Billy Briggs
@billybriggs24.bsky.social
Journalist | Founding Director & Co-Editor @ theferret.scot | www.billybriggs.co.uk | 📷 = Angela Catlin |
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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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🔴 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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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
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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
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...
www.theferret.scot/m...
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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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🔴 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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“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
www.theferret.scot/r...
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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 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
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...
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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
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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 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.
Over 20 people now face potential terrorism charges—for holding signs, wearing T-shirts, attending peaceful demos.
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🧵 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.
Over 20 people now face potential terrorism charges—for holding signs, wearing T-shirts, attending peaceful demos.
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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.
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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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Same mission. Fresh look. Landing 13.11.25
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Same mission. Fresh look. Landing 13.11.25
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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...
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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
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.
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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
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?
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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
Last week we reported that Edinburgh University students were “interrogated” by police over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military.
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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
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...
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🔴 Students working in Edinburgh University were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military, prompting dozens to sign a letter of complaint.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🔴 Students working in Edinburgh University were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military, prompting dozens to sign a letter of complaint.
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theferret.scot/edinb...
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Campaigners warned of a “Scottish sewage scandal” and said the findings suggest the public is “being put at risk” even at “supposedly excellent quality beaches”
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November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Campaigners warned of a “Scottish sewage scandal” and said the findings suggest the public is “being put at risk” even at “supposedly excellent quality beaches”
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🔴 NEW: High levels of faecal bacteria were recorded at dozens of Scotland’s best beaches this summer. Campaigners say swimmers and paddlers could be at risk, but ministers and regulators insist water quality remains high.
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Our latest: theferret.scot/scott...
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴 NEW: High levels of faecal bacteria were recorded at dozens of Scotland’s best beaches this summer. Campaigners say swimmers and paddlers could be at risk, but ministers and regulators insist water quality remains high.
Our latest: theferret.scot/scott...
Our latest: theferret.scot/scott...
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🔴 NEW: Footage of farmed trout apparently suffocating, haemorrhaging, and being beaten with batons in a slaughterhouse has prompted an official complaint to a government regulator.
Our latest: theferret.scot/foota...
Our latest: theferret.scot/foota...
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔴 NEW: Footage of farmed trout apparently suffocating, haemorrhaging, and being beaten with batons in a slaughterhouse has prompted an official complaint to a government regulator.
Our latest: theferret.scot/foota...
Our latest: theferret.scot/foota...
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Our findings have prompted a call for firms in receipt of taxpayers’ money with offshore links to be more “transparent” about their funding and manufacturers of potentially high risk operations in space to be “held to the highest standards”
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October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Our findings have prompted a call for firms in receipt of taxpayers’ money with offshore links to be more “transparent” about their funding and manufacturers of potentially high risk operations in space to be “held to the highest standards”
theferret.scot/max-p...
theferret.scot/max-p...
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🔴 NEW: The Ukrainian owner of Scotland’s first rocket firm with a space launch licence — backed by millions in public funds — has historic links to offshore dating and gambling businesses, including one called I Am Naughty, The Ferret can reveal.
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theferret.scot/max-p...
October 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🔴 NEW: The Ukrainian owner of Scotland’s first rocket firm with a space launch licence — backed by millions in public funds — has historic links to offshore dating and gambling businesses, including one called I Am Naughty, The Ferret can reveal.
theferret.scot/max-p...
theferret.scot/max-p...
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The Ferret has been covering the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry for over three years. Now the Bayoh family's lawyer warns the legal establishment has delivered “a wrecking ball” to the inquiry from which it may never recover.
October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Ferret has been covering the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry for over three years. Now the Bayoh family's lawyer warns the legal establishment has delivered “a wrecking ball” to the inquiry from which it may never recover.
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🎉 The Ferret is 10! Join us 13 Nov at Drygate, Glasgow for live music, dancing & our brand refresh.
Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ GAMING, Tam Dean Burn hosting. 7:30pm | £15 (£10 members)
Pay-what-you-can tickets available.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...
Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ GAMING, Tam Dean Burn hosting. 7:30pm | £15 (£10 members)
Pay-what-you-can tickets available.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🎉 The Ferret is 10! Join us 13 Nov at Drygate, Glasgow for live music, dancing & our brand refresh.
Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ GAMING, Tam Dean Burn hosting. 7:30pm | £15 (£10 members)
Pay-what-you-can tickets available.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...
Ray Aggs (Sacred Paws), ceilidh, DJ GAMING, Tam Dean Burn hosting. 7:30pm | £15 (£10 members)
Pay-what-you-can tickets available.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ferret...
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📢 We've been nominated for a British Journalism Award for our environmental reporting.
Well done to @billybriggs24.bsky.social, @paul.theferret.scot
and @robedwards5.bsky.social 🎉
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
Well done to @billybriggs24.bsky.social, @paul.theferret.scot
and @robedwards5.bsky.social 🎉
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
British Journalism Awards 2025: Finalists revealed
Press Gazette is proud to reveal the shortlist for the British Journalism Awards 2025, with links to all of the winning work.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
📢 We've been nominated for a British Journalism Award for our environmental reporting.
Well done to @billybriggs24.bsky.social, @paul.theferret.scot
and @robedwards5.bsky.social 🎉
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
Well done to @billybriggs24.bsky.social, @paul.theferret.scot
and @robedwards5.bsky.social 🎉
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...