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Scots pension fund sells shares in controversial Israeli bank
A council pension fund has sold its shares in an Israeli bank at the centre of a global divestment campaign due to its financing of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Bid to control hill tracks scarring the highlands
A move to impose tougher controls on landowners scarring hillsides by bulldozing tracks for deer stalking and grouse shooting has been launched in the Scottish Parliament.
Councils paid £660m for temporary homeless accommodation
Local authorities across Scotland have paid out more than half a billion pounds putting homeless people in temporary accommodation in the last five years.
Revealed: Boris Johnson’s Afghan trip cost taxpayers £20,000
Boris Johnson’s widely criticised trip to Afghanistan when a crucial vote was due on a third runway at Heathrow cost the British taxpayer at least £20,000, The Ferret can reveal.
Charities claim refugees facing eviction due to Home Office errors
Dozens of refugees facing lock changes in Glasgow may be entitled to Home Office accommodation and should not be evicted, it is claimed.
Highland hare population has dropped dramatically, says study
The number of mountain hares in the eastern Highlands has dropped by more than 99 per cent since 1954, according to a new study - prompting calls for urgent action to protect the species.
Golf plan attacked as ‘stalking horse’ to wreck wildlife sites in Scotland
Plans to build a golf course on one of Scotland’s most precious coastal wildlife sites would be blocked in England, say environmental groups.
Tory minister rejects MSP request to visit Dungavel detention centre
A Scottish politician's request for an official visit to Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in South Lanarkshire has been rejected by the Home Office.
Claim that fire service paying VAT was ‘SNP policy’ is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at the facts around the VAT exemption for the merged Scottish fire service.