Society

Private prison profits: Addiewell pays £3m to shareholders amid safety fears and rising deaths

The company which owns Scotland’s private Addiewell prison has paid more than £3m to shareholders in less than two

Scotrail awards £2m contract to firm criticised over performance

ScotRail has handed a £2 million contract to its former private owner – claiming the deal will provide “value for taxpayers”

Alone, at risk and afraid: urgent action needed to stop care leavers becoming homeless

Young people leaving care are still being left homeless and at risk, in unsuitable hostels surrounded by drugs, or too

‘We can’t wait five years’: Neglected ‘banana flats’ residents say council breaching their rights

Residents of Leith’s famous “banana flats” claim Edinburgh City Council is breaching their human rights after persistent issues with

Torture charity asks governments to better protect women from violence

The physical and mental abuse Sana suffered took place over many years and left her isolated, lonely and “psychologically destroyed”

Scotland’s first safer consumption space opens its doors

With its coarse leaves, jaggy spikes and purple blooms – the thistle is known as Scotland’s national flower. Now it

How Scotland became a ‘culture war’ lightning rod

The so-called ‘culture war’ has impacted politics across the globe. Populist outsider candidates and traditional political parties are, more

NHS contraceptive pills funding Orban ‘propaganda’ as Hungary restricts abortion

Profits from contraceptive pills used by the NHS are funding an organisation with close ties to Hungary’s hard right

How an Orban backed populist think tank is stoking Scotland’s culture war

Viktor Orbán lost in the most recent elections. But how has he helped fund the academics and think tanks influencing Scotland's populist right?

Fighting for their culture: Govan’s Showpeople launch court of session eviction appeal

When Glasgow showman Jimmy Stringfellow feels weary, he calls to mind his ancestors of centuries past. Traditionally, he says, as

Claim Scottish abortion law bans praying silently in your own home is False

Families on the front line: How a pioneering drug service helps communities heal

It’s more than 30 years since Phyllis Corish – who had just lost her 29-year-old brother and 34-