A meeting between the Scottish Government and Israel’s deputy ambassador sparked protests and division. The Ferret reveals ...

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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 ...

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.

Energy giant SSE may keep Peterhead power station 10 years longer than planned, which critics fear could “blow an enormous hole” in the Scottish Government’s climate strategy.

The number of safety incidents that could have leaked radiation at the Trident nuclear base on the Clyde has risen to the highest in 15 years.

During protests and riots after the Southport stabbings, many claimed there was a connection between refugees and increases in crime in the UK.

Ahead of the opening of Glasgow's safer drug consumption space opening, The Ferret visited Moss Park Toronto service. Listen to our podcast.

Ferret Fact Service is Scotland’s first non-partisan fact checking service. Launched in the Spring of 2017, FFS was the first Scottish fact-checker accredited by the International Fact-Checking ...

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

An Italian arms firm accused of complicity in alleged war crimes in Yemen and the “ethnic cleansing” of Kurds in Syria is trying to recruit school pupils in Edinburgh. Leonardo is the ninth largest ...