Kat Hobbs, a spokesperson for campaign group Netpol, insists that while the threat of serious charges “is intended to scare people away from the streets”, the movement “shows no sign of letting up”. Read the full story: www.theferret.scot/palestine-protests-activists-or-terrorists/

🧵 For two years, photographer Rayna Carruthers has been documenting pro-Palestine protests in Scotland for The Ferret. Over 20 people now face potential terrorism charges—for holding signs, wearing T-shirts, attending peaceful demos.

“This experience has completely changed how I think about policing,” a mother whose child now fears going to sleep after seeing a violent arrest told The Ferret. Read more: www.theferret.scot/palestine-protests-activists-or-terrorists/

“You're like, ‘oh my god, this is the first time in my life I've ever been arrested’” www.theferret.scot/palestine-protests-activists-or-terrorists/

@theferret.scot is ten whole years old. It has a new look, a new website, and has switched from Wordpress to Ghost. www.theferret.scot

Our journalism changes things. For 10 years, we've held power to account in Scotland. Today: our fresh new look. Same mission. Still digging. Explore: theferret.scot Join us tonight at Drygate Glasgow, 7:30pm 🎉

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...

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...

Same mission. Fresh look. Landing 13.11.25

Green MSP Ariane Burgess said that if Scotland is “serious about reversing nature loss and tackling the climate emergency, we have to get deer densities down to levels that allow woodlands and peatlands to recover” theferret.scot/nearl...

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

Politicians, academics and conservationists agree that Scotland’s deer herd must be managed, but there are splits on what the process should look like theferret.scot/nearl...

The iconic but vastly overpopulated animals are harming famous locations, including Ben Nevis, Glen Coe, the Cairngorms and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national parks, and the critically rare Caledonian forest theferret.scot/nearl...

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...

"Our waters are for all of us, and people should be able to swim, bathe and relax safely" theferret.scot/scott...

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...

"In the build up to the 2026 election we need to see all parties commit to full transparency about the scale of pollution in Scotland" 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...

UK environment minister Steve Reed claimed water pollution in Scotland was worse than in England. We fact checked this as Mostly False. Now the UK Statistics Authority has stepped in. It said there was "the potential for people to be misled" by the minister's comments. bit.ly/3LbNopX

"This process is guaranteed to produce suffering en masse" theferret.scot/foota...

“These fish were violently handled, bludgeoned, thrown onto ice, and left to suffocate with devastating injuries in their final moments of life” theferret.scot/foota...

Abigail Penny, executive director of Animal Equality UK, said the footage – filmed over two days – shows fish exiting stunning machinery still conscious and “showing signs of pain” and trout being stunned and beaten, but not “adequately killed” theferret.scot/foota...

🔴 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...

"Given the vital importance of satellites to our daily lives, from weather forecasting to communication and navigation, private operators and manufacturers must be held to the highest standards of probity, particularly where they receive taxpayer cash" theferret.scot/max-p...

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...

"We need absolute transparency, not labyrinthine offshore corporate structures" 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...

"The government likes and believes in big business, largely because it has no idea how to resolve the real problems the nation faces and so assumes business does" theferret.scot/anger...

"Time and time again we have seen what happens when the private sector is allowed to determine the future of our energy industry – from Grangemouth to St Fittick’s Park, workers and communities are being run over roughshod on the whims of the wealthy" theferret.scot/anger...

Grassroots organisations say Scotland’s £500m ‘just transition’ fund has been “captured” by corporate interests – including oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood theferret.scot/anger...

"We ask for more transparency in this situation and for all companies involved within our two freeports" theferret.scot/globa...

Scotland’s biggest waste incinerators released over one million tonnes of CO₂ in 2024, a record high. Campaigners say ministers have “lost control” of waste burning theferret.scot/scotl...

The Ferret’s investigation prompted the grassroots campaign group Scotland Not For Sale to argue that if taxpayers’ money is invested in private companies, the public should have a right to information about the sale price and any profits involved theferret.scot/globa...

The port, in Easter Ross on the Cromarty Firth, is important for the Highland economy and green energy. Decisions about its future will now be made in Japan theferret.scot/globa...

"It’s striking that so many of Scotland’s worst polluters are incinerators" theferret.scot/scotl...

🔴 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...

Emissions from five major Scottish incinerators now exceed those of some of the country’s usual big polluters, including fossil fuel sites like the now-closed Grangemouth refinery and Peterhead power station. Find out more: theferret.scot/scotl...

🔴 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...

“For a long time, the natural world was regarded as so big that what we did didn’t matter – and now we’re at this terrible stage where we might have gone too far.” theferret.scot/orkne...

One campaigner said the spread of industrial chemicals to some of Scotland’s most remote waters was “really heartbreaking” theferret.scot/orkne...

“We just need to turn off the tap of these chemicals” theferret.scot/orkne...

🔴 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...

Once repackaged by the IDF, an electricity box from a Scottish museum workshop became part of a secret Iranian bunker, and a street corner from suburban Washington was proof of a Hamas command centre. Find out more: theferret.scot/idf-s...

"It is a sign of how little regard they have for the truth when they are incorrectly taking images from museums, and it underlines that we cannot trust a word that they say" theferret.scot/idf-s...

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...