Billy Briggs

Environment

Footage of fox hunt released amid calls for legislation to be strengthened

Billy Briggs on January 10, 2020January 12, 2020

A video showing a fox being chased by a pack of hounds in Scotland has been released as animal welfare charities up the pressure on the Scottish Government to tighten foxhunting legislation.

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Scottish and UK governments have no records on commercial peat digging

Billy Briggs on December 29, 2019January 5, 2020

Freedom of information requests to the UK and Scottish governments reveal that authorities have no idea how much peat is being removed and sold commercially.

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Environment

Scallop dredgers accused of sabotaging creel fishing gear

Billy Briggs on December 22, 2019December 29, 2019

Rogue scallop dredgers are allegedly sabotaging the gear of crab and lobster fishermen operating off Scotland's east coast.

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Arms trade, International

Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes

Billy Briggs on December 12, 2019December 15, 2019

Executives of a US arms firm which makes smart bombs in Fife could face investigation for potentially aiding and abetting alleged war crimes in Yemen by a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia.

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Crime and justice

Thousands of callers fail to get through on rape helpline

Billy Briggs on December 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Nearly 10,000 calls to a helpline for rape victims went unanswered last year due to a lack of resources, according to Rape Crisis Scotland.

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Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Billy Briggs on November 26, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.

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Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Billy Briggs on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of UK government austerity on child poverty in Fife.

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Politics

Tory party accused of misrepresentation on fact checking

Billy Briggs on November 22, 2019November 29, 2019

A formal complaint has been sent to the Conservative Party over its rebranding of an official Twitter account as an independent fact checking service.

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Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

Rape victims billed hundreds of pounds for mobile phones seized by police

Billy Briggs on November 11, 2019November 11, 2019

Victims of sexual violence are being forced to spend hundreds of pounds on mobile phones seized by the police, prompting calls for urgent action to halt the billing.

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Billy Briggs

Environment

Footage of fox hunt released amid calls for legislation to be strengthened

Environment

Scottish and UK governments have no records on commercial peat digging

Environment

Scallop dredgers accused of sabotaging creel fishing gear

Arms trade, International

Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes

Crime and justice

Thousands of callers fail to get through on rape helpline

Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Politics

Tory party accused of misrepresentation on fact checking

Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

Rape victims billed hundreds of pounds for mobile phones seized by police

Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”

UK tried “diplomatic blackmail” to force Mandela to buy Scottish warships

Call for landowners to be forced to kill more deer to protect trees

Councils have sprayed 170,000 litres of weedkiller linked to cancer