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

developers

2 articles

Politics and power

Council to urge Scottish Government to boost community planning appeal rights

Edinburgh councillors have voted unanimously to give local communities more power to appeal planning decisions – a move campaigners argue would

Jamie Mann May 5, 2023

Politics and power

Pretty vacant: Local authorities and tax havens own hundreds of empty properties

Local authorities own over 1,100 vacant properties in Scotland’s cities while real estate investors, tax haven firms and

Karin Goodwin, Jamie Mann, Petra Matijevic Nov 24, 2022