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Scotland’s top civil servant took 58 flights while telling staff not to fly

Rob Edwards on October 16, 2019October 17, 2019

The Scottish Government’s civil service chief, Leslie Evans, has flown to and from London four times more often than going by train while telling her 6,000 officials to “avoid domestic air travel".

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Hard Brexit threat to Scotland’s ferries and harbours

Ally Tibbitt on October 14, 2018August 19, 2019

Documents show a hard Brexit from the European Union threatens the maintenance of Scotland's ageing ferry fleet and harbours vital for Scotland's island communities.

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The SNP could not have allowed public sector bid for ScotRail

Ferret Journalists on September 1, 2017April 18, 2019

The ScotRail franchise is back in focus after a viral video shared by grassroots Labour group Momentum caused controversy.

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Named: the 17 streets in Glasgow where it’s dangerous to breathe

Rob Edwards on April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

Toxic fumes from vehicle exhausts have polluted 17 of Glasgow’s busiest streets in breach of a legal safety limit.

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Revealed: the places you’re more likely to be killed by cars

Rob Edwards on February 13, 2017

Dangers of death from traffic accidents exposed as a “postcode lottery” by the lack of 20mph speed limits on streets across Scotland.

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Revealed: scandal of the missing pollution filters in diesel cars

Rob Edwards on June 29, 2016June 29, 2016

Scores of diesel cars have been illegally belching lethal exhaust fumes across Scotland because their pollution filters have been removed.

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The city streets where exhaust fumes breach safety limits

Rob Edwards on January 19, 2016January 11, 2017

Toxic fumes from cars, lorries and buses are breaching safety limits and endangering health in urban areas across Scotland, according to the latest government monitoring.

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Transport

Environment, Politics

Scotland’s top civil servant took 58 flights while telling staff not to fly

Politics

Hard Brexit threat to Scotland’s ferries and harbours

Fact check

The SNP could not have allowed public sector bid for ScotRail

Environment

Named: the 17 streets in Glasgow where it’s dangerous to breathe

Environment

Revealed: the places you’re more likely to be killed by cars

Environment

Revealed: scandal of the missing pollution filters in diesel cars

Environment

The city streets where exhaust fumes breach safety limits

Scottish school children targeted by arms firm allegedly complicit in war crimes

Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets

Claim Scotland needs a deficit of 3% or lower to join EU is Mostly False

Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”