Finance, Politics
Scottish candidates raise thousands through election crowdfunders
Scottish general election candidates have raised more than £200,000 through crowdfunding sites, The Ferret can reveal.
Scottish Green Party
Environment
Named: the 17 streets in Glasgow where it’s dangerous to breathe
Toxic fumes from vehicle exhausts have polluted 17 of Glasgow’s busiest streets in breach of a legal safety limit.
Privacy and surveillance
Scrutiny over phone snooping tech won’t extend to Scotland
The Scottish Government will allow public bodies to use IMSI catchers with less oversight than in England and Wales, despite privacy fears.
Environment
Revealed: how Scotland’s wildlife is suffering
More than 1,700 of Scotland’s most precious wild animals, plants and places are in a poor state – and 600 of them are getting worse.
Arms trade, International
Oops: MoD releases secret Nato report
A “restricted” Nato air exercise manual with codewords, ciphers and co-ordinates is mistakenly circulated to fishing and ferry operators.
Crime and justice
Woman charged with peeing at Trump golf course
Police Scotland accused of acting as Donald Trump’s private security force after charging a 61-year-old for relieving herself in the dunes.
Environment, Fracking
Government deletes statement supporting underground coal gasification
The Scottish Government removed a web page supportive of Underground Coal Gasification only after activists complained.