Billy Briggs

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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Politics

Scottish charity watchdog damns group that attacked integrity of politicians

Billy Briggs on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019

A Fife-based charity, which was funded by the UK government and attacked politicians such as Jeremy Corbyn, has been condemned by Scotland's charity regulator.

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Arms trade, Human rights, International

Arms firms in Scotland profit from walls to keep out asylum seekers

Billy Briggs on November 5, 2019November 6, 2019

Arms firms in Scotland given taxpayers' money are profiting from border security contracts in Europe designed to keep out asylum seekers.

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Environment

Squid trawlers under fire for entering protected waters

Billy Briggs on October 25, 2019October 27, 2019

Squid trawlers have been accused of "sticking two fingers up to the Scottish Government" by entering protected waters off the Berwickshire coast.

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Billy Briggs

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

Politics

Scottish charity watchdog damns group that attacked integrity of politicians

Arms trade, Human rights, International

Arms firms in Scotland profit from walls to keep out asylum seekers

Environment

Squid trawlers under fire for entering protected waters

Warning that kelp dredging trials could trigger ‘environmental destruction’

Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes

No, you don’t need bring ID or a polling card to vote in Scotland

Fact check: misleading political party leaflets in Scotland