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Claim more than 12,000 died before ambulance could reach hospital in 2023 is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about people who had an ambulance called for them but died before reaching hospital.
March 22, 2024
Patriotic Alternative accused of promoting ‘neo-Nazi’ ideology by Michael Gove
A far right group exposed as having links to neo-Nazis three years ago will be assessed under the UK Government's new definition of extremism.
March 15, 2024
Two Scottish care workers struck off every week
Some 300 workers caring for Scotland’s most vulnerable people have been struck off for inappropriate, abusive and sometimes criminal behaviour in a three year period.
March 10, 2024
Claim 41 per cent of Scots adults are not earning enough to be taxed is Mostly True
A post on social media made a claim about the number of Scots paying income tax.
February 23, 2024
Hundreds of green activists face legal threats from private companies and governments
Environmental campaigners have been receiving legal threats, prompting claims that private companies and the state are trying to silence them with legal bills.
February 15, 2024
Patriotic Alternative could face legal action over whites-only Christmas campaign
A far right group has been warned that its whites-only Christmas campaign may have been unlawful.
February 8, 2024
Mark Fortune: Edinburgh landlord filmed allegedly threatening tenant
Edinburgh landlord Mark Fortune physically threatened a tenant and warned he would shut off his flat’s gas and electricity, secretly filmed footage shows.
January 25, 2024
Nominee boycotts VisitScotland awards over oil links
Andrew Watson has claimed that the tourism board is "knowingly" funding fossil fuel expansion by offering Lothian Pension Fund as a pension scheme to its employees.
December 1, 2023
Patients raise concerns about medical group as health board steps-up oversight
Patients at a practice run by GP chain Alba Medical Group say long patient lists and overstretched doctors mean they have been unable to make appointments.
November 12, 2023