Over 30,000 Scots in mental health crisis turned to A&E last year. Two thirds were not admitted

Lives are being lost because people are failing to get mental health support when they most urgently need it, a Ferret investigation has found.

Karin Goodwin Jun 21, 2026

Far Right

Reform UK activist claimed to know that Northern Ireland migrants would be targeted

Concerns have been raised after a Reform UK campaigner claimed he knew in advance that migrants in Belfast would be targeted following the heinous attack on Stephen Ogilvie. Reform UK said it has “repeatedly and unequivocally condemned violence, intimidation and criminal damage”.

Billy Briggs Jun 16, 2026

The Money Trail

Hundreds of offshore landowners are illegally flouting Scotland's land control register

Offshore companies which own Scottish land are breaking the law by failing to reveal who they really represent. Authorities aren't bothering to check.

Jamie Mann, Petra Matijevic Jun 14, 2026

UK Column

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Society

Claim that patients 45 or older at Scottish hospital were classed as DNR is False

[sc name=”FFS”] The pressure the coronavirus pandemic has put on hospitals across the UK has led to fears that

Ferret Journalists Oct 7, 2020