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

Owen Fenn

2 articles

Society

Charities claim refugees facing eviction due to Home Office errors

Dozens of asylum seekers facing lock changes in Glasgow by multinational company, Serco, may in fact be entitled to Home

Karin Goodwin Aug 15, 2018

Eritrean refugee in Glasgow behind a fence

Society

‘I am like a prisoner again’ – Glasgow’s destitute Eritreans

Some nights Ariam gets lucky. A friend lets him sleep on a couch or curled up in the corner of

Peter Geoghegan, John Jack Jan 31, 2018