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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Scots universities took funding from Chinese organisations with military links
Scottish universities have accepted millions of pounds from Chinese organisations with alleged links to the military, human rights abuses and
John Swinney rapped by stats regulator over attainment gap claim
First minister John Swinney has been rapped by the UK statistics regulator for making a misleading claim about Scottish education,
‘Can’t get a meeting in the diary’: Swinney made to wait for crunch meeting with Grangemouth billionaire
It took John Swinney two and a half months to secure a key meeting with Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the
Claim 37 per cent of Scots want to abolish Holyrood is Unsupported
The future of Holyrood was called into question this week, after claims that more than a third of Scots wanted
New bill to widen freedom of information law could cover firms providing public services
A new bill to widen freedom of information legislation in Scotland and cover private firms providing public services has been
Claim knife crime has reduced is Half True
Knife crime has made headlines in recent weeks, after the death of a boy at Irvine beach in May. Kayden
Scots charity in trans rights row after announcing change to bathroom access
A Scottish charity may be discriminating against transgender staff after announcing a change to bathroom access following the recent UK
Explainer: The Supreme Court gender ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision on how to legally define a woman under equality law is having a wide impact
Firm linked to Tory donors probed by UN over human rights allegations in Indonesia
Jardine Matheson's founders have been escribed as "ruthless drug runners". Today the firm is under scrutiny for its activities in another controversial industry.
‘Neo-Nazi’ group condemned for using children in by-election campaign
A far right group branded as neo-Nazi has been condemned for using children to promote its white nationalist politics
We investigated Who Runs Scotland. Here’s what we found out.
Who Runs Scotland? That’s the question we have been trying to answer in our latest series. Often, in media
Scottish Government claimed it would be ‘antisemitic’ to release information about secret meeting with Israel
The Scottish Government claimed it would be “antisemitic” to release information about Angus Robertson’s secret meeting with an Israeli