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Journalist | Founding Director & Co-Editor @ theferret.scot | www.billybriggs.co.uk | 📷 = Angela Catlin |
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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
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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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
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“He was covered in blood. He was shaking, grey and traumatised. But he didn’t want to report it to the police in case there were repercussions and he also thought it might affect his claim for asylum”
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Far-right agitators stand accused of stirring up trouble at asylum hotel protests. But anti-racists are standing firm
Following a sharp rise in far right activity, we’ve spent the last three months attending protests, speaking to activists under threat, and tracking anti-asylum seeker demonstrations across Scotland.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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We spent three months on the ground at protests against asylum seekers across Scotland.

The picture that emerges is of a more organised far-right presence – and communities refusing to give up public space without a fight
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Far-right agitators stand accused of stirring up trouble at asylum hotel protests. But anti-racists are standing firm
Following a sharp rise in far right activity, we’ve spent the last three months attending protests, speaking to activists under threat, and tracking anti-asylum seeker demonstrations across Scotland.
www.theferret.scot
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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“I went along with my partner and daughter but was shocked by the levels of hostility and aggression”
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Far-right agitators stand accused of stirring up trouble at asylum hotel protests. But anti-racists are standing firm
Following a sharp rise in far right activity, we’ve spent the last three months attending protests, speaking to activists under threat, and tracking anti-asylum seeker demonstrations across Scotland.
www.theferret.scot
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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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.

bit.ly/ferret-long-...
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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...
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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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.

www.theferret.scot/i...
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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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/
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The new factories would produce explosives and propellants used in weapons such as guns and artillery and are viewed by some as necessary to make the country less dependent on US firepower
www.theferret.scot/m...
MoD confirms potential Scottish bomb sites after Ferret revelations
Government names areas being assessed for new munitions plants after The Ferret uncovers hidden details in a botched FoI response.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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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/
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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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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https://www.theferret.scot/russian-oligarch-paisley/
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November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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New look @theferret.scot website featuring a superb investigation that demands Scotland consider how to crack down on land ownership transparency loopholes. www.theferret.scot/russian-olig...
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 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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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...
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🧵 For two years, photographer Rayna Carruthers has been documenting pro-Palestine protests in Scotland for The Ferret.

Over 20 people now face potential terrorism charges—for holding signs, wearing T-shirts, attending peaceful demos.
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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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 🎉
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Same mission. Fresh look. Landing 13.11.25
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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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...
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Last week we reported that Edinburgh University students were “interrogated” by police over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Nearly 300 protected areas are being damaged or put at risk by Scotland’s rampant deer population, including breeding grounds for capercaillie – a bird facing extinction, The Ferret can reveal. theferret.scot/nearl...
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM