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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Charity head remained in post almost four years after disqualification
A high-profile recipient of a major Scottish Government grant remained as head of a charity for almost four years
Ineos boss lobbied Osborne to bust unions and back fracking
Jim Ratcliffe, the boss of Grangemouth petrochemical giant Ineos, secretly lobbied George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer
Angry far right posts are dominating political Facebook
A trove of Facebook reaction data shows that right wing parties have become adept at using anger to outperform their
Five-star hospitality for education advisers will ‘stun taxpayers’
Members of a Scottish Government advisory group on education have enjoyed five-star luxury at an exclusive Edinburgh hotel and
Trump to miss out on Scottish council rates cut
A Scottish council is designing a £3 million rates relief scheme to try and avoid giving money to Donald Trump
RAF trained air force accused of war crimes in Yemen
The UK trained an air force at the centre of war crime allegations in Yemen how to carry out airstrikes
Revealed: the places you’re more likely to be killed by cars
The dangers of death or serious injury from traffic accidents have been exposed as a “postcode lottery” by the lack
New campaign to scrap Scotland’s private finance schemes
The Scottish Government is under increasing pressure to abandon its private finance schemes following revelations by The Ferret and The
New figures prompt claims of ‘no confidence’ in Scots counter terror policy
New figures obtained by The Ferret show that just three people in Scotland have been identified as at risk of
Pollution watchdog using polluters to help hire staff
Scotland’s environmental watchdog has been accused of being “in bed” with multinational companies after inviting the whisky industry to
Nuclear firm under fire for bid to double reactor cracks
The nuclear industry is bidding behind closed doors to relax safety standards by doubling the number of cracks allowed in
Port chief denies conflict of interest claims over new firms
The chief executive of a port authority under fire in the Scottish Highlands has denied an alleged conflict of interests