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Revealed: allegations of sexual harassment by NHS staff led to at least 25 investigations
Allegations of sexual harassment by NHS staff in Scotland led to at least 25 internal investigations by health boards last year resulting in dismissals, resignations and ongoing police cases.
Fact check: ‘What has the SNP ever done for us?’
Ferret Fact Service looks at all 19 claims in the SNP's January 2018 Party Political Broadcast.
Barnardo’s accused of blocking rival charities in ‘flawed’ city funding bid
The Director of a small charity has claimed that Barnardo’s effectively forced her group out of a joint bid for an City of Edinburgh Council contract and tried to prevent any other rival bids from being launched.
Podcast: what’s behind the rise in self-harming in Scottish prisons?
Cases in which people try to hurt or kill themselves in prison have risen by over a third in the last four years.
Giant wind turbines are causing health problems, claim villagers
A west coast community is in dispute with a power company over giant wind turbines which are allegedly causing debilitating health problems.
Revealed: the rise in self-harm in Scottish prisons
Cases in which people try to hurt or kill themselves in prison have risen by over a third in the last four years.
Government funded baby ashes charity close to collapse
A charity set up to support families affected by the ‘baby ashes scandal’ is being investigated for a second time by charity regulators.
Revealed: the care homes with the most complaints in Scotland
The Care Inspectorate has upheld more than 100 complaints against private sector care home provider, HC-One, in the last three years, the Ferret can reveal.
Did the SNP government end hospital parking charges?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Alex Salmond's claim that the SNP-led government ended hospital parking charges in 2008.