New salmon farmers scheme condemned as “greenwashing opportunity”
A new scheme to penalise salmon farmers when fish escape has been launched. But we found it is controlled by the industry prompting criticism.
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‘We can’t wait five years’: Neglected ‘banana flats’ residents say council breaching their rights
Residents of Leith’s famous “banana flats” claim Edinburgh City Council is breaching their human rights after persistent issues with
Union sparks living wage row at elite Scots golf club
A major trade union has challenged an elite Scottish golf club – which costs more than £100,000 to join – to
Torture charity asks governments to better protect women from violence
The physical and mental abuse Sana suffered took place over many years and left her isolated, lonely and “psychologically destroyed”
More than 100 environmental breaches at fish farms
Fish farms have broken environmental rules more than 100 times in the last two years, according to Scottish Government regulators.
Claim Labour handed £536m to foreign farmers is Mostly False
Farmers are continuing to protest the UK Government’s decision to change inheritance tax rules, which they fear will impact
Are Scotland and Italy protecting their threatened seas?
For the past year now, The Ferret has been investigating the health of Scotland’s seas. The Scotland’s Seas
Revealed: The secret owners of elite Scots golf club
Top political donors, a Labour lord and Scottish football hero Ally McCoist have been among secret owners of a tax
Global ‘anti-woke’ petition campaigns on Glasgow statues and Stornoway’s Tesco closed on Sundays
A global, right-wing petition site, set up by an anti-LGBT Spanish lawyer, is campaigning in Scotland to “protect”
Are conspiracy groups trying to hijack farmers’ protests?
After major protests across the UK at the end of last year, anger from farmers at tax changes shows no
Claim list shows MPs who voted against deporting foreign rapists is False
There has been renewed controversy over the UK Government’s handling of grooming gangs in recent weeks. X owner Elon
‘Alarming’ environmental breaches spark calls for tougher action
Nuclear sites, King Charles’ childhood school and a famous battlefield were among nearly 1,000 sites across Scotland which broke
Scotland’s first safer consumption space opens its doors
With its coarse leaves, jaggy spikes and purple blooms – the thistle is known as Scotland’s national flower. Now it