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Selling off Scotland: public bodies shed property worth half a billion
Property sold off by public bodies across Scotland is worth half a billion and includes leisure centres, hospitals, healthcare clinics, and swimming pools.
March 27, 2021
Lives put at risk by drug rehab funding rule
The lives of people with addictions to drugs and alcohol are being put at risk because they are forced to choose between going to rehab and keeping their homes.
March 15, 2021
Remote learning figures show the digital divide laid bare
The provision of digital technology and internet access for remote schooling due to Covid-19 restrictions has been a "postcode lottery", a Ferret investigation has found.
March 11, 2021
Peat extraction plans for Nutberry Moss rejected by Dumfries and Galloway Council
An attempt by a fertiliser multinational to extend peat extraction in south-west Scotland has been unanimously rejected by a council on grounds it would contribute to climate change.
March 9, 2021
Inverclyde Council passes motion urging Strathclyde Pension Fund to invest ethically
Inverclyde Council has called on Scotland’s largest council pension fund to stop investing in arms and to commit to ethical investments.
March 5, 2021
Homeless deaths in Scotland rise by 11 per cent
The number of people who died whilst homeless in Scotland has risen, according to the latest official figures.
February 23, 2021
Forgotten island: Barra’s hidden health crisis
The beautiful island of Barra is fighting a Covid-19 outbreak. But islanders say the pandemic also highights a long-standing erosion of health and social care services.
January 31, 2021
Concerns raised over ‘cramped and stressful’ asylum unit for mothers and babies
Concerns have been raised about a Glasgow-based unit for asylum seeking mothers and their babies.
January 29, 2021
Over 2,000 homeless people housed in ‘unfit’ Glasgow B&Bs in eight months
Concerns about new Glasgow-wide figures revealing continued widespread use of homeless B&Bs for over seven day limit have been raised, while "unsuitable" housing rules have been put on hold.
January 22, 2021