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Bands accused of promoting neo-Nazism to play Glasgow music festival
Campaigners say bands alleged to promote neo-Nazism should be stopped from performing at a Glasgow music festival.
Illegal injection van ‘will prevent hundreds of drug deaths’
Canadian campaigner Garth Mullins has backed a Glasgow activist's plan to launch an injection centre in the city.
Fact check: Immigration claims on BBC Question Time
Ferret Fact service looks at a number of claims about immigration and the health service made by an audience member appearing on the BBC's Question Time programme.
Call for probe after man begging for help died in custody
Lawyer Aamer Anwar formally requests an investigation into Police Scotland after a fatal accident inquiry revealed officers mocked Alan Hay when he begged them for help before his death.
Torture survivors left with no heating due to voucher system
Torture survivors living on £5 a day in Glasgow are being forced to travel for miles to get power to heat their homes, according to support workers.
Rural areas worst hit by post office closures in Scotland
Rural areas in the west of Scotland have been badly hit by post office closures in the last ten years, according to Post Office data obtained by The Ferret.
Scotland has highest rate of homeless deaths in the UK, new figures reveal
Scotland has a higher rate of homeless deaths than other UK countries, according to official statistics showing that 359 people died over a two-year period.
Scottish homeless deaths to be officially published from next month
Scotland's national records will begin publishing specific statistics on homeless deaths for the first time next month.
Claim survey found that one in four want a different gender Santa Claus is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a poll claiming that one in four want Santa Claus to change gender.