Claim that video shows bagpiper playing over call to prayer in Scotland is False
A video showing a man playing bagpipes during a Muslim call to prayer was widely shared on social media this
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Alone, at risk and afraid: urgent action needed to stop care leavers becoming homeless
Young people leaving care are still being left homeless and at risk, in unsuitable hostels surrounded by drugs, or too
Suicide and self harm causing deaths of young people in care
At least 16 children and young people have died of suicide or drug overdoses while in the care system since
Councils spent £200m on profit-making residential care providers for children and young people
Scottish councils have given up to £200m to private firms to provide residential care for children and young people, despite
Questions raised over £2m spent by ‘quango’ charged with care system reform
The organisation overseeing the Scottish Government’s flagship children’s care system reform – The Promise – has spent almost a third
Concerns raised over record number of women’s drug deaths
A record number of women died drug related deaths in 2021, according to new figures. The annual statistics, published by
Youth justice system needs ‘radical reform’ to stop children being sent to prison
Youth justice needs a radical overhaul to stop the system from failing Scottish children by sending them to prison, it
Children as young as five restrained in care homes despite ‘promise’ to stop
Scottish local authorities are continuing to use “traumatising and humiliating” restraint methods on children as young as five in residential
A record number of young people in care died last year
A record number of children and young people in care died last year when coronavirus restrictions were at their most
Child protection investigations rose by a third across Scotland, data reveals
The number of child protection investigations carried out in Scotland rose by a third within two years, previously unpublished data
Adoption charities taking over Kinship carer service is ‘slap in the face’
Kinship carers – grandparents and other relatives who look after children when their birth parents cannot – claim they have been left