Investigative journalism for Scotland.

The Ferret did a deep dive to explain why a bird cull on Lewis dating back centuries is causing outrage amid claims it's a ...

Millions of pounds from a flagship Scottish Government environmental fund has been mispent by councils, The Ferret can reveal. The Nature Restoration Fund (NRF) – part of a strategy to tackle Scotland ...

A Scottish wind farm has been bought by a company whose founder and major shareholder is a right-wing US media mogul who has donated to Donald Trump. In March, an arm of Liberty Global bought the ...

Tourism and fishing associations in Shetland have voiced alarm and concern about the plans, while campaigners condemn space ...

Jamie is an investigative journalist who writes on issues such as illicit finance, dark money, political influence, land ownership, nature, the environment and far right extremism. He loves puns but ...

Paul is an investigative journalist with a focus on the environment, energy and climate change. His work has been featured by Channel 4 News and the UK’s leading newspapers. When not Ferreting he can ...

Andy Burnham arrived at Westminster this week with the confidence of a northerner who’s forgotten that London is borderline uninhabitable during a heatwave. The parliamentary Labour Party has agreed ...

The Scottish Government has been accused of trying to “manipulate the record” of its meeting with an Israeli diplomat after documents released to The Ferret show it changed the official minutes of the ...