Scots student shocked after testing positive for HIV despite taking preventative medication

eBay seller kindly sent a refund of £39 for a second hand toy boat which had been up for auction on the site.The toy was for her six-year-old son Frankie who is disabled and prone to multiple seizures a day.After Stacey thanked the seller for his quick delivery and told him how happy the boat had made her disabled son, the man told her to take the money and spend it on more toys for him.He wrote: “I read your message earlier, then again out load to my wife.“With everything going on in the world

Cops have locked down large areas near a Scot school following an incident.Pictures taken around 6am this morning show a police cordoned erected around Grangemouth High School parts of Tinto Drive in Grangemouth.Images show a number officers guarding the scene with a van also in attendance.Local reports indicate that two crimes scene appear to be investigated, however this has not been confirmed.The nature of the incident is not known at this time.A local told the Daily Record: "Cops have been

bike ride in Perth.The 69-year-old man became unwell whilst out cycling on a road between Stanley and Kinclaven this afternoon.Emergency services rushed to the scene at around 12.25pm.However, he was pronounced dead a short time later.The man's identity has not been released, but his loved ones have been made aware.A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We became aware of a 69-year-old man having taken unwell while cycling on the road between Stanley and Kinclaven in Perthshire after 12.25pm on

Dumfries and and robbed a three-figure cash sum in an "extremely frightening ordeal". The terrifying incident has left a 74-year-old man shaken as cops launch a manhunt to find the callous thieves responsible.

Scottish Government of “spitting” on her profession by paying dental hygienists, optometrists and doctors five times more for giving vaccinations.Jane McCallum has criticised a deal struck by ministers in November which allows NHS boards to give contractors £230 per three-and-a-half-hour shift – the equivalent of £66 per hour – at inoculation centres.General practice nurses, meanwhile, are receiving as little as £13 an hour to do exactly the same job while often having to train the rookie

coronavirus.Tragic new figures have detailed the toll of the pandemic this year.The death, recorded in England, came just a day after a 13-year-old girl, again with no underlying health conditions, died of the virus in hospital.In Scotland, 29 new coronavirus deaths were recorded in the last 24-hour period.There were 803 cases of the deadly virus identified across the country in the same time period.The Scottish death toll now stands at 6,945 since the start of the pandemic last

Livingston leaving him hospitalised.Emergency services raced to Ogilvie Way after the alarm was raised at around 5.20pm on Thursday February 18.Police say a 15-year-old boy was 'seriously assaulted' in the incident before being rushed to the Royal Hospital for Children in Edinburgh.A 14-year-old boy has now been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged attack.Officers have launched an investigation and enquiries are ongoing.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 5.20pm on

Now the creature has been identified – but the answer has only deepened the mystery.

benefit fraud has started paying off the huge debt in £500 monthly instalments.A court gave Nadia Begley, 43, six months to prove she can afford to keep making direct debit payments from her bank account.Livingston Sheriff Court heard it will take her around four-and-a-half years to repay the taxpayers' money she fiddled by making false claims for five-and-a-half years.A sheriff earlier calculated it would have taken Begley 15 years to pay off the outstanding amount through the compulsory

tried to sell a baby for £1million. Evil Claire Boyle, 34, was convicted of child neglect after the horrific incident at her Ayrshire home where a little boy was trapped in the modified cot.

fisherman who fell overboard from a vessel in the North Sea has tragically died after being airlifted to hospital. The alarm was raised at around 3.20am on Tuesday after a mayday call reporting that the unnamed man had got into difficulty in the water.Emergency services including Lerwick lifeboat and the HM Coastguard helicopter were called to the scene around 30 miles southeast of Sumburgh, Shetland.The coastguard said he was taken to hospital in Lerwick by helicopter.

psychic has told of snapping the ghostly figure of a young girl during a trip to an abandoned castle turned asylum near Glasgow.Bethany McPherson's skin-crawling experience at Lennox Castle with her ex and his sister is enough to send shivers down anyone's spine.From smelling rotting meat and burning to having an object thrown at her, the 23-year-old is adamant the site -  near Celtic's training complex - is a hot bed of paranormal activity.But it was when she looked back at the pictures from

Cumbernauld earlier today.The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish SPCA managed to remove the animal just after midday.However, the roe deer sadly passed away a short time later.Eye-witness Frank Urban caught the moment the animal was pulled into the boat on film.The clip shows the fire service carefully manoeuvring towards the creature in a rubber dinghy type boat.They throw a blanket over the deer and managed to bundle it aboard before being pulled back to safety.Despite their

pensioner lying frozen on her doorstep after falling because he was 'too knackered' to help her.The moment was captured in a shocking video which has 'disgusted' the family of Falkirk pensioner Patricia Stewart.In the footage, which was captured on her neighbour's camera doorbell, the 72-year-old can be seen lying on the ground after taking a bad fall.The pensioner, who suffers from bone disease, is heard groaning in pain when she asks the postman for help before he says: "I can't help pal, I'm

coronavirus has been described as a “true gentleman” by heartbroken colleagues.Herminio Abalos, a married dad-of-three from Dundee, is understood to have died last week after being admitted to hospital at the end of January.Known to friends as Meng, the 54-year-old worked as a self employed senior nurse in various care homes in the two decades since he moved to Scotland from the Philippines.The dad was admitted to Ninewells Hospital’s high dependency ward and battled the virus for two weeks,

garden.Doreen Wood was stunned to see the massive creature appear at her window in Braemar, Aberdeenshire while in the kitchen with her husband Brian.The animal had wandered into the village after becoming hungry and looking for food in the thick snow.Doreen snapped some quick pictures before chucking out some carrots for it to enjoy at around 9am.But the wild animal couldn’t find his way out of the garden and instead made itself a bed from grass and stayed all day.It wasn’t until after 4pm

police officers were left furious after being ordered to cancel vaccine appointments amid confusion over their entitlement to jabs.A string of officers secured slots for the vaccine at Ayr Hospital after a booking number was circulated among colleagues earlier this month.But when police chiefs got wind of the appointments, they were ordered to scrap them because the force is still awaiting the result of Scottish Government discussions on when staff will be given access to the jab.  One angry

Covid-19.Alan Graham, who lived in Drumchapel but was from Northern Ireland, had no previous health conditions, leaving his family stunned by his sudden death.The dad-of-one was just 38-years-old and appeared to be on the mend after suffering from a cough.His body was discovered at his home on Saturday, January 30th.The bingo worker had been taking lockdown very seriously and following guidance so much that he barely went outside, according to his family.

coronavirus.A cluster of cases has been identified at Mossview Care Home in Lochgelly which has resulted in a further 25 residents catching Covid-19.Health chiefs have confirmed that a further 43 staff members have also been confirmed as having caught the killer bug.NHS Fife say they are working closely with the home and partner agencies in a bid to stop the virus spreading further.The home was temporarily closed to new admissions and visitors but these services have resumed following a 14

jailed for three years. Stephen Stennett, 23, had a head on collision with a van on the B9157 near Kirkcaldy, Fife.