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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Home Secretary urged to protect refugee women from violence
The Home Secretary should answer urgent questions on why refugee women – as well as others with insecure immigration status – are
Oops: MoD releases secret Nato report
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accidentally released a secret Nato report with codewords, ciphers, co-ordinates, radio frequencies and
Woman charged with peeing at Trump golf course
Police Scotland have been accused of acting as Donald Trump’s private security force after charging a 61-year-old
Revealed: fox hunt master’s donations to pro-hunt Tories
A hedge fund manager who leads a fox hunt accused of breaking the law made several financial donations to leading
Ministers told to release Prince Charles letters
Scotland’s information watchdog has found the Scottish Government guilty of breaching freedom of information law by keeping ‘black spider’
Named: MSPs forced to repay £12,000 claimed in expenses
A trove of documents released by the Scottish Parliament show that two former MSPs who shared a constituency office in
Information watchdog under renewed fire for election bias
Scotland’s freedom of information commissioner, Rosemary Agnew, has unreservedly apologised for a “misleading” email suggesting she would delay decisions
An eye witness to Yemen’s forgotten war
An eye witness to Yemen’s forgotten war has revealed the trauma faced by children on a daily basis in
Police Scotland self-regulation on biometric data ‘must end’
Civil liberties groups have backed the conclusions of an investigation into Police Scotland calling for changes to the way biometric
Peers living in Scotland cost £1.8m per year
Sixty four peers living in Scotland shared a payout of £1.83m from tax payers in just one year, The
Co-operative Bank closes human rights group’s account
A pro-Palestinian organisation that opposes human rights violations in the Occupied Territories has been told by the Co-operative
Government deletes statement supporting underground coal gasification
The Scottish Government has deleted a statement backing plans for underground coal gasification (UCG) from its website after a complaint