The Scottish Funding Council has determined that the university has too much cash to receive a taxpayer bailout. Unions say it shows the level of cuts at Dundee is unnecessary.
Local people filmed a large balloon meant to provide last-ditch communications in a nuclear war deflating and crashing. But the Ministry of Defence won’t say anything about it.
Dieting and fitness advice is rife on social media, but listening to the wrong information can be devastating to people’s health and wellbeing.
Ali and Paul spoke to Kirsty Pavey from eating disorder charity Beat eating disorders about the danger of bad diet advice that can encourage disordered eating and affect people’s mental health.
Elsewhere in the podcast, we take on a claim by the home secretary Suella Braverman about refugees from Sudan, and we look at some historical fact checking on the origins of the Picts.
Show notes:
Beat’s website is here, with advice and support for people living with eating disorders or concerned about a loved one.
Alastair leads our fact-checking arm, The Ferret Fact Service, and writes about disinformation and conspiracy theories. He also delivers training on media literacy and spotting disinformation. He spends his free time at gigs in basements.
Adult adoptees are calling for access to genetic testing to address the ‘health gap’ caused by their lack of information about genetically inherited conditions.
Only one in eleven major summer festivals analysed by The Ferret has a 50/50 gender split, with representation across all festivals declining at headline level.
Academics are raising concerns that an increasing percentage of young people, unable to cope with school, are withdrawing into their bedrooms, while families claim support is “woefully inadequate”.
