Scots schoolgirl shocked as optician discovers deadly brain tumour at routine eye test

To get the latest news on the coronavirus, sign up to our newsletter. Compliance with new coronavirus restrictions put in place on Friday has been “good”, Nicola Sturgeon has said.Pubs and restaurants in the central belt have been ordered to close, while elsewhere alcohol can only be served in outdoor areas.“The early anecdotal evidence that we have from the police would suggest that compliance with the new rules and with rules generally has been good,” she said.“That’s encouraging – these new

coronavirus continued on his rounds after developing symptoms.The doctor, who can’t be named for legal reasons, is understood to be a locum physician.

sign off from television for good.The 45-year-old, once recognised as Scotland’s second most influential creative voice on social media behind JK Rowling, is bowing out with one last telly hurrah – for the sake of his peace of mind. After a decade of successful tours, high-profile live shows at major venues, three acclaimed books and multiple TV series, Brian Limond is devoting his creative energies entirely to interactive online streaming site Twitch.

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,

blind in one eye and in excruciating pain after a tap water parasite burrowed into her eye. Charlotte Clarkson was working as a summer camp director in Canada when she picked up the horrendous infection but waited months to get a proper diagnosis.

jailed for two years yesterday.Car company boss Matthew Kelsey, 32, posed as a teenager to gain the trust of his vulnerable 14-year-old victim, plied her with presents, and called her his “Pumpkin” and “Princess”.Then he coaxed her into the back of a van, which he had fitted out with a rug and a bed, and had sex with her twice, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told.He even met her mother and told her he was 14.When her besotted daughter told her mum what she believed was the truth – that Kelsey was a

Tributes have poured in for a “lovely” and “wonderful” Inverness cafe manager who died suddenly in her sleep. Andrea MacDonald, 32, ran a popular social enterprise cafe in the Highland town where she was a much-loved member of the local community.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.An 11-year-old Wishaw schoolgirl is the inspiration behind an innovative new collection of jewellery.Sarah Mcgough, 33, named her online business after her daughter Summer Jane, a P7 pupil at St Thomas’s Primary.Sarah’s husband Michael runs Peter Francis Jewellers in Caledonian Road, Wishaw.The couple met after she moved to Scotland from Cork 15 years ago.Last year she launched Summer Jane, an online

Amazon warehouse has been locked down after a ‘suspicious package’ was discovered. Emergency services were called to the scene in Dunfermline, Fife, at around 3.25pm on Sunday.

The cold-blooded execution of wealthy flamboyant farmer Maxwell Garvie, shot in the head as he slept, remains one of the country’s most chilling murder cases.

coronavirus, health bosses have confirmed. The staff from Kettle Produce in Balmalcolm, Fife, have mild symptoms and are currently isolating at home - as are those who came into close contact with them.

Dundee has soared to 45. Health chiefs confirmed that more residents at Parker House have caught the bug, as hundreds of others remain in self-isolation.

son of a Scots mum killed in a deliberate house fire says his unborn baby has been robbed of the gran she will never know.

deadly infections after being born 10 weeks early.April’s mum ­Bernadette McGhee-Jackson ­developed e-coli in the womb and blood poisoning two days after her waters broke.The 25-year-old’s organs began to shut down and the deadly bugs were passed on to April, whose heart rate fell so low in it failed to register on the monitor.She was born weighing just 3lb and 24 hours later, doctors at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital confirmed April also had meningitis.But after a remarkable

mums-to-be will be routinely tested for two other conditions alongside Down's syndrome under new screening rules.NHS Scotland will be changing the National Pregnancy Screening Programme from September 28 September, following a recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee.As a result expectant mothers will be offered testing for Edwards syndrome and Patau's syndrome as well as the current testing for Down's syndrome.All three conditions are chromosome-related and can be detected early

tumour to “light up”, allowing her surgeon to remove more of it than would normally have been possible.Catherine, from East Kilbride, had been having headaches and, in agony, went to Hairmyres Hospital in April 2019.After a brain scan, she was shocked to learn her growing confusion and headaches were caused by the most aggressive type of nervous system tumour, a grade 4 astrocytoma.Catherine was transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

pervert was snared by cyber crime cops for possessing child sex abuse images after he accessed sick videos and photos through WhatsApp.

Husband and wife Joy and Brian Wilson are sticking together through thick and thin.The couple, from Ayrshire, have shed more than seven stone between them after ditching takeaways and junk food.Joy, 55, suffers from a neurological condition and relies on 71-year-old Brian, who is her carer.When both their weight crept up to nearly 15 stone, they knew they had to make a change to ensure their quality of life.Joy said: “I knew my weight was going up and up, and it wouldn’t stop unless I done