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Castles, sporting estates and prime city-centre property worth tens of millions of pounds are among the assets missing from Scotland’s land control register. Find out more: theferret.scot/offshore-land…
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Land and anti-corruption campaigners claimed the register had “failed” and required an overhaul with proper checks and enforcement theferret.scot/offshore-land…
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“A failure to introduce a compliance monitoring mechanism completely undermines the credibility and effectiveness of the register,” said Spotlight on Corruption’s James Bolton-Jones theferret.scot/offshore-land…
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🔴 NEW: Russian oligarchs, billionaires, foreign governments, international royalty, and banking giants are among those behind nearly 1,000 offshore entities who are illegally flouting the land control registry. Our latest: theferret.scot/offshore-land…
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After a near two-year FOI battle, The Ferret has forced the Scottish Government to release previously secret minutes from Angus Robertson's meeting with an Israeli diplomat. Today we're publishing what they show and the documents themselves 👉 bit.ly/4ooF5q9
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What did ministers spend two years trying to keep hidden? Previously secret minutes show Scottish Government talks with an Israeli diplomat about: ▪️ Israeli tech in NHS Scotland ▪️ Tourism ▪️ Renewable energy ▪️ Future diplomatic visits Full story 👉 bit.ly/4ooF5q9
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🔴NEW: The potential to bring “Israel’s world-leading technology” into NHS Scotland was discussed at Angus Robertson’s controversial meeting with an Israeli diplomat, documents released to The Ferret reveal. Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/4ooF5q9
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Following an investigation by The Ferret into the risks it poses for babies and toddlers, commissioner Nicola Killean said she was “seriously concerned” that children were still being placed in “dangerous environments" theferret.scot/children-comm…
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“Reports of children being put in potentially unsafe situations are shameful and the SNP government must work with local authorities to make sure all temporary accommodation for families is fit for purpose”  theferret.scot/children-comm…
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🔴 NEW: Scotland's commissioner for children and young people has called on the government to take urgent action to end the use of unsuitable temporary accommodation for children. Our latest: theferret.scot/children-comm…
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🔴 NEW: An anti-fish farm activist known as the “kayak vigilante” has accused a Norwegian multinational of trying to “privatise public waters” at ​salmon farms in the Highlands and islands. Our latest: theferret.scot/don-staniford…
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The National Child Mortality Database found cot death and sudden infant death syndrome were the most common causes of death among homeless children theferret.scot/homeless-acco…
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“We cannot continue to stand by and watch children die due to homelessness.” — Jessica Turtle, Museum of Homelessness theferret.scot/homeless-acco…
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🔴 NEW: The health and wellbeing of hundreds of babies and toddlers is at risk in temporary accommodation, it is claimed, due to unsafe sleeping conditions, overcrowding and a lack of basic necessities.  Our latest: theferret.scot/homeless-acco…
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