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

F16 fighter

2 articles

Politics and power

Scottish school children targeted by arms firm allegedly complicit in war crimes

An Italian arms firm accused of complicity in alleged war crimes in Yemen and the “ethnic cleansing” of Kurds in

Billy Briggs Jan 21, 2020

Human rights

Scottish Government hands £3m to arms firms profiting from Yemen war

Arms firms profiting from a war in Yemen that has killed 70,000 people were given nearly £3m of tax

Billy Briggs May 6, 2019