Scots pensioner saved by cuddle after grandson's superhero hug led to cancer find

pensioner who was last seen using a walking frame. John Bennett has not been seen since 12.30pm on Saturday, October 17, near Wyvis Place in Inverness.

disappeared in Montrose on Monday afternoon. John Flett, 78, was last seen in the Angus town’s Wellington Park at about 4.30pm.

Cancer Research shop leaving behind a trail of destruction.Volunteers were devastated when they found that raiders had smashed their way into the shop before clearing the shelves.They have to wait until a full deep clean is carried out before they can properly count the cost and assess the damage.Between closing on Friday (16 Oct) and the following morning, thieves in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, broke down the shop’s back door before going through the till, store room and shop.One volunteer

lockdown completely alone as she battled breast cancer but she still managed to pass her exams – and has been named Student of the Year.Samantha Currie, 37, even found time to cut off her own long hair, before undergoing chemotherapy, which she donated to the Little Princess Trust to make wigs for child cancer patients. The remarkable mum of two spent 14 weeks apart from her beloved sons Max, five, and Robbie, 10, which was a painful separation.

East Lothian. The grim discovery was made at Gosford Sands just days after another young whale was spotted on the beach in Musselburgh.

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puppy got hold off a sex toy sent to their house by joker pal. French Bulldog Carlos was excited to see the 'new toy' and ran outside for a play in the front garden with it hanging out his mouth.

ASDA worker who performed life-saving first aid after she suffered a brain aneurysm in store.Mum-of-three Lisa Colborne became seriously unwell and collapsed at the Tranent store in East Lothian last month.Store worker Lauren Watt rushed to help the unconscious shopper and carried out CPR for 15 minutes while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.Lisa, from Edinburgh, was raced to the Western General Hospital where she had emergency surgery to stem the bleeding.The 39-year-old, who also developed

cancer after complaining of symptoms for five years. Kay Richards, 40, claims she was made to believe her symptoms, including body aches, weight loss and a persistent sore throat, were due to severe health anxiety and depression and was referred for counselling by her doctor at the Charleston Surgery in Paisley.

coronavirus cluster at a Scots primary school has now grown to seven cases, health chiefs have confirmed. Staffing shortages now mean Carnegie Primary School in Dunfermline will be closed from today until after the October holidays.

cinema chain after the news of site closures and potential job losses broke over social media. The Sunday Times reported that the firm could close theatres across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

dogs went missing at the top of Ben Donich.Frankie, a collie, and Griffin, a bearded collie, were last seen at the Brack at the top of Ben Donich, near the Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll, on Friday.Worried owner Gael Fletcher issued an appeal on Facebook after her family searched the for five hours for the dogs.She said she and partner Gordon are becoming “frantic with worry” and their children are “devastated”.She had been missing since Friday, October 2 and “last seen heading for the river or

breast cancer believes she wouldn’t be here today if she hadn’t pushed medics to take her health fears seriously. Lori Delaney, 34, was diagnosed with an aggressive stage three form of the disease this time last year after being repeatedly told she was too young to be at risk.

mum has vowed to fight to see her little boy grow up after being given less than 12 months to live - just weeks after being told she had beaten cancer.

charity in her memory.Seven-year-old Freya Skene and mum Brooke Reid were dragged down a series of waterfalls in the River Braan near Dunkeld on July 9.Despite Brooke and her partner Sean McKiddie's best efforts to save her, Freya sadly passed away.Heartbroken Brooke has now set up a fundraising page in the hope of starting up a charity called 'Freya's Wish' in her daughter's honour.She said: "Like a flash of a light, a current dragged us both down multiple waterfalls."I was lucky to survive,

son to spend his 21st 'birthday in heaven' over a year after his body was found.Rhys Bonner was just 19 when he was found dead, half naked, on August 8 last year, on marsh ground between Glasgow's Easterhouse and Gartloch Village.The teenager had been reported missing on July 24 sparking a massive search.His death is being treated as unexplained. Mum Stephanie today has been reflecting on what would have been her son's 21st birthday- including putting a bottle of beer on a special memorial bench

search for a missing Scots mum. Police made the grim discovery of a 48-year-old woman in Broomhoouse Road, Bonnybridge, around 11.10am on September 29.

dad has thanked a quick-thinking stranger for saving his son from drowning after he fell into a canal. Sean Donachie's five-year-old son Oliver plunged into the icy canal waters at The Kelpies after falling from a bridge on Sunday.

fisherman who tragically died after falling overboard into the North Sea.The 45-year-old, who has been named locally as John Mctaggart, fell into the water shortly before 2am on Tuesday around four miles off the Stonehaven coast.A massive search and rescue operation was launched to try and save the stricken sailor, who has been described as an ‘amazing man’.An HM Coastguard helicopter was joined by RNLI crews from Stonehaven and Aberdeen but John tragically died after being pulled from the

uni have been basted as 'draconian' after emailing students threatening huge fines or even expulsion if they're caught in each other's flats. Aberdeen University has warned students of the consequences facing them if they breach national Covid-19 related guidance.