Tag: Freedom of Information

Environment watchdog uses flights three times per day

Deadline News Journalist - February 14, 2010

By Rory Reynolds SCOTLAND’S environmental watchdog has come under fire after it emerged that staff took nearly three flights a day last year. The Scottish Environmental...

UFO sightings rocket after MoD shutdown alien hotline

Deadline News Journalist - February 14, 2010

By Rory Reynolds SCOTLAND saw a massive increase in UFO sightings in the year the Ministry of Defence axed their supernatural investigations department. New figures released...

Oxford University performing behaviour-altering study on Scots prisoners

Deadline News Journalist - January 22, 2010

By Oliver Farrimond HUNDREDS of Scots prisoners are being used as human lab rats – to find a cure for their criminal tendencies. Scientists from...

Scottish hospitals throwing away millions of pounds of food

Deadline News Journalist - January 18, 2010

By Cara Sulieman HOSPITALS in Scotland have thrown away a £6 million mountain of food in the last two years. Averaging £3 million a year; NHS...

Buckfast brewers pressured to remove caffeine

Deadline News Journalist - January 17, 2010

By Rory Reynolds THE makers of Buckfast are under pressure to remove caffeine from its recipe after new figures linked the drink to crime. Research shows...

Taxpayers pay £40,000 for botched raids by Lothian cops

Deadline News Journalist - December 29, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond BUNGLING cops at Lothian and Borders Police have cost taxpayers more than £40,000 in damage from botched raids – the highest total...

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