Those were the heady days in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, and we were full of optimism. I burnt ...

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 crimes received taxpayers’ money.

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 North Sea oil and gas industry is a central part of Scotland’s economy but it has a significant impact on the marine environment. Oil and gas licences continue to be granted in the North Sea, ...

Protests and riots were sparked by the fatal stabbings of three young girls in Southport, after false speculation spread online that the perpetrator was a Muslim asylum seeker who had come to the UK ...

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 ...

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 ...

Radioactive air pollution from the nuclear weapons plant at Coulport, on the Clyde, has more than doubled over the last six years, prompting cancer warnings from campaigners. Emissions of the ...

Two nuclear bomb bases on the Clyde recorded 174 security breaches over five years, according to information released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Between 2018 and 2022 there were 130 breaches ...

Response to the University funding crisis: What we heard 1. Support universal free tuition with more progressive tax measures. 2. Introduce fees or combine state support with a graduate contribution.