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Karin Goodwin
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Journalist |Co-editor of theferret.scot |Co-founder of Govanhill's Community Newsroom| Migration, housing, justice, people power and planet |Always up for dancin'
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🔴 Farmed salmon were treated with a lot more drugs than the industry said, leading campaigners to question the credibility of the salmon farming industry. Read our latest investigation: https://bit.ly/4bt4mLq
January 14, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Great to see a new chair in place for the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry. The family have been waiting a long time for answers so delighted for them that the work continues from March. #ShekuBayoh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Supreme Court judge appointed new chair of Sheku Bayoh inquiry
Lord Colbeck will succeed Lord Bracadale as chair of the inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh in Kirkcaldy in May 2015.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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ICYMI: In late November I went to Bethlehem. The city was preparing for Christmas for the first time in two years. But for families I met in Aida camp, things were far from peaceful. www.theferret.scot/its-christma...
It’s Christmas in Bethlehem. But children in the West Bank face violence and fear
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 B...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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"No Israeli soldier or official was held accountable for his killing, as is the case with virtually every Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces"
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December 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This is heartbreaking. Among so many heartbreaking stories. We can’t become numb to this.
"There is a sadness inside that will never leave." I met families impacted by the violence that goes with the occupation of the West Bank.

There's a lot of pretty horrific stuff going on in the world today. But I think these stories need to be told.

www.theferret.scot/its-christma...
It’s Christmas in Bethlehem. But children in the West Bank face violence and fear
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 B...
www.theferret.scot
December 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"There is a sadness inside that will never leave." I met families impacted by the violence that goes with the occupation of the West Bank.

There's a lot of pretty horrific stuff going on in the world today. But I think these stories need to be told.

www.theferret.scot/its-christma...
It’s Christmas in Bethlehem. But children in the West Bank face violence and fear
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 B...
www.theferret.scot
December 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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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 communities across the West Bank

Read more: www.theferret.scot/i...
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The day after Palestine's ambassador urged SNP delegates to "isolate companies that profit from occupation, John Swinney had breakfast with Airbnb's lobbyist.

Airbnb is on the UN database of firms profiting from illegal settlements.

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December 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Still here. Still waiting for HMP Bronzefield to call an ambulance for Qesser Zuhrah, who is on day 46 of her hunger strike and needs urgent hospital care now.
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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“What is the point of a certification system that looks the other way in the face of blatant breaches?”
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December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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In the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, 24-year-old Hanady Hathaleen is raising three children alone after her husband Awdah was shot dead in settler violence. Now the family faces demolition orders on their home
www.theferret.scot/a...
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“There is no other way to put it. They were trying to rip a food bank off.”

Energy giant SSE says it supports communities. Fort William's Lochaber food bank, which was faced with a £24k energy bill, finds that hard to believe.

Read the story here: theferret.scot/fort-william...
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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🔴NEW: The Lochaber food bank in Fort William claims energy multinational SSE tried to "rip them off". After a year of fighting – and questions from The Ferret – SSE has promised to re-issue the correct bill…but it is still unresolved. www.theferret.scot/f...
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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@theferret.scot is ten whole years old. It has a new look, a new website, and has switched from Wordpress to Ghost.

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The Ferret
Our journalism changes things.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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The Ferret is 10! We've spent a decade digging where others won’t — now we’re taking a night off to celebrate.

Join us for music, dancing and some very special guests. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ferret...
The Ferret: birthday party and relaunch
Come and celebrate with music, dancing and special Ferret guests
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October 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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I was interviewed by the freelance journalist, Jackie Kemp, about the #FOI story revealing that Loch Long had been polluted by radioactive waste from Scotland's nuclear bomb depot at Coulport.

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How a six-year quest led to uncovering radioactive leaks at Scotland's Trident base
Veteran environmental journalist Rob Edwards landed the Ferret's radioactive scoop
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September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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🔍 Did the UK Government give £600m to an Ineos plant in Belgium while failing to back Grangemouth?

FFS took a look at this and other claims about the refinery and found the truth is a bit more complicated 👉 theferret.scot/why-g...
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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This is an excellent piece by @karingoodwin.bsky.social I used to spend a lot of time in Grangemouth and it saddens me that this community is having its main source of employment taken away by geopolitics and billionaires with seemingly little being put in its place.
When Grangemouth workers were told they were losing their jobs, it was already on the BBC. Many never got their promised transition into green roles. We looked at what went wrong: theferret.scot/grang...
September 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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When Grangemouth workers were told they were losing their jobs, it was already on the BBC. Many never got their promised transition into green roles. We looked at what went wrong: theferret.scot/grang...
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🔴 NEW: Grangemouth should have been Scotland’s big opportunity to realise its ambition for a just transition – moving workers into cleaner, greener jobs. But embittered power struggles got in the way.

Find out more: bit.ly/42k2yin
September 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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The cabinet is currently being reshuffled but more consequentially, the government is failing its promise to deliver a green industrial future at the cost of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs. You can read my London Review of Books article on the recent closure of Grangemouth oil refinery ⬇️
‘These are not deals that lead to the British people owning industry, which Miliband claimed in 2023 was one of Labour’s objectives. They are subsidies and incentives, large sums of public money accruing no equity.’

@ewangibbs.bsky.social on an oil refinery closure: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ewan Gibbs · Goodbye to Grangemouth
Any form of ‘just transition’ – managing the move to a greener economy while also protecting workers and...
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September 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Grangemouth’s closure had been seen as “a litmus test” of the “just transition”. But the consensus is that this test has been completely failed.

Almost six months after closure, I went to hear from the refinery's workers. Pics by Angela Catlin.
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Power struggle: The billionaire, the Chinese oil giant and Grangemouth's forgotten workers
Grangemouth should have been Scotland’s big opportunity to realise its ambition for a just transition. But embittered power struggles got in the way.
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September 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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More than half of 434 Grangemouth refinery workers who lost their jobs in the closure earlier this year are still looking for work. Important reporting from @karingoodwin.bsky.social in @theferret.scot featuring quotes from current and former workers and me. Read ⬇️
theferret.scot/grangemouth-...
September 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM