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 ...

A Norwegian company has drawn up plans for Britain’s first deep-sea salmon farm in waters off Shetland, prompting concerns it is an “experiment in factory farming” that could damage the environment.

More than 135,000 fish have died at a salmon farm in the northwest Highlands run by a Norwegian company in the last two years, The Ferret can reveal. A total of 135,016 lumpfish and wrasse – aka ...

Five lochs in the Highlands and Islands have been damaged by pollution from fish farms, according to a study by University College London.

A bid to release beavers in the Highlands was delayed after intensive lobbying by farmers and landowners prompted an intervention by Kate Forbes MSP.

Experts have warned that far right groups are weaponising Christianity for their political agendas and have urged churches to speak out against right-wing extremism.

Only 11 of more than 1,000 deaths in Scottish mental health wards have been investigated, according to a new report by Glasgow University.

But who are Scotland’s richest people, and how did they make their money? As part of Who Runs Scotland, we’ve taken a look.

Organisations in Scotland using obscure powers to investigate the public reported nearly 40,000 alleged crimes to prosecutors in the last four years.

Fossil fuel giants, influential PR firms and the short-term lets industry are among the top lobbyists of the Scottish Government since John Swinney became first minister, The Ferret can reveal. Energy ...

The overall poverty-related attainment gap has reduced by 60 per cent since 2009-10 under this government. John Swinney Ferret Fact Service looked at this claim and found it Mostly False. Evidence The ...