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Hi ,

It has been a bumper week of content here at The Ferret, and this newsletter is positively bursting with excellent stories.

This week, we have investigations on Police Scotland, refugee housing, the coronation, energy giant Shell, and a former celebrity SAS sergeant.

The Ferret also has two podcast series - our For Fact's Sake podcast covering misinformation and fact checking, and Sheku Bayoh - The inquiry which looks at the probe into the death of Sheku and the role of Police Scotland.

And it's only possible thanks to your support.
Yours,
Ali
Story of the week
An in-depth look at a Ferret investigation
More than 200 people have died either in police custody or following contact by Police Scotland since the nationwide force was formed in 2013, The Ferret has found.

The figures, obtained under freedom of information legislation, reveal 35 people died while in police custody, including three women and 171 died after having contact with the police – a total of 206 people.

The numbers were from January 2013 until December 2022 and have been increasing over the last decade.
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What did we dig up this week?
A round up of our investigations in the last seven days
Concerns raised after refugee family housed in derelict estate
A refugee charity is raising fears about asylum accommodation after a traumatised family was put in a boarded-up block of flats on the edge of an abandoned estate.
Former SAS sergeant resigns from armed forces charity amid financial mismanagement claims
Former Sergeant Colin Maclachlan, who starred in the Channel 4 series Who Dares Wins, has stepped down as a patron of Ancre Somme Association Scotland.
Oil spill by Shell in Nigeria polluted water and killed wildlife
A 16,000 litre oil spill by Shell last summer in Nigeria allegedly polluted drinking water, contaminated farmland and killed hundreds of birds, The Ferret can reveal.
Claim that picture shows small crowd for coronation screening is Mostly False
The coronation of King Charles III took place on 6 May, with millions watching on TV at home and at organised events across the UK.
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Best of the rest
Investigations we've enjoyed from around the world
The war on Japanese knotweed
Once hailed as a ‘handsome’ import, this most rampant of plants has come to be seen as a sinister, ruinous enemy. Can it be stopped? (Guardian)
Africa faces a mounting debt crisis
Rising rates are hurting some of its brightest economic stars. (Economist)
EU sending huge quantities of banned, bee-killing pesticides to poorer countries, documents reveal
Investigation shows for first time the full scale of the EU’s trade in neonicotinoids it has branded a global threat to biodiversity and food security. (Unearthed)
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