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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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
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
Nuclear convoy collisions and breakdowns exposed
The nuclear bomb convoys that shuttle across the country have reported 43 safety incidents in the last three years, according
‘Hypocritical’ Scottish universities slammed for unethical investments
Scottish universities have been branded “hypocritical” for investing tens of millions in the arms trade, fossil fuels, minimum wage employers
Cover-up alleged after pollution from oil rig revealed
The UK coastguard agency has been accused of a pollution “cover-up” over the oil rig that ran aground in
£74m: the cost of guarding nuclear bombs and submarines
More than £74 million of public money is spent every year to guard Trident warheads and nuclear submarines on the
Scots politicians back UN call for Yemen war crimes investigation
Scots politicians have backed a call by the UN for an independent investigation into alleged war crimes in Yemen. Launching
SNP promise to ditch Trident dissed by US diplomats
The US Embassy in London dismissed Scottish Government plans to get rid of Trident after independence, according to secret cables
Oil rig firm under fire for accidents, leaks and safety breaches
The multinational whose rig ran aground on the island of Lewis last week was implicated in one of the world’
Code on bomb debris links Scots firms to alleged war crime
A US arms multinational with a factory in Scotland has been linked to an alleged war crime in Yemen via