happen, says nuclear whistleblower
Trident submarines are plagued by serious security lapses, beset by multiple safety blunders and “a disaster waiting to happen”, according to a nuclear weapons engineer turned whistleblower now being hunted by the police.
May 20, 2015
African farmers evicted under guise of UK and US aid
Farmers and local communities in north-eastern Nigeria are losing their livelihoods, as an American prisons tycoon turns their…
May 20, 2015
The strange death of the Scottish election poster
Of Scotland’s 32 council areas just four – Shetland, the Highlands, the Western Isles, and Argyll and Bute – now allow political posters on council property.
February 28, 2015
Scottish prisons fail to protect inmates at risk of suicide
Scottish prisons have failed to protect vulnerable prisoners at risk of suicide due to a number of serious breaches of official policy, an investigation by the Scottish Inquirer can reveal.
July 16, 2014
Exposed: the dirty beaches given prizes for being clean
Eight beaches across Scotland officially condemned as "poor" because their polluted bathing waters make people sick have been given prizes for "good water quality" by the government-backed charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful.
June 27, 2014
Revealed: the government’s plan to play down Fukushima
British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima…
June 30, 2011