Scots couple marry in hospital high dependency unit as groom awaits organ transplant

Christmas present he was given 10 years ago – a kidney.That selfless gift from someone he had never met changed his life and has given him the chance to watch his children grow up.And Ross, 48, hopes in the future another two strangers will give the same magical gift to his sons Euan, 16, and Blair, 13.Since Ross’s transplant in 2010, both his boys have been diagnosed with the same hereditary condition – polycystic kidney disease (PKD) – which means one day they too could need a transplant.Ross,

Christmas present yesterday – when he got to go home.Oscar Edgar waved goodbye to the hospital he has called home since birth – leaving the ward to the cheers of his medical team.He has spent all his life in the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow with an undiagnosed respiratory condition which meant he could not breath unaided.He also has a separate liver condition which doctors are still trying to identify as well as a bowel problem.He was ventilated until he was four-and-a-half and is

gran who spent decades working in the care sector has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease just days before Christmas. Sandra Craig, from Carmyle in Glasgow's east end, was given the horrific diagnosis on December 4.

sex attacks on two female officers. Married Austin Barrett was placed under social work supervision and on the Sex Offenders Register for a year yesterday as his 19-year police career ended in disgrace.

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

coronavirus pandemic  has forced thousands of Scots out of work leading to record redundancy figures, new data has revealed. Around 30,000 people in the country  lost their jobs  in the three months to October - up from 5,000 between May and July, numbers from the Office for National Statistics have shown.

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.

hospitalised in a horror gas blast at his home have set up a fundraiser to 'get him back on his feet'.

was set on fire on the driveway of their home, which sources said was the property of one of three men accused of Williamson’s murder.A 50-year-old woman, her 49-year-old husband and two teenage girls, aged 17 and 13, were inside the property in Ferniegair, near Hamilton, when the vehicle was set alight.The blaze spread to the front door of the house before emergency services, including police and two fire engines, reached the scene just after 1.35am on Saturday.Debris from the burnt-out vehicle

four-year-old battling a rare blood cancer are hoping it’ll be “third time lucky” for a life-saving stem cell transplant. Adeline Davidson has twice been on the brink of undergoing the procedure, which will cure her of the disease, but on both occasions there’s been a last-minute hitch.

missing Scots dad has sparked a re-appeal from police probing his disappearance. We told how Graham Hilton Brady was last seen by his family on the evening of Tuesday, December 1 at his home in Carluke, South Lanarkshire.

Glasgow. Emergency services raced to the scene on Bridge Street after a car and a van collided at the Norfolk Street junction at around 6.35am.Cops sealed off the area as ambulance crews rushed the pair to hospital.

‘knifed’ during a disturbance at a property in Dunfermline.Emergency services raced to the scene on Leishman Drive at around 9.10am on Wednesday, December 9.Multiple marked police vehicles were pictured at the scene as officers locked down the street near Aberdour Road in the Abbeyview area of the town.Eyewitnesses also reported seeing CID officers arriving shortly after the incident unfolded.The 42-year-old woman has been rushed to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment by ambulance with a

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missing Scot has told of his horror when he realised the beloved dad-of-two had disappeared.Graham Hilton Brady, 35, was last seen in the early hours of Wednesday morning December 2, on CCTV in his home town of Carluke, South Lanakshire.Loved ones haven't heard from the plumber, who lives in Whitehill Crescent, since last Tuesday.His worried parents, Graham and Lynn Brady, both 58, became concerned on Friday as their son had been 'feeling low'.Since then a frantic search was launched to track

Rutherglen constituents who think that the restrictions have not been relaxed enough, and others who feel strongly that they shouldn’t be eased at all, perhaps mindful of the risk to elderly relatives. The Scottish Government recognises that, for some, contact with friends and family is crucial during this time as isolation and loneliness can hit people especially hard over the Christmas period.

gastric band burst through her stomach following a private operation.Christina Adamson, from Paisley, was left with sepsis when a severe infection set in weeks after undergoing the weight-loss procedure at Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow.The 35-year-old told how she feared she would never see her sons again after she was taken in for emergency surgery when the £6000 procedure she had saved years for went horribly wrong.Now recovering at home, the mum said she feels lucky to be alive and wants to

blind after a planned op was postponed is hoping to see her family at Christmas - as her daughter starts fundraising for private surgery.Terrified Kathryn Nicoll, 64, from Whitburn, West Lothian, woke up two weeks ago to find her sight gone after developing cataracts.Devoted daughter Laura Grant, 35, began fundraising for an operation which could cost £5,000 privately in hopes it could happen before Christmas - and nearly £1,000 has been raised.Bus driver Laura said: "If we can raise enough

missing Scots mum have issued a desperate appeal for help to find her after she vanished from a mental health unit in Dundee. Sharon Hutchison was last seen in the Menzieshill area of the city at around 2pm on Wednesday, November 25.

coronavirus by posting online videos for the over-60s.Dot Bremner hosts a daily Dancercise with Dot session from the garden of her home in Elgin, Moray.She set herself the challenge of dancing every day this month to raise money for charity North East Sensory Services (Ness), which  supports 6,500 people in North-east Scotland who have vision or hearing loss.Dot, who is partially sighted and almost completely deaf without a hearing aid, toured the region before the virus outbreak to run dance