Scots taxi driver left embarrassed after being too fat for suit at family funeral sheds four stone in transformation

coronavirus symptoms has said she won't quit as she faces backlash.

Cambuslang after testing positive for covid-19 was due to the illness making her "act out of character". Ms Ferrier had been asked to quit by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford and numerous other colleagues to stand down from her post.

Margaret Ferrier has refused to resign following bombshell revelations over her 800-mile round trip while suffering from coronavirus.

Unique piece of artwork just off A9 raises awareness of mental healthAnd last week, one salmon’s leap above the waves was to provide a once in a lifetime experience for a Scottish angler and his ghillie.For the muscular monster jumped straight into their boat without hitting the sides.Arnot McWhinnie and Peter Keay, friends for decades with a combined 120 years salmon fishing between them, were left open mouthed with amazement.Mum calls for ban on energy drink sales to youths after seeing

Scottish SPCA investigation. Friel, of Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, pled guilty to causing unnecessary suffering at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court and was sentenced on September 29.

Kilmarnock.The 27-year-old, named locally as Robbie Roy, was found in the town on Wednesday evening around 4.50pm.Police confirmed the discovery and said there is not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.Our sister title The Kilmarnock Standard reported the body was found near near Kennedy Drive.Tributes have flooded in across social media in honour of the dad-of-two.His heartbroken partner Jodi Sloan wrote a public post saying she felt “lost” without him.Paying

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.

Wishaw last night before setting fire to two cars. Police say the homeowners of the property on Saffron Crescent, Netherton were left terrified after the alarming incident at around 11.30pm.

Edinburgh after traffic lights malfunctioned. Around fifty cars were stranded for up to an hour as they queued to leave the Longstone Sainsbury 's branch.

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,

wee boy’s superhero cuddle saved his granny’s life.When little Aidan Lewis, eight, launched himself at his granny Noreen, 67, she recoiled with the pain in her chest.And when the pain hadn’t subsided the next morning, she instinctively knew there was something more than an over exuberant cuddle to blame.Despite lockdown, Noreen was able to see her GP the very next day and less than six weeks later, on August 19,  she underwent a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with cancer in both

lockdown in Scotland. Images show aisles that would normally contain packets of toilet rolls and kitchen rolls completely stripped bare in supermarkets up and down the country.

homeless.Callum Coulson, 33, was left on the street after council officials ordered an ­evacuation of his Glasgow home.He was among dozens of people affected after council building standards officers and structural engineers ruled the tenement unsafe.The St Andrew’s ­Ambulance driver says he felt “abandoned” by the authorities as lockdown restrictions were reintroduced in the city and he was left ­struggling to find shelter.Council officials admitted only one person from the block of six

sexual and physical abuse that left them permanently injured and suicidal.Victims say they were regularly attacked by staff members at remote Fornethy House after being told they were going to a holiday camp.Detectives are investigating allegations of sexual and physical assaults at the girls-only facility which was run by Glasgow’s local authority in Kilry, Angus.Poorly youngsters from working- class families were taken to the school 90 miles from the city for “convalescent” breaks after it

cocaine bragged about his champagne lifestyle after jumping bail and fleeing Scotland.Security consultant ­Christopher Lawson posted photos of his jet-setting around the world as he spent three years on the run from justice.Lawson, who was shot in the line of duty in Afghanistan, regularly updated his social media with pictures from countries including Tanzania, Cambodia, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.But he was arrested at an airport when he returned to the UK from Dubai in June

coronavirus lockdown.More than 1.6 million people across the UK in receipt of Universal Credit had an average of £60 deducted from their benefits in May when thousands had to claim benefits because of lockdown, according to the Department of Work and Pension’s own figures.The staggering sum has been uncovered by Glasgow MP Chris Stephens who has campaigned for the UC advance loans to be abolished and converted into grants.In his own Glasgow South West constituency some 3,800 people, 48 per cent

accident.Philip McFadden was at a family BBQ in Kirkintilloch on June 20 when a mishap on a 6ft trampoline changed his life forever.The 36-year-old was playing with his niece shortly after families were allowed to meet outdoors for the first time since lockdown.He fell backwards on a trampoline causing him to smack his back on the ground.Philip, from Muirhead, instantly knew something was seriously wrong when he realised he couldn't move his legs.The debt management manager said: "I was trying

horror collision has been jailed for three years. Stephen Jones was at the wheel of a E.M.

missing for four days said his disappearance is totally out of character. George Thomson was last seen leaving his home in the Douglas area of Dundee on Thursday afternoon.