The Guga Hunt: Why a centuries-old Hebridean tradition is facing renewed scrutiny
The Ferret did a deep dive to explain why a bird cull on Lewis dating back centuries is causing outrage amid claims it's a "blood sport"
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Oops: MoD blunder reveals secret details of bomb project
A botched freedom of information response has revealed sites in the frame for the UK’s expanding weapons programme.
Navy told to remove radioactive waste from nuclear bomb base
The Scottish Government’s green watchdog has been urging the Royal Navy to remove potentially radioactive waste from the UK
Shetland spaceport under fire from local community
Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and
Revealed: how whisky firms fought off pollution controls
Intense behind-the-scenes lobbying by the multinational whisky industry forced the Scottish Government’s green watchdog to back down
Loch polluted by radioactive waste from nuclear bomb plant
Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old
Ban on salmon farm polluting loch after 273 breaches
A ban on a Norwegian salmon farming company dumping toxic pesticides in a Highland loch following 273 environmental breaches over
The Ferret: pizza, optimism and truth
Ten years ago a small group of us sat round my kitchen table in Edinburgh eating carrot sticks and pizza.
Faslane’s radioactive secrets to be released after FoI battle
Information kept secret for years on radioactive problems at the Clyde nuclear bomb bases is to be released to the
Revealed: 585 cracks in Torness nuclear reactor
The estimated number of cracks in the graphite core of a nuclear reactor at Torness in East Lothian has risen
Named: five lochs polluted by fish farms
Five freshwater lochs in the Highlands and Islands have been damaged by pollution from fish farms, according to a long-
Rise in nuclear incidents that could leak radioactivity
There have been 12 nuclear incidents that could have leaked radioactivity at the Faslane naval base since 2023, The Ferret
Beaver bid blocked after Kate Forbes stepped in
A bid to release beavers in the Highlands was delayed after intensive lobbying by farmers and landowners prompted an intervention