Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
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UK’s second-hand clothing pollutes African nations
On Korle-Gonno beach in Accra, Ghana’s bustling capital, reams of tangled clothing are burrowed into the sand. “They go
Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions explained
With the eyes of the world focussed on the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland’s own carbon emissions are
FFS explains: Scottish independence, the EU and a ‘hard border’
The SNP has pledged to hold another independence referendum “after the Covid crisis is over”. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has
Do ‘mature democracies’ deny 16-year-olds the right to vote?
In 2015, a change in the law meant 16 and 17-year-olds were allowed to vote in Scottish elections nationally and
Charlotte Street Partners lobbying for Rupert Murdoch papers
Influential PR firm Charlotte Street Partners is lobbying on behalf of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper titles in Scotland, The Ferret
The carnage and crisis of Mosul
“Daesh put its fighters on the top three floors of the hospital while patients were still downstairs…there were even
Film tells asylum seeker stories of alleged G4S intimidation
A new film The Asylum Market features testimony from asylum seekers, including a victim of human trafficking, alleging intimidation and
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
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
Westminster ‘lied’ on Trident independence
Successive Westminster governments have deceived the public by pretending that Trident is a British bomb when it’s actually American,
Mobile phone firms secretly help government deploy spy technology
The operators of all four major mobile phone networks have been criticised after documents obtained by The Ferret reveal that
Scots police had access to GCHQ spy programme
Top secret documents revealing that Scots police forces had access to a GCHQ spy programme collecting information on people’s