Reckless cuts and the impact of Brexit have left rivers dangerously polluted.

Across the world, there is incomprehension at what we have done to ourselves.

The negotiations which will set our relationship with our closest neighbours for the next generation are being rushed in a reckless game of chicken.

With political chaos brewing in Northern Ireland because of trade rules, a related threat means that post-Brexit UK market rules could stop Scotland setting higher environmental standards than other parts of the UK.