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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Wildlife agency: beavers ‘good’ for eating and stuffing
The Scottish Government’s wildlife agency told farmers that beavers were “good to eat and could be used for taxidermy”
New figures for Scottish private finance schemes show taxpayers charged ‘extortionate’ fees
New figures published by the Scottish Government’s infrastructure quango suggest that taxpayers may be paying “excessive costs” for new
Scotland risks ‘lagging behind’ England on animal welfare rules for live exports
Scotland risks “lagging behind” England and Wales on animal welfare by not matching the UK Government’s pledge to ban
Claim Internal Market Bill could end Scotland’s free prescriptions and tuition is False
The controversial Internal Market Bill is heading back to the Commons after it passed its final reading in the House
Claim Rishi Sunak is responsible for £500 NHS staff bonus is False
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the Scottish Government will provide all health and social care workers in Scotland
Wildlife fears raised over Dumfries and Galloway pylon project
A 30-mile stretch of powerline through Dumfries and Galloway would pose a risk to “vulnerable wildlife populations,” according to
Revealed: Scottish wind farms owned in tax havens
One of Scotland’s leading wind power companies has come under attack for allegedly avoiding millions of pounds of tax
SNP diversity drive was ‘window dressing’, say party insiders
A major SNP drive to increase diversity amongst its MSPs has been accused by party insiders of being “window dressing”
Highland hunting clients paying up to £8,000 to shoot ‘trophy’ animals
A company promoting the trophy hunting of animals in northwest Scotland offers people the chance to shoot rare stags for
Alarm over plan to break up nuclear submarines at Hunterston
The company that runs the port at Hunterston in North Ayrshire wants to use it to break up the radioactive
SNP health minister wanted to stop freedom of information during Covid-19
Scotland’s health secretary wanted to suspend freedom of information (FoI) legislation in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to
Disclosure Scotland spends £8m on temporary staff amid “chaos” with new IT system
Scotland’s criminal records checking agency is continuing to spend millions of pounds to manually deal with disclosure applications more