Climate and the Environment Wealthy landowners are making millions from Scottish wind farms. You’re subsidising them Our latest investigation has found the financial rewards of Scotland’s energy transition are being unevenly distributed. The money earned by landowners often dwarfs the payments that wind farm developers make to local communities. Louis Boyd-Madsen, Paul Dobson May 10, 2026
Fact Checks Claim SNP government only increased teacher numbers by 75 is Mostly True Conservative candidate Meghan Gallacher made the claim in a special education debate hosted by the BBC. Alastair Brian May 7, 2026
Denoiser Businessmen and wealthy donors are bankrolling Scottish politics. Who are they? The Ferret did a deep dive into the Electoral Commission’s donation records to find out who was funding Scotland's political parties. Jamie Mann May 6, 2026
Society Claim Scots have lower immunity to Covid-19 Mostly True Concern was raised this week after World Health Organization (WHO) data showed that of the 10 European locations with the Ferret Journalists Jul 10, 2021
Politics and power Claim Bolton had lower Covid-19 rate than Dundee is Mostly True The Scottish Government announced at the end of last week that it was restricting travel between Scotland and the northern Ferret Journalists Jun 24, 2021
Society Claim of multiple deaths in Scotland from Covid vaccine Half True A blog shared hundreds of times on social media has claimed that the Covid-19 vaccine has been listed multiple times Ferret Journalists May 31, 2021
Society How ‘Kent variant’ Covid-19 spread throughout Scotland New data obtained by The Ferret shows how a more infectious ‘Kent’ variant of Covid-19 spread rapidly throughout Scotland to Ally Tibbitt Mar 9, 2021