Ministry of Defence under pressure on Trident balloon accident
Local people filmed a large balloon meant to provide last-ditch communications in a nuclear war deflating and crashing. But the Ministry of Defence won’t say anything about it.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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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
Scottish Government ‘breaking promise’ on EU dead fish dumping rules
Scottish ministers have been accused of breaking their promise to uphold European environmental rules by “legalising” the dumping of dead
Councils could be “massively underestimating” their climate emissions
Concerns have been raised that Scottish local authorities are “massively underestimating” their carbon footprints, after an external review of one
Fact check: Jamie Greene’s sentencing claims
The Scottish Conservatives have routinely criticised the Scottish Government’s approach to justice matters in recent years, with a particular
Far right group accused of trying to “stir up hatred” in Glasgow
Anti-racism groups have warned that a far right group which allegedly distributed leaflets in Glasgow’s south side includes
Claim SNP delivered over 105,000 affordable homes is True
With the cost of living crisis growing, debate around the need for affordable and social housing has been intensifying, with
FFS explains: What powers do councils have?
Scotland’s council elections are approaching, with voters across the country set to cast their ballots. Many parties have campaigned
Brexit Bonus: Peer banks £90k for Cairnryan lorry park lease
A hereditary peer has been paid £90,000 by the Scottish Government so that a former airfield can be used
Councils spent almost £300m on private firms ‘profiting from misery’ of homelessness
Councils have been accused of a “moral failure” to provide decent housing to homeless people and of overseeing a “fiscal
Chinese-state owned firm lobbied government to reduce wind farm rents
A company owned by the Chinese government lobbied a Scottish minister to reduce the rent it will pay at a
Fact Check: The Big Power Off
Protests against the increase in energy bills across the UK have intensified in recent weeks, with one particular action getting
Scottish Water raised ‘deep concern’ about cutting price rise, despite sewage overflows
Scottish Water agreed to keep prices in line with inflation due to a request from the Scottish Government, but said