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Scottish Government slammed on freedom of information
Scottish Government delays in responding to freedom of information
requests have been condemned as “extremely disappointing and wholly unacceptable”.
Lack of local maternity services puts rural Scottish mothers at risk
As local maternity services decline, expectant mothers in rural Scotland are forced to undertake long and potentially risky journeys to access safe deliveries.
‘We are on the frontline’ – a year on from Kharkiv Oblast being liberated, its residents tell their stories
A year after Kharkiv Oblast's liberation, in Ukraine, its residents continue to face the challenges of daily violence and fear due to ongoing Russian attacks
Podcast: UK Government rhetoric puts torture survivors at risk, says top psychotherapist
The UK Government's rhetoric against asylum seekers puts people at risk from harm, according to a psychotherapist who works with torture survivors in Glasgow.
Silent disaster: Eni’s Nigerian subsidiary accused of causing major oil spill
An oil spill in Nigeria was allegedly caused by a firm owned by an oil multinational with billions invested in the North Sea.
Scottish veterans suffering from PTSD abandoned by justice system
Scottish veterans suffering from combat related trauma are falling between the cracks of the criminal justice system, it has been claimed.
‘These are our people’: How a street-based therapy service is tackling San Francisco’s drugs crisis
The Ferret visits the Harm Reduction Therapy Center in San Francisco, a psychotherapy service that offers an open-door policy to people using drugs.
How prescribing safe supply is helping drug users in Canada turn their lives around
The Ferret visits Vancouver, Canada, to find out how safe supply prescriptions are transforming lives in local communities.
‘National embarrassment’: famous footpath stays closed
A Scottish Government agency has delayed plans to re-open a famous and popular footpath in Edinburgh, prompting angry denunciations from walkers and climbers.