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Top Tory official behind plans for 'world's largest data centre' in Scotland

THE company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal – and one of the largest in the world – is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via a Caribbean tax haven, The Ferret can reveal ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 11

Communities are bearing brunt of buildings being left derelict

Inside Hartwood Hospital’s overgrown courtyard, a derelict nursing home is being strangled by a net of ivy that creeps up its crumbling facade and vanishes into the tattered roof

The National (Scotland) · Oct 4

The Glasgow building where Scotland is sold to the world’s money launderers

IT’S amazing what Scottish produce you can source around the world if you have an eye for it. Whether you’re in Motherwell, Moscow, or indeed…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 20

Families are being left without support after suicide – and it’s causing more deaths

‘IT was like a domino effect,” says Fiona Ford.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 9

Scottish wind farms paying £1 billion to foreign shareholders

CHINA’S government and an investment vehicle based in the Cayman Islands are among a group of foreign owners whose Scottish wind farms have paid…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 2

Scottish councils misspend millions in nature funding

MILLIONS of pounds from a flagship Scottish Government environmental fund has been misspent by councils, The Ferret can reveal.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5

Spaceport’s plan to dump rocket launch debris into Scottish seas

SCOTLAND’S first spaceport on Shetland plans to use the sea as a “dustbin” to dump tonnes of debris from rockets, The Ferret can reveal,…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 28

Records of Angus Robertson's secret Israel meeting 'altered to put Gaza top'

OFFICIAL records of former Scottish culture secretary Angus Robertson’s controversial meeting with an Israeli diplomat were changed before being…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 25

Scots in mental health crisis being turned away at A&E

TWO thirds of people attempting to access urgent mental health support are not admitted to hospital, and waiting times for support in half of…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 21

The Ferret: Oligarchs, royalty and foreign banks all flouting Scots land laws

RUSSIAN oligarchs, billion­aires, foreign governments, international royalty, and banking giants are among those behind nearly 1000 offshore…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 13