The Ferret looks at how the media landscape has changed, why independent journalism matters now more than ever, and what our ...

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 ...

First minister John Swinney has been rapped by the UK statistics regulator for making a misleading claim about Scottish education, following a fact check from The Ferret.

The estimated number of cracks in the graphite core of a nuclear reactor at Torness in East Lothian has risen to 585 – the highest so far.

Fossil fuel giants, influential PR firms and the short-term lets industry are among the top lobbyists of the Scottish Government since John Swinney became first minister, The Ferret can reveal. Energy ...

A viral image claimed Covid-19 advisor Professor Neil Ferguson predicted inaccurate death tolls for various disease outbreaks. This is misleading.

Plans to launch rockets into space from Shetland are facing allegations they could increase climate pollution by disrupting thousands of flights a year.

The new chairman of the Scottish Conservatives led a company which admitted benefitting from “corrupt payments" made to a Russian firm.

The North Sea oil and gas industry is a central part of Scotland’s economy but it has a significant impact on the marine environment. Oil and gas licences continue to be granted in the North Sea, ...