Scots schoolgirl's 'tiredness' was serious blood disorder as teen set for transplant

virus expert. Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, said Holyrood leaders repeated the same devastating errors as Westminster.

coronavirus restrictions with high case rates to higher levels would be "difficult", a public health expert has said. Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, spoke about the reasons behind Glasgow being the sole council area in Scotland remaining in Level 3 of the Scottish Government's five-tier restriction system.

hospital with serious facial injuries after a brutal assault on a Scots street. Cops are probing the serious assault on the 23-year-old in Murroch Avenue, Dumbarton between 9am and 9.20am on Tuesday May 25.

missing Scots teenager who was last seen leaving school this morning. Cops in West Dunbartonshire are looking to find Marissa Gallagher, 14, was last seen leaving the school in Kirkoswald Drive, Clydebank around 10.45am today and has not been seen or heard from since.

knocked down by a car on a Scots road. The 91-year-old man was hit by a white Ford Fiesta on Union Street, Greenock at around 11am on Sunday May 23.

vanished three days ago are “extremely worried” about his welfare. Jamie Cannon was last seen at around 10am in Kinnier Road, Saltcoats, on Thursday, May 20.

Police are appealing for help tracking down a teenage girl who vanished from her Scots home on Friday. Zakiyya Haider, 13, was last seen in Edinburgh at around 5pm on Friday, May 21.

Police say concern is growing for the safety of a woman who vanished overnight in a Fife town. Kathleen Ritchie was last seen at around 8.20pm on Friday, May 21, in the Annandale Gardens area of Glenrothes.

missing since Monday. Cops in Newton Stewart, in Dumfries and Galloway, have urged anyone with information on Ryan Cairns to come forward.

firebugs after a partially built house was set alight in Dundee. The new build home on a building site in South Road went up in flames on the night of Saturday, May 15.

Cumbernauld without telling anyone where he was going. Robert Black was last seen leaving Avonhead Road at around 10.20am on Monday, May 17, and was driving his silver Kia Picanto car.

beach. A frantic three-hour long search was carried out after a panicked local thought his board was found ‘washed up’ on Whitesands beach in Dunbar yesterday.

sex beast teacher who preyed on female pupils was slammed today as he was caged again - for abusing a young girl at least 100 times.Pervert William Wright, 80, is already serving a four-year prison sentence for abusing two girls in the 1970s and 1980s.Last month Wright, of Elderslie, Renfrewshire, admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting another former pupil between 1985 and 1990.And at Paisley Sheriff Court today, the retired music teacher was blasted by a judge as he was hit with a further

Kirkintilloch on Wednesday in which two women were followed. The incident occurred in the Industry Street area around 4.30pm on May 12.The 38-year-old man has also been arrested and charged with approaching a 13-year-old girl in the Merkland Drive area of the town around 5pm on the same day.

River Clyde near Glasgow Bridge on Tuesday May 11. The extensive search to find the unidentified man last seen around 2:30pm is also being assisted by a police helicopter.Dive and marine teams, the Humane Society and SFRS have all also been involved in the ongoing rescue efforts.

shopkeeper has told how his only worry was breaking his glasses as he pounced on a robber who was holding a gun to his face. Keiran Pearson, 28, was today jailed for five years and four months after he fled empty-handed when Zaheer Babar disarmed him, before instructing him to put his hands up and leave.

Police have launched an urgent appeal for information after a mother and her two young children disappeared from East Kilbride.Lauren Young, 23, and her children Zak, aged five, and three-year-old Mason have been reported missing after last being seen around 3.35pm yesterday, May 10 on Livingstone Drive in thee Murray area.They have not been seen or heard from since and police say concerns for their welfare are growing.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to

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