GERS, which stands for ‘government expenditure and revenue Scotland’, is usually published at this time every year.

Parents say Edinburgh Council’s nursery funding cuts leave cross-border families paying thousands, breaching policy and ...

An arms lobby group urged the UK and Scottish Governments to crack down on Palestine Action more than a month before the ...

Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store, official files reveal.

Mowi will stop using lumpfish to remove sea-lice from salmon, after we revealed that tens of thousands of the so-called ...

A company linked to Rupert Murdoch, a US arms maker, and a Clyde port owner accused of tax avoidance got £77m in public funds ...

A ban on a salmon farming company dumping toxic pesticides in a Highland loch following 273 environmental breaches over six months has been strongly defended.

A meeting between the Scottish Government and Israel’s deputy ambassador sparked protests and division. The Ferret reveals what ministers said behind closed doors ...

A fishing boat off Shetland broke down and left over 80km of nets at sea for nearly a month, raising concerns about harm to marine life and the environment.

Donald Trump has flown back to the US after his whirlwind visit to Scotland. During his four-day trip, the US president promoted his two Scottish golf courses, met with John Swinney and Keir Starmer, ...

In an interview with Channel 4 News posted on YouTube on 21 July 2025, the Labour minister said that sewage pollution was worse in Scotland than in England.