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Dundee
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Revealed: Scottish property worth billions owned by tax haven firms
Registers of Scotland data shows 3,237 Scottish properties were owned by companies based outside of the UK in 2019.
Scottish cities see ‘much larger’ Covid-19 lockdown effects
Experts say that data harvested from people's mobile phones show that city centre activity across Scotland has declined by around a third since strict rules on movement were introduced to manage the Covid-19 outbreak.
PFI firms promote coronavirus donations but refuse NHS fee cut
Private finance firms profiting from Scottish hospitals have drawn criticism for seeking positive publicity for their response to the coronavirus epidemic in Europe whilst refusing to drop their charges in Scotland.
Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets
Air pollution from exhaust fumes has increased on streets in Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Falkirk and Perth, according to the latest government monitoring.
‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis
The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.
Dundee council ‘raided’ common good fund for £5.5k Lord Provost portrait
Dundee City Council has been criticised for using £5,500 of its Common Good Fund to pay for a portrait of the city’s Lord Provost.
Army under fire for targeting recruitment adverts during ‘January Blues’
The British Army has been criticised for targeting online recruitment adverts at young, risk-taking, working class Scots suffering the "January Blues".
Insight: Dundee’s drugs crisis and those left behind
The drug-related death count in Dundee jumped from 57 to 73 in 2017, and is almost double the national average.
Named: the city streets badly polluted by traffic fumes
Busy streets in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee are being polluted by exhaust fumes in breach of legal safety limits introduced in 2010, according to the latest government monitoring.
