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

Royal Dutch Shell

3 articles

Human rights

Scots university members of green COP26 network invest £5.2m in fossil fuels and arms

Scots universities signed up to a COP26 green network of academic institutions committed to tackling climate change have shares worth

Billy Briggs Jan 24, 2021

Politics and power

Scots pension funds invest more than £100m in controversial Canadian gas pipeline

Scotland’s largest council pension funds have shares worth more than one hundred million pounds in a controversial gas pipeline

Billy Briggs Mar 16, 2020

Politics and power

‘Hypocritical’ Scottish universities slammed for unethical investments

Scottish universities have been branded “hypocritical” for investing tens of millions in the arms trade, fossil fuels, minimum wage employers

Peter Geoghegan, John Jack Sep 9, 2016