THE National and The Ferret are excited to launch a brand-new monthly project this weekend, all about finding solutions for the problems facing Scotland.
Solutions for Scotland will see a different area explored every month – from housing to health to the arts.
We have long partnered with the award-winning investigative journalism co-operative, running one of their long-read articles in our Sunday edition once a week.
But with our new project, we're going even more in-depth. We'll be featuring a 2500-word long read in our Sunday edition, plus news stories, explainers and brilliant graphs clearly setting out the facts and figures in the articles.
What's more is you'll even be able to sign up to receive the main piece direct to your email inbox every Sunday by signing up for the free Solutions for Scotland newsletter – just click the banner below and click the "+" icon on the Solutions for Scotland panel.
The National's editor Laura Webster said: "We are really excited to get stuck into these bread-and-butter issues with the fantastic journalists at The Ferret.
"There's really nobody better to investigate these big issues than The Ferret. From what we've seen so far, it's going to be an incredibly informative series which cannot be missed.
"So sign up to the newsletter today and pick up a copy of the Sunday National this weekend to read all of this fantastic content as part of Solutions for Scotland."
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