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theferret, 10 months ago to random

NEW: Ahead of Spain’s general election next week and the prospect of a far right party entering a coalition government, The Ferret looks back at our own coverage of the far right in Scotland. https://theferret.scot/scotlands-far-right-a-timeline/

theferret, 10 months ago to random

EXCLUSIVE: A UK government regulator has failed to publish a key survey of oil and chemical spills in British seas for three years because the expert who compiled it retired. https://theferret.scot/pollution-regulator-failed-to-report-oil-spills/

theferret, 10 months ago to random

A Highland sporting estate owned by the billionaire family of Kate Middleton’s sister has been urged by politicians and a ramblers charity to stop trying to deter public access at a famous loch.

https://theferret.scot/pippa-middleton-family-estate-access-glen-affric/

theferret, 10 months ago to random

EXCLUSIVE: Lothian Pension Fund has a hidden stake in a firm which runs coal power plants and controls part of a major pipeline transporting Russian gas to Europe. https://theferret.scot/lothian-pension-funds-hidden-stake-russian-gas/

theferret, 10 months ago to random

NEW: An investigation has been launched by Scotland’s environmental watchdog into illegal gravel extraction on the River Clyde which could have “serious consequences” for wildlife and lead to flooding. https://theferret.scot/investigation-illegal-gravel-extraction-river-clyde/

theferret, 10 months ago to random

Whisky companies rapped for polluting rivers

Two whisky companies have been reprimanded by the Scottish Government’s environmental watchdog after leaks which breached legal limits and polluted rivers.

https://theferret.scot/whisky-companies-polluting-rivers/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=whisky-companies-polluting-rivers

theferret, 11 months ago to random

‘Rotten to the core’: £300m of student housing linked to tax havens

Student accommodation buildings in Scottish cities collectively worth over £300m are directly owned by firms registered in offshore tax havens.

https://theferret.scot/300m-student-housing-linked-to-tax-havens/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=300m-student-housing-linked-to-tax-havens

theferret, 11 months ago to random

Why are highly protected marine areas so controversial in Scotland?

Ferret Fact Service explains the controversy over highly protected marine areas.

https://theferret.scot/highly-protected-marine-areas-controversial/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=highly-protected-marine-areas-controversial

theferret, 1 year ago to random

The Scottish Government said it is “absolutely committed” to resisting NHS privatisation after a Ferret investigation into private healthcare led to more than 1,000 people signing an open letter to the health secretary.

https://theferret.scot/scottish-government-resisting-nhs-privatisation/

theferret, 1 year ago to random

New far right group formed after Patriotic Alternative splits

White nationalists in Scotland have split from Patriotic Alternative to form a new far right group called Homeland which held its inaugural meeting on Hitler’s birthday.

https://theferret.scot/far-right-group-formed-hitler-birthday-patriotic-alternative-splits/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=far-right-group-formed-hitler-birthday-patriotic-alternative-splits