Thousands of species rely on Scotland’s indigenous trees to survive. In our public woodlands, they’re vastly outnumbered by ...

The Scottish Government has been accused of courting “genocide-profiteers” less than a year after Holyrood voted to boycott Israel and companies who supply its military. ‘Team Scotland’ - as the ...

The company that runs Scotland’s ageing nuclear power station wants to weaken safety standards to keep it running for at least four more years. But the nuclear safety watchdog has its doubts.

Protests and campaigns have sprung up across Glasgow after a series of sexual assaults were reported, with some being linked to migrants in the city. Posts on social media claimed that in response to ...

Bianca was in primary six when she stopped going to school. She was absent for three and a half years, during which time she rarely left home and lost contact with friends. She had faced difficulties ...

Scotland’s NHS boards have recorded more than 5,000 data breaches over the last four years, The Ferret can reveal. Incidents included staff sharing confidential patient information, a cancer patient's ...

Anti-immigration activists from England are due to travel to Glasgow for a protest later this month, amid fears of more street violence this summer. Unite the Clans Scotland (UTC), a group branded far ...

News coverage of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election was “heavily male dominated” with women of colour having a “very marginal presence”, according to a study by the University of Strathclyde. In ...

Each summer, men from the village of Ness on the Isle of Lewis embark on a journey unlike any other in Britain. Their destination is Sula Sgeir, an isolated rocky outcrop in the North Atlantic, around ...

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 ...

A Scottish wind farm has been bought by a company whose founder and major shareholder is a right-wing US media mogul who has donated to Donald Trump. In March, an arm of Liberty Global bought the ...