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The Ferret's 10th birthday party! 🎉 Thursday 13 Nov, Drygate Glasgow. Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ set, cake, raffle. Celebrating a decade of journalism that changes things + launching our new look. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...

Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

Last week we reported that Edinburgh University students were “interrogated” by police over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military.

Nearly 300 protected areas are being damaged or put at risk by Scotland’s rampant deer population, including breeding grounds for capercaillie – a bird facing extinction, The Ferret can reveal. theferret.scot/nearl...

🔴 Students working in Edinburgh University were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military, prompting dozens to sign a letter of complaint. theferret.scot/edinb...

Campaigners warned of a “Scottish sewage scandal” and said the findings suggest the public is “being put at risk” even at “supposedly excellent quality beaches” theferret.scot/scott...

🔴 NEW: High levels of faecal bacteria were recorded at dozens of Scotland’s best beaches this summer. Campaigners say swimmers and paddlers could be at risk, but ministers and regulators insist water quality remains high. Our latest: theferret.scot/scott...

🔴 NEW: Footage of farmed trout apparently suffocating, haemorrhaging, and being beaten with batons in a slaughterhouse has prompted an official complaint to a government regulator. Our latest: theferret.scot/foota...

Our findings have prompted a call for firms in receipt of taxpayers’ money with offshore links to be more “transparent” about their funding and manufacturers of potentially high risk operations in space to be “held to the highest standards” theferret.scot/max-p...

🔴 NEW: The Ukrainian owner of Scotland’s first rocket firm with a space launch licence — backed by millions in public funds — has historic links to offshore dating and gambling businesses, including one called I Am Naughty, The Ferret can reveal. theferret.scot/max-p...

The Ferret has been covering the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry for over three years. Now the Bayoh family's lawyer warns the legal establishment has delivered “a wrecking ball” to the inquiry from which it may never recover.

🎉 The Ferret is 10! Join us 13 Nov at Drygate, Glasgow for live music, dancing & our brand refresh. Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ GAMING, Tam Dean Burn hosting. 7:30pm | £15 (£10 members) Pay-what-you-can tickets available. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...

📢 We've been nominated for a British Journalism Award for our environmental reporting. Well done to @billybriggs24.bsky.social, @paul.theferret.scot and @robedwards5.bsky.social 🎉 pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...

🔴 NEW: A company that sold a major Highland port for an undisclosed sum to a Japanese firm received over £30m of taxpayers’ money – including £10m just a few months ahead of the sale. Our latest: theferret.scot/globa...

🔴 NEW: Climate pollution from the burning of rubbish in Scotland has almost doubled in five years, according to new data, with some incinerators releasing higher amounts of toxic chemicals than ever before in 2024. Our latest investigation: bit.ly/4o0zDZH

🔴 NEW: Community groups claim they have been “shut out” of the Scottish Government’s flagship just transition fund due to “corporate capture” with the vast majority of money from the £500m pot going to the private sector. Read more: theferret.scot/anger...

🔴 NEW: Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health risks known as ‘forever chemicals’. Our latest investigation: theferret.scot/orkne...

I started working on this research in my spare time with a small group of fellow journos/artists — Nicole Vögele, @jakecharlesrees.bsky.social , & Robin Kötzle — after noticing recurring patterns in IDF 3D videos last year The Ferret (via @billybriggs24.bsky.social): theferret.scot/idf-scottish...

A months-long investigation by The Ferret and a group of international journalists found there have been 40 propaganda animations produced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the past two years – including several using the Scottish Maritime Museum’s 3D scans theferret.scot/idf-s...

🔴 NEW: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) used 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine in propaganda videos for its operations in Gaza, Iran and Syria. Our latest: theferret.scot/idf-s...

🔴NEW: At least 20 racist incidents took place in Scotland last month including attacks on mosques and asylum hotels, alleged assaults – and the jailing of a neo-Nazi for slashing a student in the face with a knife. Find out more: bit.ly/477AYHY

🔴 On the day the Tories pledge to repeal the climate change act, we reveal one of their senior politicians in Scotland has been “cosying up” to the UK’s “main climate denial group”. bit.ly/4763mtZ

In Brechin, Storm Babet brought the worst flooding residents could remember. Nearly two years on, many are still struggling to recover. Our latest: theferret.scot/commu...

An SNP MP claimed English drug deaths had been 'written out of the figures'. This is not accurate. theferret.scot/claim...

🔴 NEW: Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and bad stewardship”, according to a new report. Our latest: theferret.scot/shetl...

🔴 NEW: Scottish companies are roping NHS and council workers into veiled tax avoidance schemes that could see them hit with big unexpected tax bills. Find out more: theferret.scot/scots...

NEW: Reporters at the Pentagon have been told they can no longer report information which has not been approved. Those who refuse will lose their press credentials - Washington Post

🔴 More than 90 per cent of applications to use residential properties as short-term lets in a Highland region in the midst of a housing crisis have been approved since last year. Find out more: theferret.scot/short...

Highlanders have warned of a “dire” situation in relation to affordable housing, in part driven by the proliferation of houses being used as short-term let accommodation theferret.scot/short...

🔴 NEW: Intense behind-the-scenes lobbying by the multinational whisky industry forced the Scottish Government’s green watchdog to back down on plans to toughen pollution controls, The Ferret can reveal. Read the full story: theferret.scot/whisk...

Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them. This is getting very dark, very quick.

#BBCNews - Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn leader released from prison early www.bbc.com/news/article...

🔴 NEW: The boss of the University of Edinburgh is facing calls to “come clean” over earnings from a second job, amid staff strikes and mounting redundancies theferret.scot/mathi...

Claim about the costs of asylum support, benefit fraud and tax avoidance is Mostly False theferret.scot/claim-costs-...

Reform and Nigel Farage have tried to pin the closure of the Grangemouth refinery at net zero's door. But what role, if any, did climate policy play in its closure? FFS took a closer look👉 theferret.scot/why-g...

Controversial statements, inflammatory speeches, and footage of confrontation. Our investigation explores the rise in anti-migrant protests and the groups linked to them: theferret.scot/far-r...

🔴 NEW: Anti-migrant protests are becoming more common in Scotland. We investigated the groups attending, the messages being shared, and what’s at stake. Here's what we found: theferret.scot/far-r...

🔴 NEW: Angus Robertson had the minutes of his controversial meeting with an Israeli diplomat changed after a public backlash – because he feared his call for a Gaza ceasefire was “lost” in the original version. Our latest: theferret.scot/angus...

The UN says companies supplying gas to Israel help entrench the occupation. One of them could soon profit from a major newUK’ oil field. Our investigation into Rosebank and Ithaca Energy: theferret.scot/ithac...

🔴 NEW: Families have been left paying thousands of pounds a year for childcare because Edinburgh City Council has reneged on a flagship Scottish Government policy that promises all children more than 1,000 hours of free care at a nursery of their choice, it has been claimed 🧵

We also see The Herald has now picked up Rob's investigation from May about the rise in nuclear incidents that could leak radioactivity. You can read the full story here: theferret.scot/nuclear-inci...

This week we've been pleased to see @robedwards5.bsky.social's investigation into radioactive pollution in Loch Long being widely picked up by other media. Thanks to those who credited us and to members for supporting our work. 💪https://theferret.scot/radioactive-waste-pollution-nuclear-plant/

🔴 NEW: An arms lobby group urged the UK and Scottish Governments to crack down on Palestine Action more than a month before the group was proscribed, documents released to The Ferret reveal. Find out more: theferret.scot/ads-g...

🔴 NEW: A company controlled by billionaire media baron Rupert Murdoch, a US military aircraft producer, and a Clyde port owner with an alleged history of tax avoidance are among the tax haven firms given £77m by the Scottish Government. Our latest: bit.ly/4fu0cD8

🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal. Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...

🔴 NEW: Scotland’s biggest fish farming company is to stop using lumpfish to remove sea-lice from salmon, after The Ferret revealed tens of thousands of the so-called cleaner fish had died at one of the firm’s Highland sites. Our latest: theferret.scot/mowi-...