Highland trout firm accused of animal welfare abuses
Covert filming of farmed trout apparently suffering at an abattoir last year led to a firm being formally warned. New footage has prompted a fresh complaint.
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‘Alarming’ rise in Glasgow homeless deaths linked to street valium
About 20 homeless people in Glasgow have died in the last six weeks, The Ferret has learned. The spate of
Call made for improved out-of-hours mental health care in prisons
Immediate changes should be made to put in place better out-of-hours mental health provision in prisons, it has
Serco loses contract to house asylum seekers in Scotland
Multinational provider Serco has lost a contract worth tens of millions a year to house asylum seekers in Scotland. The
Glasgow council probes who knew about refugee eviction plans
Glasgow City Council’s internal auditor is to investigate emails suggesting managers knew that Serco planned to change the locks
Revealed: Glasgow council managers knew about plans to evict refugees
Senior managers at Glasgow City Council knew for months about controversial plans to evict hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees
BBC urged First Minister to change her mind on Steve Bannon, emails reveal
The BBC pleaded with Nicola Sturgeon to reverse her decision to pull out of a media conference after she learned
Revealed: Edinburgh’s 466 breaches of homeless B&B law
The City of Edinburgh Council has broken the law 466 times in the last year by placing homeless families in
Prison suicides prompt call for fewer sentences to save lives
Scottish courts must dramatically reduce the number of people being sent to prison in order to save lives, according to
Destitute refugee family win right to rebuild their lives
A couple with two young children, who were facing street homelessness in Scotland after being destitute for almost a decade,
Searching for answers: Scots struggling to access records on their lives in care
Sitting in his car – outside the post office where he had collected a brown paper package containing the written records
Inequality worse in Scotland since devolution, says study
Inequality in Scotland has got worse not better since devolution, according to a new expert study. Gwilym Pryce, a social
Call to review domestic murders to help prevent further deaths
Scotland must introduce formal reviews on domestic murders to help save lives, according to leading violence against women organisations. The