Named: the salmon farms rapped over animal welfare
In the past the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency kept secret the salmon farms it censured on animal welfare grounds. Now it has changed its mind.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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Sepa quietly scrapped 1,000 information requests
Nearly 1,000 unanswered information requests have been binned by the Scottish Government’s environmental watchdog without requesters being told.
Podcast: UK Government rhetoric puts torture survivors at risk, says top psychotherapist
The UK Government is “whipping up hatred” against asylum seekers and putting vulnerable people at “real risk” from harm, according
Force public bodies to ditch access fees for running events, ministers urged
Ministers must force public bodies to ditch land access restrictions and fees as high as £700, which have set “a
For Fact’s Sake podcast: How are online scammers using artificial intelligence?
On this week’s podcast we are talking online scams. Things have moved on from the generous Nigerian Prince offering
Scottish Government accused of funding ‘marketplace of death’ with £8m in public grants
The Scottish Government has given over £8m in public grants to companies exhibiting at a London arms fair hosting states
Claim one in four Scots children is in poverty is True
First minister Humza Yousaf set out the Scottish Government’s priorities for the next year on Tuesday. After his statement
Pentland land managers’ access fees and rules see running events cancelled
Outdoor events popular for decades in the Pentland Hills have been cancelled this year due to new restrictions and price
Far right Homeland member loses shotgun licence
A member of a new political group formed by a far right activist in Skye has lost his shotgun licence
‘National embarrassment’: famous footpath stays closed
A Scottish Government agency has again delayed plans to re-open a famous and popular footpath in Edinburgh, prompting angry denunciations
Corran ferry: Community councils say issues causing depopulation
Six Highland community councils have united to pressure the local authority to fix long standing issues at a ferry crossing
Claim Patrick Harvie said industry must die is False
A fictionalised video portraying first minister Humza Yousaf and Green minister Patrick Harvie being rated by the investors in Dragon’
Just two communities bid for right to buy neglected land in five years
Just two communities have applied to take neglected land into public ownership since the Scottish Government launched the initiative more