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 ...

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

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 ...

A Scots political activist who shared white supremacist views and performed the Nazi salute has claimed he will remain a member of Restore Britain, despite internal party concerns over his past ...

Wealthy landowners including a Swedish aristocrat, the family of a former prime minister and a Tory donor are earning millions in rent from wind farms which are subsidised by the public’s energy bills ...

You probably haven't heard of him, but one out of every five pounds banked by Scottish parties came from his fortune. Robin MacGeachy’s wealth was made in the obscure business of gas generators for ...