The BBC has set its election night coverage for the July 4 poll as broadcasters battle to secure debates with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer as soon as possible.
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A Scots mum has been inspired to become a nurse after seeing her baby daughter bravely battle a condition where he organs 'lived outside her body'.
Nursing student Paige Reid, 30, hopes she can help other new parents cope with the "anxiety and fear" of their baby being in hospital, after her daughter Lucy Lidell spent five weeks in a specialist neonatal ward after being born.
Lucy, now 5, was born prematurely at 32 weeks after being diagnosed with Gastroschisis, a condition where her organs lived outside her body.
Paige, from Motherwell, was given regular scans to monitor her daughter's progress but as she entered her final trimester, she became worried as Lucy's movements were limited.
Medics at the Queen Elizabeth Maternity Unit took the decision to deliver Lucy earlier than planned and she was then kept in for more than a month for treatment.
Paige, who worked as a care assistant before deciding to take the plunge into nursing, hopes she can one day be like the heroic team who treated Lucy.
She said: "I was at the neonatal ward first thing in the morning and left late at night. The nurses in the ward were unbelievable to our family. They really looked after us.
"It was at that moment, I decided I wanted to be a neonatal nurse. The anxiety and fear that you go through when your baby is in hospital is unbelievable. I hope to use my experience of this to care for others."
Paige made the change into nursing by carrying out a one-year 'swap' course. Following this, she started studying at university where she faced the challenge of studying during the Covid pandemic.
Paige said: “Most of my course was from home due to the lockdowns so it wasn’t easy studying with Lucy at home as she needed her mum, but I got there. Then, in my
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