'A wire was hanging out my body' Scots mum thought she was going to die after botched gastric band op at private hospital

mum -of-four is refusing to send her kids to school 'until Covid is completely gone' after her household was struck down with the deadly virus. Andrea Mason, 32, her son Stuart, 13, and one-year-old twin babies, Khloe and Keeva have all tested positive for coronavirus.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Wishaw couple have hit out at a GP practice after they and their sick five-month-old baby were stuck off.Lorraine Cooper and Scott Hunter’s daughter Bella was born prematurely at just 25 weeks in July.Bella survived and is now back home, however is deaf and requires 24-hour oxygen.Due to the traumatic birth and subsequent aftermath, both Lorraine and Scott have been diagnosed with post-traumatic

hunting a balaclava-clad man who was seen running after a car was deliberately torched in the driveway of a Scots home in a nighttime attack.  A Range Rover was set alight in a deliberate attack on Carlisle Road in Hamilton on Saturday at around 1.35am.

mum has spoken of her heartache after she was forced to self-isolate from her newborn baby after testing positive for coronavirus in hospital.Mum Sarah McInnes was rushed into hospital after she began experiencing stomach pains just six weeks after giving birth to her baby boy Alexander.The 41-year-old was stunned when her GP diagnosed her with appendicitis last Wednesday and sent her to Ayr Hospital's A&E department where she was admitted.The Ayr mum was tested for coronavirus when she arrived

Paisley after a 'worrying' incident involving her daughter and two strangers. Natasha McCotter was walking with her toddler, Rowan, in Glenburn, when she noticed a couple watching them at 1.30pm on Monday.

jailed for breaching coronavirus rules after he took the four-and-a-half hour trip to visit his girlfriend. McLaughlan, from North Ayrshire, made the crossing despite having never driven a water scooter before, the BBC reports.

Nicola Sturgeon could relax social bubbles rules for families of disabled children after desperate pleas from a Scots mum. Paisleymum Danielle Haynes this week urged the First Minister to relax extended household rules for families with disabled children to help combat loneliness.

mum says her 2lb baby was just hours from being stillborn until 'angel' doctors stepped in and saved her life. Tashana Johnston, 25, gave birth to baby daughter Ruby at 31 weeks after doctors discovered she wasn't growing.

'creepy' during a wrong number blunder. Mum-of-one Tracey Binnie, from Tranent, East Lothian, received the text 'out of the blue' from a stranger asking where he could drop off the hot tub.

pregnancy which has left her on daily medication twelve years on. Carol Sunnucks gave birth to her son Kai in 2008 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in Paisley - but after the delivery she found out she had been suffering from a deadly heart condition.

cancer has paid an emotional tribute to kindhearted donors helping to provide for her family when she is no longer here.Louise Colquhoun, 39, is planning what could be her last Christmas with husband John and their three sons after being given the shattering news that the cervical cancer she was diagnosed with just months ago is incurable.The accountant, from Ratho, West Lothian, is undergoing intensive treatment in the hope it will give her more time with her loved ones.And she has spoken of

jury how an ex-boyfriend drowned her pet parakeet in the kitchen sink. The woman, who can’t be identified, said she took her children to her mum's after she caught Paul Hill having sex with another woman in her bed.

Covid-19 pandemic to buy sex posted almost 1600 adverts on a classifieds website in Scotland.An investigation found 43 punters looking for street prostitutes, with many hoping to take advantage of “cheap and desperate” women thrown into poverty by coronavirus.Among 1550 men offering to pay for sex were those looking for “single mums” or pregnant women impoverished by the pandemic.There were also depraved requests for “young girls”, “rape play” and “damaged” women.The adverts appeared on

gangsters targeted mostly at young men. Organised crime groups, mostly from overseas, are luring people to commit sex acts on camera.

knife has revealed she needs further surgery to repair damage from the attack.Siobhan Stevenson’s former partner Matthew Grady kicked in her front door and cut her face from ear to mouth – leaving her scarred for life.The 27-year-old had three hours of plastic surgery and needed more than 40 stitches after Grady carried out the assault when he was dumped for being unfaithful.Now Siobhan has been told she will need an “urgent” operation to repair damage to her salivary gland to prevent her face

cancer. Little Isla McPhee was a fit and healthy two-year-old before she started appearing 'under the weather' and 'really tired' at the beginning of February 2018.

burlesque dancing.Kirsty Barr suffered years of violent attacks before summoning the courage to go to the police which ended in him being convicted.Now the mum from Alloa has reclaimed her life as one of Scotland’s most successful burlesque dancers.Kirsty dresses in silk basques, fishnet stockings and high heels to teach fellow abuse victims as well as performing live on stage.The former hair salon owner, who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after giving evidence against her abuser, is

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, just two days after Christmas Day in 2011.The fire, believed to have been caused by an electrical fault, swept through the house at around 3am as the family slept.Sheree McGill and her daughters Talia, Yasmin and Nya escaped with their lives while her other son Zac was staying with his gran.Evan was found in his bedroom at the back of the house by firefighters who braved temperatures of 1000°C to get to him.He was rushed to nearby Crosshouse Hospital but could not be

police issued a facial reconstruction. The remains were found on Sunday, 27 September, 2020, inside a unit on a Fife industrial estate and extensive enquiries have so far failed to find out who he is or what happened to him.