Climate change is causing rising sea levels and coastal erosion and 109 Scottish golf courses are at risk. We examined the issue as part of Green drive: Golf and the environmental crisis – a special Ferret series on golf and the environment.

Reform UK knew its candidates had supported far right influencers, spread Covid-19 conspiracies, and made ableist slurs. The party selected them again.

The Ferret exposed the extreme views of Reform UK’s Scotland’s candidates before Nigel Farage promised to improve his party’s “poor” vetting processes, but many of them have been re-selected to fight the Holyrood election.

Barry Black

3 articles

Society

Poor schools four times more likely than private schools to have Higher passes changed to fail

Scotland’s poorest schools were four times more likely than private schools to have passing Higher grades changed to a

James McEnaney Oct 18, 2020

Society

Progress ‘under strain’ on attainment gaps between rich and poor pupils

Progress in closing attainment gaps between rich and poor school children is faltering as their performances decline at differing rates,

James McEnaney Mar 6, 2020

Society

Revealed: the narrowing options at secondary schools in poorer areas

Children in poorer parts of Scotland have nearly 10 per cent fewer choices of subjects in secondary schools than those

James McEnaney Dec 5, 2019

Claim 'abortion to birth' is now legal in the UK is Mostly False

Scotland's disappearing golf courses

Reform UK knew its candidates had supported far right influencers, spread Covid-19 conspiracies, and made ableist slurs. The party selected them again.

Barry Black

Poor schools four times more likely than private schools to have Higher passes changed to fail

Progress ‘under strain’ on attainment gaps between rich and poor pupils

Revealed: the narrowing options at secondary schools in poorer areas