Investigative journalist | Founding director and co-editor @ferretscot | 📸 © Angela Catlin
Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Joined March 2009
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New academic book from Routledge called Journalism, Power and Investigation documents award winning international coverage by @FerretScot in Iraq and Turkey. bit.ly/2WWVll3
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🔴 NEW - Two GB News Directors Have Investments in Oil Companies Behind Rosebank and Jackdaw
Lord Agnew and Paul Marshall, who also owns The Spectator, are shareholders in Equinor and Shell.
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Fox: Why are you here this morning?
Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.
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🔴 NEW: The founder of a Canadian "extremist, militia-like organisation” visited far right allies in Scotland. Critics question why a “dangerous individual" was allowed to enter the country.
Our latest: theferret.scot/p/ac4c1990-f4…
ALT Three people pose beside the Robert the Bruce monument, with two faces blurred and one man visible in the centre. They hold a large Saltire and another heraldic flag. Overlaid text reads: “Revealed: Scottish neo-Nazi fight club hosted activist who threatened to rape politician’s wife,” with a summary stating that the founder of a Canadian extremist organisation visited far-right allies in Scotland.
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A Daily Mail spokesperson said: "Yaxley-Lennon’s behaviour was reprehensible and had grave consequences for our reporters and their families. Through his actions, Yaxley-Lennon sought to undermine our right to hold him to account." pressgazette.co.uk/news/tomm…
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"No doubt the UK thinks that it is sending out signals of strength and resolve over its nuclear posture, but these signals may be interpreted in a totally different way by the Russian government”
theferret.scot/uk-escalating…
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NEW Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - AKA Tommy Robinson - found guilty of harassing two journalists to the point where they feared violence.
Important court case - response from @CPSUK which brought the prosecution, here:
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Tommy Robinson guilty of harassing Mail journalists bbc.in/4yLPekk
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🔴NEW: Observations by campaigners suggest that three of the UK’s nuclear-armed submarines are currently at sea. This is the first time this has happened since 2022, and it’s caused concerns
theferret.scot/uk-escalating…
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The Trump sons’ global network: money, influence and the family business ft.trib.al/GXbuq7d
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Staff at Edinburgh University are in their fifth week of strikes over proposed cuts. Unions warn 1,800 jobs could be lost, while around 90 degree programmes face closure
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🔴 NEW: As staff at Scotland’s largest university continue strikes over sweeping cuts, their boss still won’t say what his second job pays on top of his £425,000 salary.
Our latest: theferret.scot/p/44b38656-86…
ALT Graphic showing the courtyard of the University of Edinburgh with a black-and-white cutout portrait of a man in the foreground. Headline reads: “Departing Edinburgh uni boss says he’s committed to the job – but still won’t say what his second role pays.”
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EXCLUSIVE: More than one million tests have been conducted on animals in Scotland since 2021, including experiments on dogs and monkeys and the breeding of genetically altered creatures 👇
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OneKind says animal testing is declining but remains widespread. Its latest report records more than 1.14 million procedures in Scotland over five years, prompting renewed calls for non-animal alternatives
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🔴 NEW: Scientists argue that research using animals is vital for the treatment and cure of human diseases like cancers. But experimenting on dogs and monkeys is controversial and critics say alternative methods should be used.
Our latest: theferret.scot/p/aa38b28f-ac…
ALT Close-up of a black dog behind the bars of a cage. Text reads: “More than one million animal experiments in Scotland since 2021.”
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Welcome news as Police Scotland confirm they are investigating allegations that a Scottish man linked to far-right group Turning Point UK offered to arrange contract killings through paramilitary contacts.
Now we need @metpoliceuk to investigate role of Turning Point UK leaders.
EXCLUSIVE: Police Scotland have confirmed they are investigating allegations that a Scottish man linked to Turning Point UK offered to arrange contract killings through paramilitary contacts
An investigation by Al Jazeera was launched five years ago when their undercover reporter joined TPUK, an independent offshoot of the right-wing US group
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What a grim opening line:
‘The new owners of the Daily Telegraph have made large numbers of staff redundant, telling them the title will be transformed from a newspaper “into a global, AI-powered premium media and intelligence business”.’
theguardian.com/media/2026/o…
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Around 100 Telegraph staff are believed to have been told they are losing their jobs, almost four months after its takeover by Axel Springer
Focus being put on new revenue streams such as "video, audio, puzzles, events, B2B, licensing, commerce and new products"
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Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said:
"The NUJ strongly condemns attempts to subdue scrutiny and investigative reporting [...] Journalists have a right to report without fear - including on the behaviour and beliefs of people standing for office.”
nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-cond…
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Trump ordered to sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit bbc.in/47vF8sP
