Ferret Underground: Housing

Alastair Brian Sep 10, 2026

Adult adoptees are taking desperate measures to obtain their family ‘health histories’

Adult adoptees are calling for access to genetic testing to address the ‘health gap’ caused by their lack of information about genetically inherited conditions.

Katharine Quarmby Sep 6, 2026

Pollution

More than 50 rivers polluted by toxic chemicals used to treat fleas on pets

Wildlife is under threat from water pollution caused by pesticides which are hazardous, widespread and persist for years.

Rob Edwards Sep 4, 2026

Divest Lothian

2 articles

Politics and power

Revealed: Lothian Pension Fund’s hidden stake in firm piping Russian gas

Lothian Pension Fund has a hidden stake in a firm which runs coal power plants and controls part of a

Paul Dobson Jul 2, 2023

Politics and power

Councillors call for local government pension funds to bin fossil fuels

Councillors from four rival political parties have called on Scottish local government pension funds to end their investments in fossil

Paul Dobson May 17, 2022