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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MP under fire for staff day at the races as guests of Qatar government
Human rights campaigners have criticised Scottish Liberal Democrat MP, Alistair Carmichael, and his team after two of his researchers were
Claim a Customs Union deal means not leaving the EU is False
Richard Madeley has waded into the Brexit debate, after an exchange with a campaigner on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
Scotland urged to reject sex work policy linked to violent crime increase in Ireland
Campaigners have called for Scotland’s lawmakers to reject a sex work policy after recent statistics showed that violent crime
Aberdeenshire residents urge council to say sorry for backing Trump
Aberdeenshire Council is facing calls to apologise for supporting the development of Donald Trump’s golf course in Menie, which
Tories accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ after £120k spent on Mundell’s foreign trips
The SNP has slammed Conservative criticism of Nicola Sturgeon’s foreign visits after it emerged that the UK government’s
Anti-EU party standing for Leith ‘shameless’ for joining EU-funded group
A staunchly anti-EU party standing for the City of Edinburgh Council is a member of a far right group
Claim Scottish banknotes are not ‘legal tender’ in England is True
Judy Murray has reignited one of Scotland’s oldest debates after her Scottish banknotes were rejected in a London cake
Revealed: how the food industry is trying to block health bans
The multinational food and drink industry has been lobbying hard to try and defeat Scottish Government plans to combat the
How did Scottish MPs vote over Brexit?
Recent weeks have seen a dizzying number of votes at Westminster as MPs decide how best to deal (or no-
Scotland’s richest MSP’s firm pockets £185,000 in business grant ‘shambles’
Scotland’s richest MSP is under pressure to return a £185,000 property development grant after bungling officials failed to
Claim an independent Scotland would need to join the euro is Mostly False
A debate on television led to significant discussion online after a Sky News host and SNP politician Ian Blackford disagreed
Westminster bill risks ‘flood’ of foreign dark money into politics
A Westminster bill to scrap a time limit on donations to political parties from UK citizens living abroad could unleash