Edinburgh Uni staff are losing their jobs. Their boss has two
Sir Peter Mathieson appears to have confirmed he is being paid for a board role at a university spin-off at the same time as many staff face uncertainty about their futures.
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Charity to launch legal action over ‘scandalous’ failure to help Glasgow’s homeless
Homeless charity, Shelter Scotland, is preparing to take groundbreaking legal action against Glasgow City Council over its failure to accommodate
UK government under fire for inviting ‘war crime’ states to arms fair
The UK government has been condemned for inviting regimes accused of killing children to an arms fair dubbed a “festival
20 public bodies pressing for restrictions on public right to know
Twenty public sector bodies have urged MSPs to weaken freedom of information law by increasing charges, widening exemptions and relaxing
Victims of sexual assaults travel 100 miles for examinations
Victims of sexual assaults have had to travel over 100 miles wearing the clothes they were attacked in before they
UK arms sales condemned after 12,000 children killed or maimed
The UK government has been condemned for arming states named and shamed in a new United Nations (UN) report revealing
Police Scotland acted as ‘private security’ for fish farm, claims campaigner
An environmentalist who highlights problems with Scotland’s fish farming industry has accused Police Scotland of acting as “private security”
Scottish Government departments failing on freedom of information
The efforts of departments in the Scottish Government to improve their freedom of information performance have been “disappointing”, according to
Pakistani human rights defender in hiding after parents charged with terrorism
An acclaimed human rights activist who helped The Ferret investigate Islamist extremism in Pakistan is in hiding after her family
Big Brother surveillance could discriminate against workers, claim unions
Big Brother-style CCTV planned for Glasgow is a “very significant” threat to civil liberties and workers’ rights, according to trade
In pictures: the devastated city of Mosul two years on
This story is best viewed on a larger screen More than 300,000 people are unable to return to their
In photos: life after war for Uganda’s former child soldiers
Uganda is known as the Pearl of Africa because of its unmatched natural beauty. Yet, away from the idyllic safaris
Claim of 82 per cent opposition to transgender self-identification is Mostly False
The Scottish Government’s plans to alter the Gender Recognition Act have led to fierce debate in recent months. The
