SNP claims about Rachel Reeves ‘chaos budget’ are Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looked at SNP claims about the UK Government budget on energy bills, taxes and unemployment and found them true or mostly true.
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Is there a link between migration and crime?
Migration's alleged link to increased crime has been back in the spotlight in recent years, so we looked at the evidence.
Navy made legal threats to try and keep nuclear pollution secret
Emails reveal that naval chiefs piled pressure on environment watchdog to hide details of radioactive contamination on the Clyde.
Oops: MoD blunder reveals secret details of bomb project
A botched freedom of information response has revealed sites in the frame for the UK’s expanding weapons programme.
Edinburgh University students 'interrogated' by police over Palestine posters
Edinburgh University students were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military, prompting dozens to complain.
Sheku Bayoh Inquiry may not recover from 'wrecking ball' of legal challenge, claims family lawyer
The Ferret has been covering the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry for over three years. Now the Bayoh family lawyer warns the legal establishment has delivered blow to the inquiry from which it may never recover.
The IDF used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos
It’s a quaint museum in a coastal town whose aim is to educate Scotland about its rich maritime heritage.
Scotland’s rising tide of racist violence: Threats, assaults, stabbings
At least 20 incidents linked to anti-migrant protests, racism and the far-right in the last two months have exposed rising
Navy told to remove radioactive waste from nuclear bomb base
The Scottish Government’s green watchdog has been urging the Royal Navy to remove potentially radioactive waste from the UK
Claim about the costs of asylum support, benefit fraud and tax avoidance is Mostly False
The cost of asylum support in the UK has become a febrile issue against a backdrop of a rising number
Claim Glasgow hosts 50 per cent more ‘illegal’ migrants than anywhere else in the UK is Mostly False
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hosted a press conference in Scotland this week after MSP Graham Simpson defected to his
Far right accused of racism, threats and attacks at anti-migrant protests
Standing in front of a shop selling Polish produce in Aberdeen, John Carr held a microphone on a hot August
This company owns some of Scotland’s biggest oil fields. It’s also accused of complicity in Israel’s war
Ithaca Energy is a growing force in UK energy with stakes in six of the UK’s 10 largest oil and gas fields. It's also tied to Israel's war in Gaza.