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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Claim Bolton had lower Covid-19 rate than Dundee is Mostly True
The Scottish Government announced at the end of last week that it was restricting travel between Scotland and the northern
More than one million patients unable to opt out of NHS plan to share personal data
A £63m plan to exploit NHS medical records has been criticised for failing to offer patients a choice over whether
The FFS Show Episode 9: How will pupil assessments work this year and did Nicola Sturgeon miss COBRA meetings?
The FFS Show is back with some more fact checks of claims you may have seen online… This week Ali
Scottish Government ‘resisted’ calls to give apology over forced adoptions
The Scottish Government had decided not to apologise to victims of historic forced adoption before meeting with a leading campaigner,
Emails reveal Scottish ministers snubbed by Priti Patel over immigration raid
A series of urgent emails from the heart of the Scottish Government on the day of a Home Office immigration
Lothian Pension Fund drops Israeli bank at centre of divestment campaign
Lothian Pension Fund no longer holds shares in an Israeli bank which finances illegal West Bank settlements, prompting pro-Palestinian
FFS explains: SNP mandate and a second referendum
The SNP returned 64 MSPs in the Scottish Parliament election, and formed a minority government, which will again look for
Lobbyist volunteered to help anti-SNP campaign in Scottish election
A senior lobbyist with an international consulting company volunteered to help a Facebook group running anti-SNP adverts during the
Bee-killing pesticide treatment for fish farms backed by Scottish Government
The Scottish Government is paving the way for the multinational salmon farming industry to start using a toxic pesticide blamed
FFS explains: Scottish independence, the EU and a ‘hard border’
The SNP has pledged to hold another independence referendum “after the Covid crisis is over”. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has
Far right groups are exploiting concern over the environment
Green groups and an anti-racism organisation have warned that far right activists are trying to exploit people’s concern
FFS explains: Scottish Greens, Independent Green Voice and the lost MSPs
Following the Scottish Parliament election the Scottish Greens claimed it had potentially missed out on winning two additional seats due