A secret scheme to relocate to the UK thousands of Afghans put at risk by a data breach has been revealed, leading to claims on social media.

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.

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.

Those were the heady days in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, and we were full of optimism. I burnt ...

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.

The £2 billion salmon farming industry marketed around the world as Scottish is virtually all owned abroad, according to campaigners.

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

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 ...

Police Scotland’s use of a controversial form of facial recognition has tripled over the last five years, and is on course to rise even further in 2023, heightening concerns that suspects could be ...

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 ...

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