‘Ferret the Halls’ bundle - The Ferret Shop
Nov 7, 2024 · A custom Ferret bookmark, alongside other surprises, to make every reading moment a little more special. Offer available until December 1st, 2024. All bundles will be shipped at the beginning of December. The perfect gift for the curious mind! Our ‘Ferret the Halls’ bundle combines thoughtful journalism with holiday cheer.
Ten Scottish Newspapers are owned by three billionaires - The Ferret
July 14, 2021. Ten of Scotland’s major newspapers are owned by just three men: Rupert Murdoch, Lord Rothermere and Frederick Barclay. They are all billionaires who, personally or through their businesses, have used the law to avoid paying tax. Analysis by The Ferret reveals that all but one of Scotland’s national newspapers, The Sunday Post ...
Alarm over nuclear safety lapses on the Clyde - The Ferret
Apr 28, 2024 · Sources: UK parliamentary answers in 2024, 2023 and 2022. One incident at Faslane in 2023 was rated as “category A”, the highest risk rating used by the MoD. It has defined such incidents as having an “actual or high potential for radioactive release to the environment” in breach of safety limits.. The last category A incident reported by the MoD was in 2008 when radioactive waste ...
Concerns raised over GP chains taking over practices - The Ferret
Mar 14, 2023 · In 2022, 11 practices across Scotland – including Alness Medical Practice in Ross and Cromarty, and the island-based Barra Medical Practice – were taken over by the health board because no GPs could be found to take over contracts after previous partners retired or quit. Figures analysed by The Ferret showed that at least 60 practices had ...
The largest 10 vacant and derelict sites in Scotland - The Ferret
Apr 20, 2020 · 1. Fearn Airfield, Highland – 386.42 hectares. Fearn Airfield near Balintore, Scotland’s largest derelict site, is thought to have been derelict for at least four decades. According to Forgotten Airfields, the site was built in 1941 by the RAF before being “taken over and altered by the Royal Navy”.
Home Office probed far right Homeland group's 'stealth' political …
Aug 1, 2023 · Smith also expressed support for a PA supporter who pleaded guilty to terrorism offences and urged PA members to write to him in prison.. David Lawerence, senior researcher at HOPE not hate said: “Homeland is a fringe but extreme fascist organisation that recently splintered from PA, a neo-Nazi group led by a man who recommends Mein Kampf to his followers.
FFS explains: Do refugees increase crime in the UK? - The Ferret
Aug 16, 2024 · There has been a long term decrease in crime across the UK, after reaching a high in the 1990s. Rates of non-sexual violent crime in Scotland peaked in 2006-07 at 180 per 10,000 population. In 2022-23, the most recent statistics available, the rate was 126. It has increased since 2014-15, aside from 2020-21 during Covid-19 restrictions.
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But they also highlight the importance of hope, the possibility of healing and the impact that being part of a community can have. This podcast is written, recorded and produced by Karin Goodwin for The Ferret. Additional editing and sound design is by Alan Bryden. Deep thanks go to everyone in the Moss Park community.
Farmed salmon deaths from disease reach record high - The Ferret
Jul 13, 2020 · The latest figures were analysed by Corin Smith, a campaigner who runs the Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots website. They show that caged salmon deaths have risen from 4,421 tonnes in 2002 to 25,772 tonnes in 2019, more than the previous record high of 25,460 tonnes in 2017. Estimates of the numbers of fish that died stopped being routinely ...
FFS Explains: Scotland’s rent freeze and eviction ban - The Ferret
Sep 12, 2022 · The headline policy is emergency legislation to freeze rents for both private and social renters and ban evictions until “at least” the end of March 2023. The rent freeze was effectively introduced from 6 September while the Scottish Government said that emergency legislation outlining details of the eviction ban would be published in ...