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UK’s second-hand clothing pollutes African nations
On Korle-Gonno beach in Accra, Ghana’s bustling capital, reams of tangled clothing are burrowed into the sand.
UK Government and arms firms in Scotland condemned after child deaths in Gaza
The UK Government and arms firms based in Scotland have been condemned for arms sales to Israel after 16 children were killed in air strikes on Gaza over the last week.
Survivor of child torture fights deportation to Rwanda
A Syrian survivor of childhood torture and detention has become the second person in Scotland to fight Home Office plans to deport him to Rwanda.
Scots pension funds invest nearly half a billion in firms still doing business in Russia
Scotland’s two largest local government pension funds have nearly half a billion pounds invested in firms which are still doing business in Russia.
Inside Kharkiv: a city surviving the carnage of war
Kharkiv has been at the heart of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine since March. As Russian troops get pushed back East, The Ferret reports on what's left behind.
The FFS Show 30: The Doomsday Clock with Herbert Lin
On this episode we talk about the end of the world and all the elements that make up some of humanity's biggest threats.
Brexit Bonus: Peer banks £90k for Cairnryan lorry park lease
A hereditary peer has been paid £90,000 by the Scottish Government so that a former airfield can be used as an overflow lorry park in Dumfries.
New Cambo owner on UN blacklist for doing business in the West Bank
Firm which owns the Cambo oil field is on a United Nations blacklist for doing business in Israeli-occupied West Bank settlements,
Scots property investor Lopatinsky denies links to Russian security agencies
Yuri Lopatinsky was linked to Russian state agencies by an MP during a January debate in the House of Commons.
