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Environment

Warning that kelp dredging trials could trigger ‘environmental destruction’

Rob Edwards on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019

A Scottish Government programme envisaging trials for seaweed dredging around the coast of Scotland has re-awakened fears for the future of “precious” underwater kelp forests.

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Crime and justice

Thousands of callers fail to get through on rape helpline

Billy Briggs on December 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Nearly 10,000 calls to a helpline for rape victims went unanswered last year due to a lack of resources, according to Rape Crisis Scotland.

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Environment

Warning that wildlife in danger from ‘staggering’ 40% funding cuts

Rob Edwards on December 8, 2019December 11, 2019

Scottish Government funding for major environment bodies has been slashed by 40 per cent over the last decade putting nature and the climate at risk, according to a new expert analysis.

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Education

Revealed: the narrowing options at secondary schools in poorer areas

James McEnaney on December 5, 2019December 8, 2019

Children in poorer parts of Scotland have nearly 10 per cent fewer choices of subjects in secondary school than those in better-off areas, new research has found.

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Crime and justice, Fact check, Politics

Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that violent crime is at 40-year low is False

Ferret Journalists on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Ferret Fact Service looks at the First Minister’s claim on the rate of violent crime in Scotland.

Education, Employment, Society

‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity

Karin Goodwin on November 28, 2019November 29, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost UK look at how care leavers in Scotland are fighting back against the impact of government austerity policy.

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Human rights, Society

‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people

Karin Goodwin on November 27, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of government austerity policy on the lives of disabled people in Scotland.

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Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Billy Briggs on November 26, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.

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Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Billy Briggs on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of UK government austerity on child poverty in Fife.

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Scottish Government

Environment

Warning that kelp dredging trials could trigger ‘environmental destruction’

Crime and justice

Thousands of callers fail to get through on rape helpline

Environment

Warning that wildlife in danger from ‘staggering’ 40% funding cuts

Education

Revealed: the narrowing options at secondary schools in poorer areas

Crime and justice, Fact check, Politics

Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that violent crime is at 40-year low is False

Education, Employment, Society

‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity

Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Warning that kelp dredging trials could trigger ‘environmental destruction’

Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes

No, you don’t need bring ID or a polling card to vote in Scotland

Fact check: misleading political party leaflets in Scotland