Karin Goodwin

Residents of Leith's iconic “banana flats” claim Edinburgh City Council is breaching their human rights due to persistent issues with toxic black mould, faulty lifts, drug dealing, and problems with mice and rats. 

The company behind Scotland’s private Addiewell prison has paid more than £3m to shareholders in under two years despite concerns over safety, deaths, and violence.

The company which owns Scotland’s private Addiewell prison has paid more than £3m to shareholders in less than two years despite serious concerns over prisoner and staff safety amid high levels of deaths and violence, The Ferret has found. In total almost £20m has been paid out in dividends

A family is preparing to sue Scotland’s only private prison, HMP Addiewell, for negligence after their 22-year-old son died alone in his cell while awaiting mental health support.

Scotland’s most influential public relations companies are staffed by former politicians, government ministers, spin doctors and newspaper editors, The Ferret has found, as we looked at the “revolving door” between politics, the media and lobbying.

A Ferret analysis found at least 400 university staff are paid more than John Swinney, who takes a combined MSP and first ministerial salary of £135,605.

Only 11 of more than 1,000 deaths in Scottish mental health wards have been investigated, according to a new report by Glasgow University.

A legal challenge by by law firm Just Right Scotland means the Scottish Government will back date financial assistance and review support for hundreds of trafficking survivors.

Mohammed was 17 years old when he was shot by an Israeli sniper in Bethlehem. Two years on, his family say there is no accountability for his death. Their story is one of dozens from across the West Bank, it is claimed, with human rights organisations calling for child rights to be upheld.

Scottish babies and toddlers are being put at risk due to unsafe sleeping conditions and a lack of basic necessities in homeless accommodation, it is claimed.