Scots mum-of-two with terminal cancer desperate to fly to US for 'life-prolonging treatment'

Aberdeenshire, on Wednesday July 28.

cancer – which she blamed on a series of NHS bungles. Her cervical cancer spread to her bones and her bowel, giving her no long-term chance of survival.She was on a drug trial which she hoped would extend her life for a few years but she had to stop taking it because it wasn’t working.

police finished searching their former family home. Isabella Skelton, nee McDowall, has not been seen since she disappeared on June 6, 1969.

inflatable dinghy.Laura Gallagher had been looking forward to an afternoon at the beach when she arrived at Thorntonloch beach, in East Lothian, at 3pm on Saturday, July 17. The 31-year-old was joined by her husband Kern, 34, their sons Nathan, seven, Jamie, four, and their friends Sarah and Robert Keenan and their son Findlay, also seven.The group had been splashing aboutin the water alongside the light craft which initially had the three boys sitting in it.

Scots boy battling a rare condition has launched a bid to help him enjoy the beach like other kids his age. Leon McCarrell, 11, suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a disease which causes muscles to weaken at a quick rate.He has been confined to a wheelchair since he was three and has been unable to enjoy some activities kids his age do.That includes going to the beach on a hot day and enjoying the water.

Lanark mum-of-three, who has incurable Huntington’s disease, is on cloud nine after ticking off the most daring challenge on her bold bucket list so far.

here.Now Jenny is urging people to be aware of the possible signs and symptoms of lung cancer and get them checked as early as possible.Jenny said: “I’d developed a slight wheeze which had been there for about six months. I now know it was a symptom of lung cancer but I get hay fever, and suffer from various allergies, so I didn’t think anything of it.“I had no pain prior to the fall either, so it was entirely fortuitous that I tripped getting out of my tent.“It was a terrible shock.

Covid prevented early diagnosis of her skin cancer.And while Fiona Weir, 43, has had treatment for a malignant melanoma, she now faces years of scans and tests to ensure the cancer has not spread or returned.By the time it was discovered, it had already spread to the lymph nodes in her groin and she is only thankful it was detected before it metastasised into her organs.But her cancer is already at stage three – just one below the most serious stage.Fiona, who is studying criminal justice while

Edinburgh when he heard a hissing sound coming from his shorts. Believing he accidentally turned the vape on, Alex plunged his right hand into his pocket to investigate, reports Edinburgh Live.

charity work. Aylesha Meades tragically passed away in hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning after being found on St Ninian’s beach, near Lerwick.

A96 was closed for over six hours on Sunday following the collision, which happened at around 7pm on the A96 at Wester Hardmuir. Police confirmed a 41-year-old woman - named locally as Kelly Smith - had died in the crash, with loved ones flooding social media with emotional tributes.Her daughter wrote: "Can't believe I'm writing this...

Largs and Millport Weekly News her husband was cutting a tree recently when he was bitten above the eye by a false widow spider. Within 48 hours of the agonising bite, his eye had become swollen and he lost full control of his body.With his condition deteriorating, Margaret rushed her husband to hospital where doctors revealed he had inflammation of the brain.

missing for almost a week as police appeal for information to help trace him. Andrew Bertram, 40, was last seen around 6pm on Friday, July 2 after leaving his home in Bellshill.

mum claims the Scottish Government has ignored her pleas to make lifesaving cannabis oil available on the NHS for her son. Lisa Quarrell's eight-year-old son Cole Thomson has drug-resistant focal epilepsy - a condition which means he suffers from severe seizures which cannot be stopped or controlled by conventional medication.

missing from the Isle of Lewis as police appeal for information to help trace him. Gordon MacKay, 61, is thought to have left a house in the South Bragar area of the island during the early hours of Tuesday July 6.

police officer partner in a bid to help others speak out. Anne-Marie Hirdman, who is known as Annie, still suffers physically and ­emotionally from heartless former Police ­Scotland constable Fraser Ross’s domestic abuse, nearly two years after they split.

trace a Caithness man who's been missing for four days. Douglas Macgregor was last seen leaving his home address in the Castletown area of Wick at around midday on Wednesday, June 30.

NHS in Scotland for nearly two years. Not one patient in Scotland has been given the go-ahead for the stem cell procedure, agreed by Holyrood, despite the country having the world’s worst rates for the degenerative disease.

hospital has spoken out, fearing lives could be at risk. Bill Ritchie’s ordeal began when he found himself coughing and struggling to breathe at his home on Friday, June 4.

trial on charges of punching and kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach. Josh Laird, of Academy Street, Dumfries, has been accused of two offences of assaulting different women in the town.