Claim 'abortion to birth' is now legal in the UK is Mostly False
Changes to abortion law in England and Wales have been misrepresented on social media.
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‘Handing out gold’: how LA Homeboys are inspiring young Glaswegians to find purpose
While Los Angeles and Glasgow may be thousands of miles apart, many of the issues – gangs, poverty and adverse childhood
How to fix the news switch off? A review of our solutions stories from 2023
When The Ferret was set up in 2015 its mission was clear – to scrutinise and hold the powerful to account,
“Bounty hunting” by US law firms in UK could exploit whistleblowing
Scottish campaigners have accused powerful US law firms of planning to exploit whistleblowing procedures in Britain by “bounty hunting” for
Risky RAAC concrete now found in 1150 Scottish homes
1,150 affordable homes in Scotland have now been confirmed to have been built with unreliable concrete dubbed RAAC, we
What’s going on with Scottish education statistics?
Two sets of statistics looking at Scotland’s education system have been released in recent weeks. The most up-to-date Programme
Disabled refugee family facing eviction over Christmas
A refugee family with three young children and a disabled mother are due to be evicted from Glasgow asylum accommodation
Swimming with the Reservoir Frogs: could prescribing nature support healthy lives?
The skies are grey and foreboding at Edinburgh’s Portobello beach but for the nine regulars from The Ripple Project’
Care homes receive hundreds of complaints
Care homes chains operating in Scotland have had hundreds of complaints upheld by inspectors in recent years, The Ferret can
Did Eat Out to Help Out increase Covid-19 cases?
Boris Johnson has given evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry in recent days, as the decisions he and the UK
Homeless crisis sparks call for Scotland to declare ‘national housing emergency’
Charities have called on the Scottish Government to declare a national housing emergency, claiming Scotland’s homeless system is at
White supremacist who attended anti-asylum seeker protests in Erskine jailed for five years
A white supremacist from England who attended anti-asylum seeker protests in Erskine has been jailed for five years for racist
Patients raise concerns about medical group as health board steps-up oversight
Patients at a Lanarkshire practice run by GP chain Alba Medical Group say unmanageably long patient lists and overstretched doctors