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

radioactive waste

2 articles

Climate and the Environment

57 sites guilty of environmental breaches kept secret

The names of 57 sites across Scotland guilty of breaking environmental rules have been kept secret at the behest of

Rob Edwards Apr 6, 2020

Human rights

Faslane to dump up to 50 times more radioactive waste in the Clyde

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been attacked for planning to increase discharges of radioactive waste into the Firth of

Rob Edwards Mar 1, 2020