NatureScot’s data shows that deer were pressuring 230 of Scotland’s 1,422 sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs), 52 of ...

Students working in Edinburgh University were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians ...

Footage of farmed trout apparently suffocating, haemorrhaging, and being beaten with batons in a slaughterhouse has prompted an official complaint to a government regulator. The video – seen by The ...

Students working in Edinburgh University were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by… ...

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 ...

Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health risks known as ‘forever chemicals’, The Ferret can reveal. More than a ...

A company that sold a major Highland port for an undisclosed sum to a Japanese firm received over £30m of taxpayers’ money – including £10m just a few months ahead of the sale. Global Energy – a ...

Grassroots organisations say Scotland’s £500m ‘just transition’ fund has been “captured” by corporate interests – including oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood. Community groups claim they have been “shut ...