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Hi ,
A year ago this coming month, we launched our crowdfunding campaign. Thanks to your support, we raised over £10,000 to fund round two of our flagship series, Who Runs Scotland.
Time has flown, and your trust and support for our work has powered some major investigations. We’ve revealed that some of Scotland’s most iconic industries, like whisky and farmed salmon, are not Scottish-owned. We also discovered that nearly a third of our national newspapers are registered in the same US tax haven.
The series wraps up next week, and there’s still time to catch up if you’ve missed any of our reports. All of our Who Runs Scotland stories are free to read, thanks to the crowdfunder and the ongoing support of our members.
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Reporting on deaths in state care 🕯️ |
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We were pleased to see our reporting referenced in Glasgow University’s latest report on deaths in state custody, which was published this week. The report cites our work on the number of young people who have died while in care, and the many investigations we have conducted over the past few years.
This is a subject we remain committed to covering.
Since we reported on the death of Jordan Burns in Addiewell prison earlier this year, his mother has received a letter from Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain, via her MP Fulton MacGregor, confirming that the Crown Office’s Custody Deaths Unit is investigating the circumstances of his death. We’ll continue to follow this story.
We’re also grateful to the other families who’ve been in touch since we published that piece. If you know of other cases involving deaths in state custody, and believe they deserve scrutiny, we’d encourage you to reach out. |
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