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Orkney
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Scottish Government under fire for overruling council decisions to reject new fish farms
Council decisions to reject new fish farms were overruled by the Scottish Government after appeals by multinationals, which critics claim ignores local democracy.
Island Depopulation: Can a small island like North Ronaldsay turn the tides?
In the third instalment of our island depopulation series, The Ferret visits North Ronaldsay to find out how small islands might be able to grow their populations.
Island depopulation: Has Orkney bucked the trend?
In the second instalment of our island depopulation series, we visited Orkney to find out why the archipelago's population is growing more quickly than any other in Scotland.
Call for support for childminders as figures show ‘worrying’ decline
The number of childminders across Scotland has declined by over a third, analysis by The Ferret has found, leaving thousands of families struggling to find flexible childcare.
Councils could be “massively underestimating” their climate emissions
Concerns have been raised that Scottish local authorities are “massively underestimating” their carbon footprints, after an external review of one council’s climate pollution saw its reported emissions quadruple in one year.
Two Scottish councils lending £15m for English council to gamble with
Two Scottish councils have loaned millions of pounds to an English council which borrows far more than any other council in the UK and gambles most of it on speculative solar power investments.
In photos: Orkney’s renewable energy revolution
A photo essay exploring Orkney's renewable energy revolution, with wind, wave and solar power replacing fossil fuel dependency.
Outrage over secret plan for giant salmon farm in Scotland
Lucrative plans for the world’s biggest salmon farm around Orkney or Shetland would “abjectly” fail pollution limits and make “fools” of Scotland’s environmental watchdog.
