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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Anger at MoD plan to rethink nuclear submarine waste disposal
Plans by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to rethink the disposal of radioactive waste from 27 defunct nuclear submarines have
Scottish ministers back Ineos on noise pollution from flaring
The Scottish Government has backed a bid by the Grangemouth petrochemical giant, Ineos, to resist tough new restrictions on noise
Ministers under mounting pressure to outlaw fracking
The Scottish Government must outlaw fracking to protect human health and prevent climate pollution, according to one of Scotland’s
Sturgeon pressed to better protect wildlife
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to correct a “mistake” which makes wildlife sites in Scotland more vulnerable to
Cracked reactors force further delays at Hunterston
Plans to restart two cracked and ageing reactors at Hunterston in north Ayrshire have again been delayed as operators struggle
Landowners under attack over film of heather on fire
Film footage of heather moorland on fire belching clouds of smoke across the Cairngorms has sparked fierce criticism of sporting
Sturgeon backs Ewing over felled pinewood
Nicola Sturgeon has defended her rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, after he backed a hotel developer accused of illegally destroying
Westminster ordered to name MPs in hard Brexit lobby group
The Information Commissioner has ruled that the UK government must name the MPs that belong to the European Research Group
Revealed: the ‘unacceptable’ risk of no deal Brexit for schools
A no deal Brexit would put school testing data at risk and could lead to “unacceptable” shortages of teachers, according
Fergus Ewing under fire for ‘conflict of interest’ over felled pinewood
The rural economy minister, Fergus Ewing, intervened to support a hotel developer accused of illegally destroying an ancient pinewood in
Bus firm failure to cut toxic fumes branded ‘disgrace’
Glasgow’s biggest bus company is ignoring an £8 million Scottish Government fund to stop toxic exhaust fumes polluting city
Scotland’s waste dump failure ‘could give England £100m’
Scotland’s failure to ban waste dumping could give England a “£100 million landfill tax gift”, an industry body is