Scottish authorities had to intervene to keep deer numbers down at a Sutherland estate after the overpopulated animals ...

A video showing a man playing bagpipes during a Muslim call to prayer was widely shared on social media this week, after ...

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A campaigner has made the first estimate of the total number of cleaner fish that have died while grazing lice on farmed ...

Rob has more than 40 years’ experience specialising in reporting on environmental issues. He has co-authored three books about nuclear power, produced radio and television programmes. He likes ...

A former Scotland leader of Nigel Farage’s previous party has been under scrutiny over pro-Russian statements since an explosive court case. The Ferret analysed what David Coburn said about Russia – ...

At the mosque, early morning prayers had only just begun in Bethlehem when Ali Azya heard the single shot. That 10 November night in 2023, had been relatively quiet in his building. But across the ...

The latest politician to defect to Reform UK appeared on the BBC’s Question Time just days after he joined the party. Lord Malcolm Offord, a Scottish peer who previously held ministerial positions for ...

Reform UK's Malcolm Offord claimed one million people came to the UK in the 20th century, and seven million people have come to the UK since 2000. This is not accurate.

“Now is the moment to act,” Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot urged the SNP faithful gathered in Aberdeen at the party’s conference back in October. He had been introduced by first minister John ...