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

Pollokshields

2 articles

Politics and power

Emails reveal Scottish ministers snubbed by Priti Patel over immigration raid

A series of urgent emails from the heart of the Scottish Government on the day of a Home Office immigration

Karin Goodwin, Ally Tibbitt Jun 15, 2021

Society

Men freed as ‘antagonistic’ and ‘intimidating’ Home Office immigration raid ends

Two men taken away by Home Office officials during an immigration enforcement raid carried out in one of Scotland’s

Karin Goodwin May 13, 2021