Scots mum finally to get hip operation after waiting more than five years suffering in agony

A heartbroken mum who watched in horror as the family dog was knocked down by a car is begging for the driver to come forward after they allegedly failed to stop.

Chip and Joanna Gaines will celebrate 20 years of wedded bliss in May. Like most married couples, Chip admitted there have been ebbs and flows in their relationship, but this particular milestone made him reminisce on how quickly time passed by. In an essay for the summer issue of their Magnolia Journal, Chip recalled proposing to Joanna and buying their first house "just yesterday." He wrote, "All the old folks in our lives warned us that these years with young kids and big dreams would go by fast.That one day we’d look back and wonder where the time went.They were right." "We've had to fight like hell for our family and learn to hold loosely what we can't control.

Joanna and Chip Gaines have gone through plenty of great and not-so-great times in their two decades together, and they're reflecting on those days as they approach their 20th anniversary. In a new essay Chip penned for the upcoming issue of Magnolia Journal, the 48-year-old opened up about weathering all sorts of storms with his partner in business and life. "Marriage is interesting that way," Chip wrote.

A fed-up dad has been waiting nearly five years for a housebuilder to give over their garage and landscape his garden, with the restless father seeing 'no end in sight' to his property ordeal.

Around 220 people have been waiting longer than 12 months for healthcare treatment in Dumfries and Galloway – with the numbers rising every week.

More than 1,300 homeless people died across the UK last year, according to research by a social justice group.

A retired teacher polished off several glasses of wine in her car before driving so slowly she built a long queue of motorists behind her.

Around 220 people have been waiting longer than 12 months for healthcare treatment in Dumfries and Galloway – with the numbers rising every week.

A Scots chef's dying words were "mum, I'm panicking" before she suffered a fatal asthma attack.

A man who bagged a $27million lottery jackpot ended up blowing all the money in just five years and living in a shed covered in human faeces. David Lee Edwards was a convicted felon from Ashland, Kentucky whose life should have been changed forever when he won a quarter-share of the Powerball $280m jackpot in August 2001.

A cancer patient who fell ill with an infection which can cause deadly sepsis had her life saved by her sister's gut instinct.

West Lothian had just over 3000 people claiming unemployment benefits in January, according to new figures from the council’s Access2Employment (A2E) team.

A driver who visited Balmaha for a day trip with his girlfriend last summer is facing a £100 fine - after missing the time to register his car by less than two minutes.

The Scottish Government is urging people to check that the tax code on their first payslip after April 6 is correct, as we are now in the new 2023/24 financial year. Changes to income tax have now come into force that are estimated to raise more than half a billion pounds of additional revenue to support vital public services across the country.

A five-year-old boy and a girl aged nine were rushed to hospital this evening after a road traffic incident in the Govanhill area of Glasgow.

Manchester is home to the biggest NHS trust in the country, employing more than 28,000 people in the region. Today, the mammoth organisation's new leader is starting - a former nurse who worked at three Greater Manchester hospitals.

A Scots mum has booked a magical cruise for her family after selling an old Harry Potter book for £20k.

What an unimaginable situation…

Police have launched a fresh appeal to help trace a Scots teen who has been missing for more than two weeks.

A man will appear in court after he allegedly got behind the wheel while more than seven times the legal drink drive limit, police have said.