Energy giant SSE may keep Peterhead power station 10 years longer than planned, which critics fear could “blow an enormous ...

Human rights checks on firms seeking grants will be tightened following criticism those supplying states accused of war ...

A Scottish charity may be discriminating against transgender staff after announcing a change to bathroom access following the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act, say legal experts.

Who Runs Scotland? That’s the question we have been trying to answer in our latest series. Often, in media coverage, it seems that the power in our country lies entirely within the Scottish Parliament ...

The power and influence of the wealthiest in society has been one of the main themes of The Ferret’s Who Runs Scotland series. We’ve looked at how powerful people and actors have leveraged their ...

Releasing pheasants into the countryside may boost the risk of humans catching Lyme disease, according to new research from universities and the UK Health Security Agency. The study, published in the ...

Fossil fuel giants, influential PR firms and the short-term lets industry are among the top lobbyists of the Scottish Government since John Swinney became first minister, The Ferret can reveal. Energy ...

Reform UK’s Richard Tice boasted putting solar panels on his company’s properties could help tenants with their bills – despite publicly claiming people are being “ripped off” by the renewables ...

The new chairman of the Scottish Conservatives led a company which admitted benefitting from “corrupt payments” made to a Russian firm. Oil drilling multi-national Abbot Group told prosecutors it ...

Residents of Leith’s famous “banana flats” claim Edinburgh City Council is breaching their human rights after persistent issues with toxic black mould, faulty lifts, drug dealing, and problems with ...

Nuclear sites, King Charles’ childhood school and a famous battlefield were among nearly 1,000 sites across Scotland which broke environmental rules in the past two years. The Dounreay nuclear ...

The Scottish Government’s nature agency is to axe a free service for people needing advice on bats in a move critics fear could result in “desperate householders” illegally destroying bat roosts. From ...