Covert filming of farmed trout apparently suffering at an abattoir last year led to a firm being formally warned. New footage has prompted a fresh complaint.
Those bereaved by suicide have a 65 per cent increased risk of taking their own lives. So why is there not more funding for support after tragedy strikes?
The Scottish Government says the move was needed to tackle the "burden" caused by the growth in AI-assisted objections to energy projects. Critics say it is a way to mute public opposition.
Karin is The Ferret’s co-editor and has reported on people, power and planet for the UK’s leading outlets. She co-founded our Community Newsroom in Glasgow and is interested in participatory approaches to journalism. Audio is her favourite medium.
Those bereaved by suicide have a 65 per cent increased risk of taking their own lives. So why is there not more funding for support after tragedy strikes?
Far right organisation Knights Templar International, whose frontman Jim Dowson has a long history of involvement with extremist groups, is now supporting Scotland’s new wave of night patrols.
Politicians and advocates call for action due to “serious concerns” that children are still being placed in “dangerous environments” when their families are homeless.
Scottish babies and toddlers are being put at risk due to unsafe sleeping conditions and a lack of basic necessities in homeless accommodation, it is claimed.
A freedom of information request has revealed that City of Glasgow College spent almost £14k on a trip to Tartan Week. Meanwhile, staff at home raised concerns about being refused protective equipment to do their jobs.
High end dinners are a fraction of over 29,000 lobbying meetings in the last parliamentary term. But campaigners argue that because the lobbying spend is not declared, their significance is underplayed.
The number of Scottish terrorism charges in relation to Palestine Action in the last seven months is more than all the other charges put together since the 2000 Terrorism Act came into force, new figures reveal
A Ferret investigation has found there was no registration to sell vapes at the Union Street premises in Glasgow where a major fire started - and we can reveal the name of the company behind the shop.
With a decision on the Rosebank oil field imminent – and lobbying around the windfall tax at fever pitch – some are questioning whether the Scottish Government's current stance on oil and gas is in step with their ambition to be a world leader in climate action.
