Baillie Gifford investment sparks AI weapons debate
Investment firm, Baillie Gifford, has given financial backing to an AI weapons start-up founded by a US tech billionaire who has links to Donald Trump.
Revealed: Labour donor’s hedge fund invests in private healthcare
A top Labour donor runs a hedge fund with shares in a private US healthcare giant – which critics claim is profiting in the midst of the UK's NHS crisis.
‘Disturbing’: pollution from rubbish burning surged last year
Pollution is rising at incinerators which burn rubbish, but the Scottish Government says overall emissions from waste are falling.
‘Licence to pollute’? Prosecutions of environmental rule-breakers plummet
Complaints about pollution in Scotland leapt over the last ten years while successful prosecutions of polluters have fallen from 18 to zero.
‘Sickening’: Grangemouth owners set for £6m closure windfall
The owners of the Grangemouth oil refinery are set to earn a multimillion pound windfall when the plant closes next year.
Eco-billionaire’s private jets took over 1,000 flights in four years
Anders Holch Povlsen owns two private jets which have flown dozens of trips to Inverness, near his Highland estates.
High levels of faeces found at nearly 60 per cent of wild swimming spots
Nearly sixty per cent of Scotland’s most popular spots for wild swimming were polluted with high levels of faeces at least once this summer.
Scottish Government refuses to release minutes of ‘secretive’ Israel meeting
The Scottish Government has refused to release minutes of Angus Robertson’s 'secretive' meeting with an Israeli diplomat.
‘Indefensible’: firm linked to North Sea oil giant renews IDF contract
An Israeli company with close financial links to a Scottish oil firm has renewed a contract to provide…
