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School milk fee rise blamed on Brexit as subsidy ends
Scottish parents face rising school milk costs after the Scottish Government has said that it will not make up an EU subsidy shortfall.
Sex workers urge decriminalisation as Covid-19 lockdown takes toll
Campaigners in Scotland have urged the Scottish Government to decriminalise sex work, as many suffer during the coronavirus lockdown.
Oil firm backed by Scots company allegedly put Indigenous people at risk in Peru
A global finance company in Edinburgh has £12m invested in an oil firm accused of endangering Indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon who are in lockdown due to Covid-19.
Scottish care homes owned by the Chinese state in tax havens
Dozens of Scotland's care home buildings are owned by companies based in tax havens and controlled by global hedge funds, private equity and China
How has Scotland done on coronavirus testing?
Ferret Fact Service looks at how Scotland's testing programme has been delivered during the coronavirus pandemic.
SNP’s mental health spokesperson voted against move to limit abortion clinic protests
Women’s organisations criticised the SNP’s Westminster mental health spokesperson, Dr Lisa Cameron MP, after she voted against restrictions on demonstrations near abortion clinics in England.
Coronavirus: How badly has Scotland been affected?
Ferret Fact Service looks at the different ways to measure the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in Scotland and around the world.
Rejected meat: five million defects found by food watchdog
More than five million animal welfare problems, contamination and processing faults have caused the Scottish Government’s food safety watchdog to deem meat unsafe for human consumption since 2016.
MSPs urged to learn from Skye nursing home Covid-19 outbreak
Scotland's leaders urged to look at Home Farm on Skye as a tragic example of where things have gone wrong in the government's Covid-19 response.