Rob Edwards
@robedwards5.bsky.social
Environmental journalist, nuclear muckraker, serial user of freedom of information law @theferret.scot. Also with @wordsthatcarryon.bsky.social. Migrated from X.
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The day after Palestine's ambassador urged SNP delegates to "isolate companies that profit from occupation, John Swinney had breakfast with Airbnb's lobbyist.
Airbnb is on the UN database of firms profiting from illegal settlements.
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Airbnb is on the UN database of firms profiting from illegal settlements.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The day after Palestine's ambassador urged SNP delegates to "isolate companies that profit from occupation, John Swinney had breakfast with Airbnb's lobbyist.
Airbnb is on the UN database of firms profiting from illegal settlements.
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Airbnb is on the UN database of firms profiting from illegal settlements.
shorturl.at/p67Yt
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In the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, 24-year-old Hanady Hathaleen is raising three children alone after her husband Awdah was shot dead in settler violence. Now the family faces demolition orders on their home
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December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, 24-year-old Hanady Hathaleen is raising three children alone after her husband Awdah was shot dead in settler violence. Now the family faces demolition orders on their home
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🔴NEW: A body which sets environmental and welfare standards for fish farms took wholesale buyers to a Scottish salmon farm which broke its rules for 11 consecutive weeks.
Our latest investigation: www.theferret.scot/a...
Our latest investigation: www.theferret.scot/a...
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴NEW: A body which sets environmental and welfare standards for fish farms took wholesale buyers to a Scottish salmon farm which broke its rules for 11 consecutive weeks.
Our latest investigation: www.theferret.scot/a...
Our latest investigation: www.theferret.scot/a...
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💨🍃 Scotland has more wind turbines than ever, but they are often paid not to spin. Those payments are expensive - they've cost the UK more than £1.3bn in 2025.
What is going on? As part of our new De-noiser series, we've been taking a look: www.theferret.scot/w...
What is going on? As part of our new De-noiser series, we've been taking a look: www.theferret.scot/w...
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💨🍃 Scotland has more wind turbines than ever, but they are often paid not to spin. Those payments are expensive - they've cost the UK more than £1.3bn in 2025.
What is going on? As part of our new De-noiser series, we've been taking a look: www.theferret.scot/w...
What is going on? As part of our new De-noiser series, we've been taking a look: www.theferret.scot/w...
A good story by @vickyallan.bsky.social exposing high premature death rates at salmon farms.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567441...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567441...
'Seafood Product of the Year' farm hit by mass salmon deaths in industry worst month
A salmon farm hailed as Seafood Product of the Year has suffered huge losses in one of the industry’s worst months on record, raising fresh…
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December 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A good story by @vickyallan.bsky.social exposing high premature death rates at salmon farms.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567441...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567441...
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The SNP branded Rachel Reeves’ first budget a “chaos budget”, claiming higher energy bills and taxes, and rising unemployment. We reviewed the key claims – and found they're a mix of True, Mostly True and Half True.
Find out more: www.theferret.scot/s...
Find out more: www.theferret.scot/s...
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The SNP branded Rachel Reeves’ first budget a “chaos budget”, claiming higher energy bills and taxes, and rising unemployment. We reviewed the key claims – and found they're a mix of True, Mostly True and Half True.
Find out more: www.theferret.scot/s...
Find out more: www.theferret.scot/s...
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🔴NEW: A green firm owned by an Australian company dubbed the “vampire kangaroo” wants to build a lithium battery site in Kintyre. Locals fear fire risks and warn that a “unique environment” on Scotland’s west coast is being industrialised.
Our latest: bit.ly/4iIFjFR
Our latest: bit.ly/4iIFjFR
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴NEW: A green firm owned by an Australian company dubbed the “vampire kangaroo” wants to build a lithium battery site in Kintyre. Locals fear fire risks and warn that a “unique environment” on Scotland’s west coast is being industrialised.
Our latest: bit.ly/4iIFjFR
Our latest: bit.ly/4iIFjFR
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🔴NEW: The Lochaber food bank in Fort William claims energy multinational SSE tried to "rip them off". After a year of fighting – and questions from The Ferret – SSE has promised to re-issue the correct bill…but it is still unresolved. www.theferret.scot/f...
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🔴NEW: The Lochaber food bank in Fort William claims energy multinational SSE tried to "rip them off". After a year of fighting – and questions from The Ferret – SSE has promised to re-issue the correct bill…but it is still unresolved. www.theferret.scot/f...
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From Falkirk to Aberdeen, Dundee to Inverness. Far right groups are attending anti-asylum protests across Scotland.
We spent three months investigating. People doxxed, attacked, threatened. And communities standing firm.
Our first monthly long read.
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We spent three months investigating. People doxxed, attacked, threatened. And communities standing firm.
Our first monthly long read.
bit.ly/ferret-long-...
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
From Falkirk to Aberdeen, Dundee to Inverness. Far right groups are attending anti-asylum protests across Scotland.
We spent three months investigating. People doxxed, attacked, threatened. And communities standing firm.
Our first monthly long read.
bit.ly/ferret-long-...
We spent three months investigating. People doxxed, attacked, threatened. And communities standing firm.
Our first monthly long read.
bit.ly/ferret-long-...
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🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
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🔴 Is there a link between migration and crime?
In the first deep dive of The Ferret's new De-noiser series, we took a look at the evidence.
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In the first deep dive of The Ferret's new De-noiser series, we took a look at the evidence.
www.theferret.scot/i...
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🔴 Is there a link between migration and crime?
In the first deep dive of The Ferret's new De-noiser series, we took a look at the evidence.
www.theferret.scot/i...
In the first deep dive of The Ferret's new De-noiser series, we took a look at the evidence.
www.theferret.scot/i...
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Naval officials repeatedly warned of legal action, spoke of the need to “calm some nerves” and said they were “deeply uncomfortable” with information proposed for release.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Naval officials repeatedly warned of legal action, spoke of the need to “calm some nerves” and said they were “deeply uncomfortable” with information proposed for release.
Read the full story: www.theferret.scot/n...
Read the full story: www.theferret.scot/n...
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"The MoD tried to add to their shameful history of nuclear cover-ups by harassing officials with false claims of national security, hoping we’d never know radioactivity was negligently leaked from Coulport"
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"The MoD tried to add to their shameful history of nuclear cover-ups by harassing officials with false claims of national security, hoping we’d never know radioactivity was negligently leaked from Coulport"
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www.theferret.scot/n...
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🔴 NEW: Emails reveal that naval chiefs piled pressure on environment watchdog to hide details of radioactive contamination on the Clyde.
Our latest: www.theferret.scot/navy-try-keep-nuclear-pollution-secret/
Our latest: www.theferret.scot/navy-try-keep-nuclear-pollution-secret/
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴 NEW: Emails reveal that naval chiefs piled pressure on environment watchdog to hide details of radioactive contamination on the Clyde.
Our latest: www.theferret.scot/navy-try-keep-nuclear-pollution-secret/
Our latest: www.theferret.scot/navy-try-keep-nuclear-pollution-secret/
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💥 IMPACT: The UK Government has publicly announced sites in Scotland are being considered for new munitions factories, just a day after we revealed secret details of the plan.
www.theferret.scot/mod-potential-scottish-bomb-sites/
www.theferret.scot/mod-potential-scottish-bomb-sites/
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
💥 IMPACT: The UK Government has publicly announced sites in Scotland are being considered for new munitions factories, just a day after we revealed secret details of the plan.
www.theferret.scot/mod-potential-scottish-bomb-sites/
www.theferret.scot/mod-potential-scottish-bomb-sites/
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The MoD meant to hide its shortlist for new arms factories. Instead, bad redactions exposed them all — including Grangemouth.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The MoD meant to hide its shortlist for new arms factories. Instead, bad redactions exposed them all — including Grangemouth.
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Read the full story 👉 www.theferret.scot/m...
The Scottish Information Commissioner, David Hamilton, launches the #HolyroodFOI conference with some statistics on the last 20 year.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Scottish Information Commissioner, David Hamilton, launches the #HolyroodFOI conference with some statistics on the last 20 year.
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: The Ministry of Defence has apologised after it accidentally leaked secret documents to The Ferret revealing it was considering Grangemouth and other sites across the UK for new arms factories.
Read the full story: bit.ly/4i5MZSg
Read the full story: bit.ly/4i5MZSg
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: The Ministry of Defence has apologised after it accidentally leaked secret documents to The Ferret revealing it was considering Grangemouth and other sites across the UK for new arms factories.
Read the full story: bit.ly/4i5MZSg
Read the full story: bit.ly/4i5MZSg
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💥 Spotlight's Helen Taylor is quoted in this jaw-dropping expose by @theferret.scot's @jamiermann.bsky.social. She says: “The fact that a Kremlin-decorated oligarch stills holds significant property interests in the UK is a shocking indictment of the many gaps in our defences against dirty money”.
From Moscow to Paisley: How a blacklisted Russian oligarch secretly invested in Scottish car parks
A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a UK property portfolio under the veil of secretive offshore trusts, The Ferret can reveal. Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation i...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
💥 Spotlight's Helen Taylor is quoted in this jaw-dropping expose by @theferret.scot's @jamiermann.bsky.social. She says: “The fact that a Kremlin-decorated oligarch stills holds significant property interests in the UK is a shocking indictment of the many gaps in our defences against dirty money”.
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“It is far too easy for the true owners of property to hide behind secret trusts and offshore structures.”
Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town
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Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town
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https://www.theferret.scot/russian-oligarch-paisley/
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November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“It is far too easy for the true owners of property to hide behind secret trusts and offshore structures.”
Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town
www.theferret.scot/r...
Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town
www.theferret.scot/r...
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🔴 NEW: A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a property portfolio in the UK under the veil of secretive offshore trusts.
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴 NEW: A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a property portfolio in the UK under the veil of secretive offshore trusts.
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
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For 10 years, we've held power to account in Scotland. Today: our fresh new look.
Same mission. Still digging.
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Join us tonight at Drygate Glasgow, 7:30pm 🎉
For 10 years, we've held power to account in Scotland. Today: our fresh new look.
Same mission. Still digging.
Explore: theferret.scot
Join us tonight at Drygate Glasgow, 7:30pm 🎉
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Our journalism changes things.
For 10 years, we've held power to account in Scotland. Today: our fresh new look.
Same mission. Still digging.
Explore: theferret.scot
Join us tonight at Drygate Glasgow, 7:30pm 🎉
For 10 years, we've held power to account in Scotland. Today: our fresh new look.
Same mission. Still digging.
Explore: theferret.scot
Join us tonight at Drygate Glasgow, 7:30pm 🎉
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The Ferret's 10th birthday party! 🎉
Thursday 13 Nov, Drygate Glasgow.
Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ set, cake, raffle.
Celebrating a decade of journalism that changes things + launching our new look.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...
Thursday 13 Nov, Drygate Glasgow.
Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ set, cake, raffle.
Celebrating a decade of journalism that changes things + launching our new look.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Ferret's 10th birthday party! 🎉
Thursday 13 Nov, Drygate Glasgow.
Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ set, cake, raffle.
Celebrating a decade of journalism that changes things + launching our new look.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...
Thursday 13 Nov, Drygate Glasgow.
Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ set, cake, raffle.
Celebrating a decade of journalism that changes things + launching our new look.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...