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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🔴 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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Read the full story: www.theferret.scot/n...
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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Read the full story 👉 www.theferret.scot/m...
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.
Read the full story 👉 www.theferret.scot/m...
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
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: 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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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 🎉
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...
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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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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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"Our waters are for all of us, and people should be able to swim, bathe and relax safely"
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Our waters are for all of us, and people should be able to swim, bathe and relax safely"
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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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🔴 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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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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📢 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...
