Radioactive air pollution from the nuclear weapons plant at Coulport, on the Clyde, has more than doubled over the last six years, prompting cancer warnings from campaigners. Emissions of the ...

A top Labour donor who has given the party millions under Keir Starmer’s leadership runs a hedge fund with shares in a private healthcare giant – which critics claim is profiting from the NHS crisis.

It’s more than 30 years since Phyllis Corish – who had just lost her 29-year-old brother and 34-year-old sister to drugs within weeks of each other – walked into the newly opened Rialto Community Drug ...

The number of nuclear safety incidents recorded by the Ministry of Defence at Faslane and Coulport on the Clyde has rocketed by a third in a year. We use cookies on our website that help us remember ...

The UK government has sold licences to oil giants to drill on the seabed in marine protected areas to store carbon dioxide, which will impact whales, dolphins and endangered birds, a Ferret ...

As the year winds down, we’re thrilled to share something extra-special with you: our limited edition Ferret the Halls holiday bundle! Packed with unique goodies, impactful journalism, and a bit of ...

Scotland’s approach to tackling climate change has come under criticism in recent years. A key target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 75 per cent by 2030 was scrapped in April, prompting climate ...

Gamebirds such as pheasants and partridges could be threatening the capercaillie which is a rare bird potentially facing extinction in the UK, The Ferret can reveal. In the UK, capercaillie – an ...

The organisers of Scotland’s next population census in 2021 have come under fire for hiring a firm whose US parent company is accused of helping torture prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in ...

Scotland’s drugs crisis is often in the news, as the government grapples with high rates of drug deaths and enduring poverty-linked drug misuse. Ferret Fact Service looked at the data behind the ...

Strathclyde University has been accused of failing to make progress on commitments — made more than two years ago — to research and acknowledge the institution’s historical ties to slavery. Students ...