'I'm a stubborn b****' Brave Scots mum vows never to give up in fight against brain tumour

tumours has had his hopes of returning to school dashed after doctors found fluid in his head. Kieran Crighton is undergoing crucial surgery today at Glasgow'sRoyal Hospital for Children, to drain fluid on his brain after the 15-year-old complained of severe headaches.Kieran, from Kilwinning, had planned to join his pals and return to school tomorrow after shielding for five months, but the teen will now have at least a three week wait before he can step foot back in the classroom.

West Lothian have made an emotional appeal for help in finding him.William McDowell, known locally as Billy Irvine, was last seen on Friday, July 31 in the Loch Awe Way area of Whitburn sparking a police appeal.Now desperate friends and family have pleaded for locals to scour the town for any sight of Billy, who has medical issues.The 58-year-old is described as a white, 5ft 2in and has short grey hair.It is not known what he was wearing at the time of his disappearance however he is known to

Scots mum has been left with nothing after her roof caved in while she and her small children slept – leaving them “covered in asbestos”.Sophie McGarry, 21, was in bed with three-year-old daughter Olivia while one-year-old Harper-Rose was in a cot next to them, when they were woken by a loud bang.The rubble and ‘asbestos’ from the collapse left her bed, towels, belongings and all her children’s clothes toys destroyed and Sophie says she has little left.The mum says she reported a small crack in

Dundee mum Clare Walker, 31, had asked Cillian Anderson to put his pyjamas on so they could watch a film together. But seconds later, she could hear terrified screams from her son.She then dialed 999 while her dad Bruce, 51, performed CPR on Cillian, before he was rushed to hospital.

missing Scots mum-of-two say they are growing 'increasingly concerned' for her welfare. Natasha Harrison vanished from Saltcoats in Ayrshire on Thursday sparking a massive hunt.

prison cell for five hours were sentenced to almost 20 years in jail yesterday.

cancer. Holly Blake, 35, dialed NHS 24 after a persistent pain in her right calf and breathlessness, which she initially feared was a pulmonary embolism - a type of blood clot in the lungs.

hospital following two suicide attempts.Paul Quinn, 19, passed away from a drug overdose around 12.30pm on Thursday, July 30, having been taken to Wishaw General Hospital on two separate occasions the evening prior.Paul had been feeling low following the death of a friend five weeks earlier.Mum Christine Cunningham says her son, from Glasgow's Cardonald, was initially found lying on the street around 4pm on Wednesday and had to be resuscitated before being taken for treatment.

cancer faces running out of money for a life-extending drug available in England at a fraction of the cost.Linzi Page, 37, has been forced to pay £1400 every three weeks for Avastin, a treatment unfunded on the NHS that is keeping tumours in her bowel, liver and lung at bay.The medicine is giving her precious time with son Calan, six, and three-year-old daughter Charlotte, after she was given two years to live in April 2018.But Linzi, of Burntisland in Fife, will soon no longer be able to pay

took his own life. Paul Quinn, 19, passed away around 1.30am on Thursday, July 30, from a drug overdose five weeks after a close friend had sadly died.

missing for five days have been found "safe and well". Heather Fraser, 29, and son Jack Meldrum, from Sauchie in Clackmannanshire, were reported missing on Monday, July 27.

A Scots mum fears her little boy has been left partially blind after being squirted in the eye with hand sanitiser during a birthday trip out.Little Jaxson Mcavoy was badly hurt following the freak accident at Deep Sea World in North Queensferry, Fife, on Sunday.The three-year-old was left screaming in agony with bad burns to his eye after using the dispenser at the entrance of the tourist attraction.Furious mum Katie claims aquarium staff told her to pay the £38 entrance fee for her family

police search. Heather Fraser, 29, and her three-year-old child Jack Meldrum were last seen at Stirling Train Station at around 3.15pm on Friday, July 24.

racist abuse.Debora Kayembe, 45, has compared the racially motivated attacks she's suffered in the Midlothian town she lives in as 'like Alabama in 1964' - the epicentre of the US Civil Rights movement where black people were subjected to abhorrent racism.Single mum-of-two Debora, who lives in Bonnyrigg with her two teenage children, left her home in the Congo in 2005 after a backlash against her investigative work into a massacre of women and children put her life at risk.  She has forged a

Scottish Government as it still doesn’t have a restart date – but concert bosses have warned it still may be not enough for venues to survive.Earlier this month, the UK Government announced a package for the arts sector which would see £97million given to Scotland through the Barnett formula.Now, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced the funding boost, intended to give direct support to venues and businesses in their supply chains, as well as support changes which need to be made to meet

homeless accommodation, but I didn't expect this."There's a dreadful smell that makes me and the kids sick, that I can't get rid off, there's a fly infestation, that no amount of cleaning helps and the walls are covered in splattered paint from the previous tenant."There's not even any carpets."My daughter is six and has autism. When the schools start back I don't know what I'll do because she'll have to travel to Royston."The house is a s***-hole.

social media app.A sexual predator messaged them directly, asking to see them naked, and sent pictures of himself on an app called Wink.It allows users to make new online friends by swiping either right or left, an identical system to adult dating app Tinder.