Joshua Martin - The Ferret

Claim Glasgow City Council put up posters of ‘high risk’ areas for sexual assault is False

Posters appeared on social media purporting to be from the local authority, but they are fake.

Ferret Journalists Jul 20, 2026

Society

School absence rates are reaching crisis point. How can we help young people facing ‘extreme’ social isolation?

Academics are raising concerns that an increasing percentage of young people, unable to cope with school, are withdrawing into their bedrooms, while families claim support is “woefully inadequate”.

Claire Prentice Jul 19, 2026

Human rights

Children in care die at twice the rate of others. Why are so few of their deaths reviewed?

A disproportionate number of children and young people growing up in care are dying prematurely, prompting calls for preventative action.

Karin Goodwin Jul 16, 2026

2 articles

Politics and power

QAnon: Scottish child abuse protests linked to US conspiracy cult

Protests against child trafficking in Scottish cities have links to a far-right conspiracy cult from America called QAnon that

Billy Briggs, Joshua Martin Sep 29, 2020

Politics and power

Named: the Scots businessman linked to neo-Nazi groups

A businessman from a Scottish seaside town can today be unmasked as a former online recruiter for banned neo-Nazi

Joshua Martin, Billy Briggs Feb 17, 2020