Families are being left without support after a suicide – and it’s causing more deaths
Those bereaved by suicide have a 65 per cent increased risk of taking their own lives. So why is there not more funding for support after tragedy strikes?
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Care homes receive hundreds of complaints
Care homes chains operating in Scotland have had hundreds of complaints upheld by inspectors in recent years, The Ferret can
Ex-oil lobbyist to be new Scottish Water chair
The new chair of Scottish Water has shares in Shell and is a former oil lobbyist, prompting questions about her
Homeless crisis sparks call for Scotland to declare ‘national housing emergency’
Charities have called on the Scottish Government to declare a national housing emergency, claiming Scotland’s homeless system is at
Forest agency ‘massacre’ up to 2,000 baby red squirrels
The Scottish Government’s forestry agency has been accused of “indiscriminate massacre” after it admitted it could have killed nearly
More than 50 waters fail quality tests due to metal pollution from mines
More than 50 rivers and groundwaters have failed quality tests because they have been contaminated by toxic metals flowing from
Sepa pensions invested in oil and sewage-dumping water firm
Pensions for Scotland’s environment agency are invested in fossil fuel giants and an English water company that spilled more
Scotland’s forests dominated by estates, investors and absentee owners, says report
Ownership of Scotland’s forests is becoming increasingly dominated by wealthy estates, investors and absentee owners who live outwith Scotland,
White supremacist who attended anti-asylum seeker protests in Erskine jailed for five years
A white supremacist from England who attended anti-asylum seeker protests in Erskine has been jailed for five years for
Plastic waste illegally burned at Hebridean farmed fish dump
A dump for dead fish at a Hebridean beauty spotwas condemned by Scotland’s green watchdog after plastics, gas canisters
Investigators film buckets of dead fish at salmon industry’s ‘poster child’ farm
Animal welfare investigators have filmed buckets of dead fish being lifted from the Scottish salmon industry’s “poster child” farm
Scottish Enterprise criticised over human rights checks on firms selling to Israel and Saudi Arabia
Hundreds of human rights checks have been made on companies seeking grants from Scottish Enterprise since 2019, and no firm
Patients raise concerns about medical group as health board steps-up oversight
Patients at a Lanarkshire practice run by GP chain Alba Medical Group say unmanageably long patient lists and overstretched doctors