MoD confirms potential Scottish bomb sites after Ferret revelations
Government names areas being assessed for new munitions plants after The Ferret uncovers hidden details in a botched FoI response.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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Revealed: the £932m cost of private finance projects
Private finance schemes to fund roads and hospitals have blasted a £932 million hole in the Scottish Government’s budget
Exposed: the abusive pirates trying to avoid fishing laws
An intelligence network aimed at helping hundreds of fishermen avoid getting caught fishing illegally around Scotland’s coast has been
Hundreds of vulnerable asylum seekers held despite doctors’ fears
Nearly 300 vulnerable asylum seekers held in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre were refused release over a four-year period despite doctors
Council accused of ‘squandering’ public assets after pool sale
The City of Edinburgh Council has been accused of “squandering” public assets after locals discovered that a private firm that
Government watchdog under fire for food fraud ‘cover-up’
Scotland’s food watchdog is being accused of a “cover-up” after it attempted to discredit revelations about the alleged mislabelling
Mapped: the hundreds of firms condemned for ‘poor’ pollution performance
Faslane, Ineos and BP are among hundreds of industrial sites across Scotland condemned by the government’s green watchdog for
SNP MPs wined and dined by arms companies
An SNP politician who criticised UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia has received more than £400 worth of hospitality from
Fish farm firm kills 175,000 salmon by accident
One of the world’s largest fish farming companies has accidentally killed more than 175,000 of its caged salmon
No-one caught for drone drug deliveries to prisons
No-one has been caught for using drones to smuggle contraband drugs, tobacco and mobile phones into Scottish Prisons despite a
Scottish Government tells Glasgow not to ban fracking
Glasgow City Council has been prevented from banning fracking by Scottish Government officials. The government’s planning unit made the
US arms firm linked to alleged war crimes had 57 private meetings with UK Government
A US arms firm in Fife linked to war crimes in Yemen has enjoyed at least 57 private meetings with
Revealed: slow progress of Scotland’s air gun licence scheme
Victims of air rifles have criticised the speed of the Scottish Government’s air gun licence scheme after a Ferret