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No rest for Manila’s dead: the front line of the Philippines drug war
The Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte was elected in 2016 on a platform of ridding the country of its drug addiction problem. Thousands of people have been killed by police and vigilantes.
August 1, 2018
Government urged to declare public health emergency over drug deaths
A record number of drug deaths were recorded in Scotland last year. They also showed a stark increase in female deaths.
July 9, 2018
Claim that Glasgow drug death rate is over 1000% higher than EU is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim from Paul Sweeney MP about drug-related deaths in Glasgow.
May 24, 2018
The Moscow residents fighting to save their communist era homes
In September 2017, Chris Leslie, award winning photographer and filmmaker, and Dr Jonathan Charley, from the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, visited Moscow to report on one of the largest urban migration programmes in history.
February 13, 2018
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.
July 25, 2017
The Scottish streets poisoned by air pollution
Lethal exhaust fumes linked to degenerative brain diseases have polluted busy streets across Scotland in breach of safety limits.
January 16, 2017
No-one caught for drone drug deliveries to prisons
No-one has been caught for using drones to smuggle contraband drugs, tobacco and mobile phones into Scottish prisons, The Ferret can reveal.
November 1, 2016
Revealed: SNP links with private welfare-to-work lobby
The Ferret can reveal close links between the SNP and controversial private firms who are likely to bid for contracts.
March 1, 2016