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 ...

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

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 Ferret is 10 and it’s celebrating the milestone with a refreshed look and renewed commitment to journalism that cuts through the static. In that spirit, we have launched De-noiser – a new ...

When the “mob” appeared, some were waving union flags and saltires. There were dozens of protestors and their target was a group of anti-racists who’d gathered in a Dundee park in solidarity with ...

The Royal Navy threatened legal action as part of a fierce, high-level, behind-the-scenes battle to block publication of information about radioactive pollution at the Coulport nuclear bomb base on ...

The Ministry of Defence has apologised after it accidentally leaked secret documents to The Ferret revealing it was considering Grangemouth and other sites across the UK for new arms factories. Twelve ...

In an abandoned Paisley car park, weeds and saplings have forced their way through the weathered tarmac. Yet in another nearby parking bay, barely a space is free. Vehicles are jammed together on the ...

Dozens of wild swimming spots where water quality is classed as “good” or “excellent” were contaminated with human or animal faeces this summer, analysis by The Ferret has found. Official testing ...

He is the Ukrainian owner of a space rocket company pivotal to Scotland's burgeoning space industry, who aims to use private enterprise to drive a technological revolution. Max Polyakov owns Skyrora ...