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Revealed: pro-Brexit Tory group working as ‘party within a party’
Documents released following a legal battle reveal the European Research Group’s “highly partial” taxpayer-funded output.
The Scottish Government’s first big climate conversation takes flak
The launch of the Scottish Government's public consultation on how to combat the global climate emergency has been condemned as “fiddling while the world burns”.
Public sector accused of paying ‘lip service’ to climate emergency
The public sector in Scotland is being urged to step up its efforts to tackle the climate emergency, after a survey revealed that most government bodies have done little or nothing in response.
Video reveals damage by illegal scallop dredging off Jura
Video footage of damage to the seabed by illegal scallop dredging off Jura has been obtained by The Ferret, prompting calls for urgent enforcement action to be taken against rogue fisherman.
Big Brother surveillance could discriminate against workers, claim unions
Big Brother-style CCTV planned for Glasgow is a "very significant" threat to civil liberties and workers' rights, according to trade unionists.
Claim ‘Welcome to Scotland’ slogan cost $162,972 is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a viral claim that Scotland spent £125,000 coming up with the slogan 'Welcome to Scotland'.
Scottish Enterprise urged to rule out ‘damaging’ deep sea mining
Environmental campaigners have called on the Scottish Government's economic development agency not to spend taxpayers' money subsidising a new form of underwater mining.
Scottish marine wildlife under threat from ‘smash and grab’ trawling
Marine wildlife in a vast area of ocean to the north of Scotland is at risk from trawlers because of a gaping loophole in international fishing regulations
In pictures: the devastated city of Mosul two years on
More than 300,000 people are unable to return to their homes in Mosul two years after the end of a military operation to retake Iraq's second largest city from Islamic State.