The company that runs Scotland’s ageing nuclear power station wants to weaken safety standards to keep it running for at least four more years. But the nuclear safety watchdog has its doubts.

Protests and campaigns have sprung up across Glasgow after a series of sexual assaults were reported, with some being linked to migrants in the city. Posts on social media claimed that in response to ...

Bianca was in primary six when she stopped going to school. She was absent for three and a half years, during which time she rarely left home and lost contact with friends. She had faced difficulties ...

Everyone’s medical history and records should be confidential and secure in the hands of the NHS. But there have been serious ...

Anti-immigration activists from England are due to travel to Glasgow for a protest later this month, amid fears of more street violence this summer. Unite the Clans Scotland (UTC), a group branded far ...

Each summer, men from the village of Ness on the Isle of Lewis embark on a journey unlike any other in Britain. Their destination is Sula Sgeir, an isolated rocky outcrop in the North Atlantic, around ...

Millions of pounds from a flagship Scottish Government environmental fund has been mispent by councils, The Ferret can reveal. The Nature Restoration Fund (NRF) – part of a strategy to tackle Scotland ...

Scotland’s first spaceport on Shetland plans to use the sea as a “dustbin” to dump tonnes of debris from rockets, The Ferret can reveal, prompting claims it could endanger tourism and fishing.

A Scots political activist who shared white supremacist views and performed the Nazi salute has claimed he will remain a member of Restore Britain, despite internal party concerns over his past ...

Spring has arrived on the Danish island of Bornholm, as the warm evening light begins to linger later into the day, stretching across the rocky coastline. Once, this tiny island of 40,000 inhabitants ...

Wealthy landowners including a Swedish aristocrat, the family of a former prime minister and a Tory donor are earning millions in rent from wind farms which are subsidised by the public’s energy bills ...

You probably haven't heard of him, but one out of every five pounds banked by Scottish parties came from his fortune. Robin MacGeachy’s wealth was made in the obscure business of gas generators for ...