Scotland’s prison transport operator has been condemned for performance failures. It’s co-owned by a US corporation supplying ...

The credibility of the salmon farming industry has come under attack after it admitted underestimating by 66 per cent the ...

Scottish authorities had to intervene to keep deer numbers down at a Sutherland estate after the overpopulated animals ...

A video showing a man playing bagpipes during a Muslim call to prayer was widely shared on social media this week, after ...

A campaigner has made the first estimate of the total number of cleaner fish that have died while grazing lice on farmed ...

A former Scotland leader of Nigel Farage’s previous party has been under scrutiny over pro-Russian statements since an explosive court case. The Ferret analysed what David Coburn said about Russia – ...

The Ferret is 10 and it’s celebrating the milestone with a refreshed look and renewed commitment to journalism that cuts through the static. In that spirit, we have launched De-noiser – a new ...

You might have noticed some changes around here recently. The Ferret is 10 and it’s celebrating the milestone with a refreshed look and renewed commitment to journalism that cuts through the spin. In ...

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. Twelve ...

In an abandoned Paisley car park, weeds and saplings have forced their way through the weathered tarmac. Yet in another nearby parking bay, barely a space is free. Vehicles are jammed together on the ...

It’s a quaint museum in a coastal town whose aim is to educate Scotland about its rich maritime heritage. Housed within an A-listed Victorian building in Irvine, the Scottish Maritime Museum is a ...

Dr Fiona Work, a former nurse, remembers December 2012 vividly. “I had gone to my friends and had a call saying that my house had gone under,” she says. “I had lived there for 25 years and there had ...