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“Fishermen cannot be expected to work around hazards they are not allowed to see,” said Sheila Keith of the Shetland Fishermen’s Association.
She called for transparency on activity affecting safety and fishing grounds.
Find out more: https://theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-risk-tourism-fishing
🔴NEW: Council workers in Scotland have their pensions invested in a Middle Eastern oil terminal that was battered by Iranian drone strikes last month
https://www.theferret.scot/how-iranian-drone-strike-scottish-pensions/
🔴NEW: The Ferret exposed the extreme views of Reform UK’s Scotland’s candidates before Nigel Farage promised to improve his party’s “poor” vetting processes, but many of them have been re-selected to fight the Holyrood election.
The Ferret did a deep dive into the Electoral Commission’s donation records to find out who was funding Scotland's political parties
https://www.theferret.scot/meet-the-donors-funding-scottish-politics/
In the past the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency kept secret the salmon farms it censured on animal welfare grounds. Now it has changed its mind
https://www.theferret.scot/salmon-farms-rapped-over-animal-welfare/
"All babies should be provided with a safe place to sleep"
https://www.theferret.scot/homeless-accommodation-babies-risk/
Storms and rising seas are damaging some of Scotland’s most famous #golf landscapes. In Montrose, locals say seven metres of coastline disappeared in just two days during Storm Babet
https://www.theferret.scot/scotlands-disappearing-golf-courses/
“We tried hospitals, community mental health and addiction services. There were no other doors for us. Where were we meant to go?”
https://www.theferret.scot/mental-health-crisis-not-admitted-nhs/
Alastair Brian (The Ferret)
Alastair leads our fact-checking arm, The Ferret Fact Service, and writes about disinformation and conspiracy theories. He also delivers training on media literacy and spotting disinformation.
Activists say harassment didn’t stop at protests. Some were targeted with AI-generated content online after their identities were shared
http://www.theferret.scot/women-abused-far-right-scotland/
MSPs have criticised the Scottish Government for making too little progress on salmon farming reform. The Scottish Parliament’s rural affairs committee says key recommendations on fish welfare, transparency and protecting wild salmon have still not been delivered.
🔴NEW: Campaigners are calling for social media companies to be held legally accountable for threats of violence against women on their platforms. The calls follow a Ferret investigation into abuse linked to anti-asylum protests in Scotland.
Our latest: https://theferret.scot/violence-against-women-social-media-scotland
Holyrood 2026 will be fought in an AI-driven misinformation era. What does that mean for voters?
Join The Ferret’s online AGM followed by our panel with Dr Paul Reilly (University of Glasgow) and Dr Digdem Soyaltin-Colella (University of Aberdeen).
Persuasive AI assistants, deepfakes and bots are now commonplace. But could they be used by bad actors to influence Scotland’s elections?
https://www.theferret.scot/could-ai-misinformation-sway-the-scottish-election/
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