Adult adoptees are taking desperate measures to obtain their family ‘health histories’
Adult adoptees are calling for access to genetic testing to address the ‘health gap’ caused by their lack of information about genetically inherited conditions.
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Police division in Sheku Bayoh case faced assault allegations nearly every two weeks
A police division at the centre of an investigation over the death of a man in custody was the subject
Buccleuch accused of “breathtaking arrogance” over huge wind farm plan
The Duke of Buccleuch lobbied the Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, and government officials behind closed doors to fast-track a
Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Photography by Simon Murphy Introduction by Billy Briggs The horror of sexual violence continues to destroy the lives of countless
Trident is a disaster waiting to happen, says nuclear whistleblower
Trident submarines are plagued by serious security lapses, beset by multiple safety blunders and “a disaster waiting to happen”, according
African farmers evicted under guise of UK and US aid
Farmers and local communities in north-eastern Nigeria are losing their livelihoods, as an American prisons tycoon turns their land
The strange death of the Scottish election poster
Competing “yes” banners and “no thanks” posters were among the most colourful features of the referendum campaign, but as May’
Colombia: 50 years of human rights abuses – in pictures
Photos by Simon Murphy Introduction by Billy Briggs Colombia is a benighted land ravaged by civil war where paramilitaries and
Scottish prisons fail to protect inmates at risk of suicide
By Billy Briggs and Amy McKinnon Scottish prisons have failed to protect vulnerable prisoners at risk of suicide due to
Exposed – human trafficking for the sex industry in Burkina Faso
Photos by Angela Catlin. It is late on a Friday on the outskirts of Ouagadougou and as we enter the
Meet the women fighting for Africa’s food future
This article was first published in June 2014. Africa is at a tipping point – soon the scale of foreign agribusiness
Revealed: the £1.4 billion that the public sector pours into pollution, tobacco and weapons
More than 430 public bodies in Scotland are investing over £1.4 billion in pollution, tobacco and weapons despite the
Exposed: the dirty beaches given prizes for being clean
Eight beaches across Scotland officially condemned as “poor” because their polluted bathing waters make people sick have been given prizes