Families are being left without support after a suicide – and it’s causing more deaths
Those bereaved by suicide have a 65 per cent increased risk of taking their own lives. So why is there not more funding for support after tragedy strikes?
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FFS explains: Glasgow’s drug decriminalisation policy
Efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug deaths crisis have been in the news frequently in recent months. Glasgow made headlines
Host asylum seekers on Edinburgh ship and we’ll give you £6m, UK Government tells council
The UK Government offered a £5.9m pay-off to Edinburgh council in an ultimately futile attempt to house thousands
‘These are our people’: How a street-based therapy service is tackling San Francisco’s drugs crisis
In a side street off a busy thoroughfare in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMA) neighbourhood, dozens of people
Claim one in four Scots children is in poverty is True
First minister Humza Yousaf set out the Scottish Government’s priorities for the next year on Tuesday. After his statement
Why do more men need someone to talk to? The Ferret investigates…the health gap, part three
Our deaths by suicide rate is not coming down because we have too many poor people. They don’t have
How does finding connection prevent drug deaths? The Ferret investigates…the health gap podcast, part two
If it wasn’t for safer injecting sites I wouldn’t be alive today that’s for sure because I
Why does a good start matter for our children’s health? The Ferret investigates…the health gap podcast, part one
“We know that the first 1000 days are the most important time in a child’s life. If you get
How prescribing safe supply is helping drug users in Canada turn their lives around
The morning sun begins to sweep slowly across the city of Vancouver as the traffic noise starts to build. In
Corran ferry: Community councils say issues causing depopulation
Six Highland community councils have united to pressure the local authority to fix long standing issues at a ferry crossing
Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry podcast – Matters of the heart
Episode six – Matters of the heart “The heart can carry on beating almost to the bitter end.” Professor Sebastian Lucas,
Matters of the heart
As the public inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh Inquiry re-starts on Monday, The Ferret looks back on
‘More than numbers to us’: how a homeless project is preventing Scottish drug deaths
“The things I’ve seen…” Laura – script gripped in one hand, her other on her hip – delivers her line with