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Alarm over toxic pesticide sprayed on Scotland’s woodlands

Rob Edwards on September 9, 2018April 6, 2019

Scotland’s forests are treated and sprayed every year with hundreds of kilograms of a toxic pesticide blamed for killing bees and butterflies, The Ferret can reveal.

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Fergus Ewing should stop Michael Russell on pesticides, says leaked email

Rob Edwards on September 9, 2018April 6, 2019

The rural minister, Fergus Ewing, should get his cabinet colleague, Michael Russell, to “draw in his horns” and stop trying to ban toxic pesticides, according to a leaked email.

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Police probing two bird of prey incidents on sporting estate

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No Black senior executives in Scottish listed companies

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Pension scheme chasing retirees for money forced to review governance

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