Social media pages questioned whether the free bikes scheme was good value for money, after a claim was published about the costs of the project.

Those were the heady days in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, and we were full of optimism. I burnt ...

Energy giant SSE may keep Peterhead power station 10 years longer than planned, which critics fear could “blow an enormous ...

More than 135,000 fish have died at a salmon farm in the northwest Highlands run by a Norwegian company in the last two years, The Ferret can reveal. A total of 135,016 lumpfish and wrasse – aka ...

Five lochs in the Highlands and Islands have been damaged by pollution from fish farms, according to a study by University College London.

Who Runs Scotland? That’s the question we have been trying to answer in our latest series. Often, in media coverage, it seems that the power in our country lies entirely within the Scottish Parliament ...

There have been 12 nuclear incidents that could have leaked radioactivity at the Faslane naval base since 2023, The Ferret can reveal.

Scotland is vying to become a global hub for satellite launches and space tech. From rockets in Shetland to investments from billionaires, we looked at who runs Scotland’s space sector.

But who are Scotland’s richest people, and how did they make their money? As part of Who Runs Scotland, we’ve taken a look.

Releasing pheasants may boost the risk of humans catching Lyme disease, according to new research from universities and the UK Health Security Agency.

A study to determine the impacts of pheasants and red-legged partridges on Scotland’s environment and native species is set to commence this year.

Reform UK’s Richard Tice boasted putting solar panels on his company’s properties could help tenants with their bills – despite publicly claiming people are being “ripped off” by the renewables ...