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Scots charity in trans rights row after announcing change to bathroom access
A Scottish charity may be discriminating against transgender staff after announcing a change to bathroom access following the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act, say legal experts.
‘Addiewell sentenced my son to death’: Grieving mother speaks out over ‘neglect’ by Scotland’s private prison
A family is preparing to sue Scotland’s only private prison, HMP Addiewell, for negligence after their 22-year-old son died alone in his cell while awaiting mental health support.
Private prison profits: Addiewell pays £3m to shareholders amid safety fears and rising deaths
The company behind Scotland’s private Addiewell prison has paid more than £3m to shareholders in under two years despite serious concerns over safety, deaths, and violence.
‘We can’t wait five years’: Neglected ‘banana flats’ residents say council breaching their rights
Residents of Leith's iconic “banana flats” claim Edinburgh City Council is breaching their human rights due to persistent issues with toxic black mould, faulty lifts, drug dealing, and problems with mice and rats.
Torture charity asks governments to better protect women from violence
Freedom from Torture’s Women Together campaign aims to raise awareness of gender-based violence while urging politicians to provide better support for survivors
Billionaire family linked to trade unionist blacklisting scandal are Tory donors
A billionaire family once headed by a key player in an operation which blacklisted trade unionists and others…
Trafficked young people left to sleep on Scottish streets after ‘flawed’ age assessments deem them adults
Trafficked and vulnerable asylum-seeking children are being “unlawfully” denied support and left homeless by Scottish local authorities, according to a new report.
Suicide and self harm causing deaths of young people in care
At least 15 children and young people in the care system have died from suicide or drug overdoses since 2021, including an 11-year-old.
Nine spycops snooped on anti-nuclear protests in Scotland
Nine officers from London’s secret undercover policing unit, known as spycops, aided the infiltration and surveillance of anti-nuclear protests in Scotland.
