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‘Nauseating’: Illegal sewage spills polluted protected waters, data suggests
Scottish Water illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times during dry weather, soiling beauty spots such as West Sands beach at St Andrews.
October 29, 2023
Scottish GP data
This data was used to support our investigation into General Practice medicine. It contains two datasets. One shows the change in the number of patients per GP between 2019 and 2022, broken down by GP practice. The other shows the change in the number of GPs in each medical practice in Scotland over the same period. The file is an Microsoft Excel file.
March 21, 2023
Far right extremism most common ideology in latest counter-terrorism referral data
Far right extremism was the most common ideology of those in Scotland reported to the UK counter-terrorism programme, according to the latest Police Scotland data.
January 26, 2023
East Lothian Council accused of creating ‘two-tier access’ to environmental data
Critics say the policy of charging for environmental information in East Lothian means residents are unable to access vital data on their local environment.
January 4, 2023
More than 10,000 data breaches by Scottish local authorities
Scottish local authorities have recorded more than 10,000 data breaches over the last five years, The Ferret can reveal.
October 23, 2022
Revealed: More than 200 data breaches at Aberdeenshire Council
A Scottish council which boasted of its high data protection standards had more than 200 data breaches in two years and dozens staff had not completed compulsory data protection training, The Ferret can reveal.
July 11, 2022
Future ‘bleak’ as council data reveals neighbourhood cutbacks
Future 'bleak', as council data reveals neighbourhood cutbacks.
June 29, 2022
The FFS show 26: Scottish census and LGBTQ+ data with Dr Kevin Guyan
This episode features Dr Kevin Guyan talking about how LGBTQ+ identities can be poorly represented in data.
March 16, 2022
More than half of Scots councils do not publish data
Over half of councils do not make data publicly available and Scotland is “lagging behind other countries”.
March 3, 2022