Families are being left without support after a suicide – and it’s causing more deaths
Those bereaved by suicide have a 65 per cent increased risk of taking their own lives. So why is there not more funding for support after tragedy strikes?
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The official FFS Show Halloween celebration podcast is finally here.
Just four days before All Hallows Eve, we are looking at the very real horror of the Scottish Government’s missed climate emissions targets with Ferret journalist, Paul Dobson.
Then Sam tries to catch out Ali with another fiendish quiz.
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