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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Trump and big name polluters damned as ‘poor’ by government watchdog
Donald Trump’s golf resort in Aberdeenshire has been condemned as “poor” for sewage pollution by the Scottish Government’s
Sturgeon pulls out of event after BBC invites Trump guru Steve Bannon
First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has pulled out of an Edinburgh conference after learning that former Trump strategist, Steve Bannon, has
Hard Brexit threat to Scotland’s ferries and harbours
A hard Brexit from the European Union threatens the maintenance of Scotland’s ageing ferry fleet and harbours vital for
Claim you can get cocaine faster than pizza in Glasgow is Half True
Drug use in Scotland was in the spotlight as BBC Question Time came to Scotland. The programme, broadcast from inside
Claim Richard Leonard supported the Leave campaign in Brexit vote is False
Brexit and a second independence referendum have been predictable talking points at the SNP party conference. The party’s deputy
Keep siblings together: Call for law to stop separation of brothers and sisters in care
They are too often ripped apart right when they need each other most, causing distress, pain and fracturing once rock-
Tory MPs back Cayman Islands tax haven after £18,000 trip
Four Tory MPs have been accused of defending the “secrecy industry” after vowing to support the Cayman Islands Government’s
Claim Scotland spends 10 times more per person on social housing than England is Half True
Theresa May has announced a funding boost for social housing across the UK, saying that £2bn has been earmarked to
‘I can be forthright’, says Fergus Ewing on bullying claim
Cabinet secretary Fergus Ewing has admitted he can be “forthright” and that he said sorry to an official who complained
Information watchdog names bodies probed for ‘failures’
The Scottish Information Commissioner has intervened in ten different public agencies to try and remedy transparency failings over the last
Fergus Ewing faced ‘at least one’ bullying complaint
Cabinet secretary and veteran Scottish nationalist, Fergus Ewing MSP, has apologised to a government official who made a recent allegation
Far-right Scots vlogger named in report on YouTube extremist networks
YouTube provides a network for far right extremists such as Scot Colin Robertson, aka Millennial Woes, to promote white supremacist
