@paul.theferret.scot
Journalist at @theferret.scot
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🔴 NEW: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) used 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine in propaganda videos for its operations in Gaza, Iran and Syria.
Our latest: theferret.scot/idf-s...
“Absurdly, Ireland’s government owns more Scottish offshore wind than the Scottish Government does.”
Our new ‘Who Owns ScotWind?’ data with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social is covered by @dailyrecord.co.uk.web.brid.gy
🔴NEW: At least 20 racist incidents took place in Scotland last month including attacks on mosques and asylum hotels, alleged assaults – and the jailing of a neo-Nazi for slashing a student in the face with a knife.
Find out more: bit.ly/477AYHY
🔴 On the day the Tories pledge to repeal the climate change act, we reveal one of their senior politicians in Scotland has been “cosying up” to the UK’s “main climate denial group”.
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Lord Malcolm Offord of Garvel – the Scottish Tory treasurer – will join a panel hosted by "climate denial" group the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester next week.
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🔴 NEW: The Scottish Government’s green watchdog has been urging the Royal Navy to remove potentially radioactive waste from the UK nuclear bomb base on the Clyde to reduce the risk of leaks and pollution.
Find out more: theferret.scot/navy-...
leafless tree stands in the middle of floodwater, its bare branches spreading wide against the grey surface of the water. White text overlay reads: “It takes a village: a new approach to living with flooding.”
In 2012, a flood forced Dr Fiona Work out of her home in Edzell for 10 months. Eleven years later, the village flood group she helped form saved the community during Storm Babet.
Our latest: theferret.scot/new-a...
In Brechin, Storm Babet brought the worst flooding residents could remember. Nearly two years on, many are still struggling to recover.
Our latest: theferret.scot/commu...
🔴 NEW: Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
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An SNP MP claimed English drug deaths had been 'written out of the figures'. This is not accurate.
theferret.scot/claim...
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Islanders told researchers they had no direct word from SaxaVord about an explosion during a rocket test in 2024 or the suspension of building work in 2023
theferret.scot/shetl...
A view over grassy cliffs and coastline in Shetland with a large industrial building near the sea. Text overlay reads: "Shetland spaceport under fire from local community".
🔴 NEW: Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and bad stewardship”, according to a new report.
Our latest: theferret.scot/shetl...
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🔴 NEW: Scottish companies are roping NHS and council workers into veiled tax avoidance schemes that could see them hit with big unexpected tax bills.
Find out more: theferret.scot/scots...
This Scottish Government-backed jobs app was billed by ministers as “critical” to Scotland’s ‘just transition’ away from fossil fuels.
Five months in, it has attracted just 200 users.
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We’re hosting an Open Newsroom in Aberdeen to hear directly from you. What does a 'just transition' mean for the North East? What stories aren’t being told?
Grab a ticket and come tell us: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
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🔴 NEW: Intense behind-the-scenes lobbying by the multinational whisky industry forced the Scottish Government’s green watchdog to back down on plans to toughen pollution controls, The Ferret can reveal.
Read the full story: theferret.scot/whisk...
An older man with grey hair stands in front of a sunlit mountain landscape in the Highlands, wearing a checked shirt and blue jacket. White bold text on the left reads: “Nine out of ten short-term lets approved in Highland tourism hotspot despite housing crisis.”
🔴 More than 90 per cent of applications to use residential properties as short-term lets in a Highland region in the midst of a housing crisis have been approved since last year.
Find out more: theferret.scot/short...
As staff at Edinburgh Uni strike over job cuts, the principal is under pressure to reveal whether he’s being paid for a second job at a company with historic ties to the university.
Our latest: theferret.scot/mathi...
I was interviewed by the freelance journalist, Jackie Kemp, about the #FOI story revealing that Loch Long had been polluted by radioactive waste from Scotland's nuclear bomb depot at Coulport.
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🔴 NEW: The boss of the University of Edinburgh is facing calls to “come clean” over earnings from a second job, amid staff strikes and mounting redundancies
theferret.scot/mathi...
🔍 Did the UK Government give £600m to an Ineos plant in Belgium while failing to back Grangemouth?
FFS took a look at this and other claims about the refinery and found the truth is a bit more complicated 👉 theferret.scot/why-g...
The closure of Grangemouth left workers feeling abandoned.
But why did it happen? Was it down to climate policy? And is Westminster backing projects abroad while Scottish workers lose out?
For our new series After Oil, we took a closer look🔍 theferret.scot/why-g...
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🔴 NEW: Grangemouth should have been Scotland’s big opportunity to realise its ambition for a just transition – moving workers into cleaner, greener jobs. But embittered power struggles got in the way.
Find out more: bit.ly/42k2yin
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The Ferret is bringing our Open Newsroom to Aberdeen.
As Scotland moves to clean energy, what comes after oil? We want to hear from workers, residents and campaigners.
Get your ticket: bit.ly/4pk0mSb
If you're based in or near Aberdeen we'd love to see you at our Open Newsroom. It's the first one we've held outside Glasgow so really looking forward to it.
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The term “just transition” is everywhere in Scottish politics. But what does it actually mean in practice? We’re launching a six-month investigation to find out.
After Oil begins this weekend
bit.ly/3VyqGtT
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🔴 NEW: Angus Robertson had the minutes of his controversial meeting with an Israeli diplomat changed after a public backlash – because he feared his call for a Gaza ceasefire was “lost” in the original version.
Our latest: theferret.scot/angus...
🔴 NEW: Thousands marched for Palestine in London last month. But a smaller protest on Whitehall raised another question. Should UK and Scottish oil profits flow to a company linked to Israel’s war on Gaza?
Our latest investigation: theferret.scot/ithac...
