Tierney and McLean send Scotland to World Cup with thrilling win against Denmark

The MoD meant to hide its shortlist for new arms factories. Instead, bad redactions exposed them all — including Grangemouth. Read the full story 👉 www.theferret.scot/m...

MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition

💥 Spotlight's Helen Taylor is quoted in this jaw-dropping expose by @theferret.scot's @jamiermann.bsky.social. She says: “The fact that a Kremlin-decorated oligarch stills holds significant property interests in the UK is a shocking indictment of the many gaps in our defences against dirty money”.

🔴 EXCLUSIVE: The Ministry of Defence has apologised after it accidentally leaked secret documents to The Ferret revealing it was considering Grangemouth and other sites across the UK for new arms factories. Read the full story: bit.ly/4i5MZSg

“It is far too easy for the true owners of property to hide behind secret trusts and offshore structures.” Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town www.theferret.scot/r...

🔴 NEW: A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a property portfolio in the UK under the veil of secretive offshore trusts. Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences www.theferret.scot/r...

🧵 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.

“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/

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 🎉

@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

🔴 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...

It's pretty shocking that a vital piece of energy infrastructure could be sold to someone with so many questions to answer about the legality of their business dealings www.source-material.org/mazzagatti-v...

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.

📢 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...

GB News paid a visit to Govanhill recently to find out what ‘the locals’ think about the Palestine-Saltire flags on Vicky Road. They only managed to speak to three people – who unsurprisingly were not happy. We asked the same question…results may vary 👀 www.greatergovanhill.com/latest/local...

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

🔴 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: 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: 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

We're looking forward to joining @foescot.bsky.social on October 29 to talk lobbying and the fossil fuel industry. @muteswann.bsky.social & @rosewhiff.bsky.social will explore the importance of transparency around influence at Westminster & Holyrood. 🔗 act.foe.scot/nat_meeting_lobbying_edinburgh

It’s Recruitment time again… This time I’m looking for a Business Support Manager to join our @foi.scot team Full details at www.foi.scot/current-vaca...

Crazy but fascinating story.

🔴 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...

“Absurdly, Ireland’s government owns more Scottish offshore wind than the Scottish Government does.” Our new ‘Who Owns ScotWind?’ data with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social is covered by @dailyrecord.co.uk.web.brid.gy

🔴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

Lord Malcolm Offord of Garvel – the Scottish Tory treasurer – will join a panel hosted by "climate denial" group the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester next week. bit.ly/4763mtZ

🔴 NEW: The Scottish Government’s green watchdog has been urging the Royal Navy to remove potentially radioactive waste from the UK nuclear bomb base on the Clyde to reduce the risk of leaks and pollution. Find out more: theferret.scot/navy-...

In 2012, a flood forced Dr Fiona Work out of her home in Edzell for 10 months. Eleven years later, the village flood group she helped form saved the community during Storm Babet. Our latest: theferret.scot/new-a...

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...

🔴 NEW: Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

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

Islanders told researchers they had no direct word from SaxaVord about an explosion during a rocket test in 2024 or the suspension of building work in 2023 theferret.scot/shetl...

🔴 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...

This Scottish Government-backed jobs app was billed by ministers as “critical” to Scotland’s ‘just transition’ away from fossil fuels. Five months in, it has attracted just 200 users. bit.ly/47OBSdq

We’re hosting an Open Newsroom in Aberdeen to hear directly from you. What does a 'just transition' mean for the North East? What stories aren’t being told? Grab a ticket and come tell us: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

🔴 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...

🔴 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...

As staff at Edinburgh Uni strike over job cuts, the principal is under pressure to reveal whether he’s being paid for a second job at a company with historic ties to the university. Our latest: theferret.scot/mathi...

I was interviewed by the freelance journalist, Jackie Kemp, about the #FOI story revealing that Loch Long had been polluted by radioactive waste from Scotland's nuclear bomb depot at Coulport. jackie125.substack.com/p/how-a-six-...

🔴 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...

🔍 Did the UK Government give £600m to an Ineos plant in Belgium while failing to back Grangemouth? FFS took a look at this and other claims about the refinery and found the truth is a bit more complicated 👉 theferret.scot/why-g...

The closure of Grangemouth left workers feeling abandoned. But why did it happen? Was it down to climate policy? And is Westminster backing projects abroad while Scottish workers lose out? For our new series After Oil, we took a closer look🔍 theferret.scot/why-g...

🔴 NEW: Grangemouth should have been Scotland’s big opportunity to realise its ambition for a just transition – moving workers into cleaner, greener jobs. But embittered power struggles got in the way. Find out more: bit.ly/42k2yin

The Ferret is bringing our Open Newsroom to Aberdeen. As Scotland moves to clean energy, what comes after oil? We want to hear from workers, residents and campaigners. Get your ticket: bit.ly/4pk0mSb