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Pollution of Scotland’s lochs from a toxic fish farm pesticide has leapt 72 per cent in a year, according to data from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa).Levels of azamethiphos...

Britain is the second biggest arms dealer in the world after the US, according to new statistics from the Department of International Trade. The new figures reveal that between 2010 and...

Disabled and older people have been left to sleep in wheelchairs – or been unable to get out of bed, wash or dress themselves – due to cuts to social...

“It’s a very dark story,” says forensic investigator, Stefanos Levidis. He is standing in front of an imposing mural of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who was stabbed to death in...

A total of 16 people seeking asylum in the UK died in the six months before lockdown, leading to a call for the “institutionally racist” Home Office to be scrapped...

The petrochemical multinational, Ineos, is by far the largest climate polluter in Scotland, according to the latest official data.Five oil, chemical and power plants owned by the company at Grangemouth...

The Scottish Government has built fewer than half of the houses promised in rural areas and islands more than four years after funding of £30m was announced. The Rural and...

The rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, is under formal investigation for alleged bullying following a complaint from the recently retired director of Marine Scotland, Graham Black.The Ferret can reveal that...

By Russell Bruce The US election outcome is a matter for the US electorate to decide but for a country that proclaims to be the Leader of the Free World...

Protests against child trafficking in Scottish cities have links to a far-right conspiracy cult from America called QAnon that believes President Trump is fighting a secret war against an international...