All news by author: Iona Young

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Seagull attacks tourist and swipes chocolate mini egg from inside her mouth
A woman on holiday in Eyemouth, Scotland, was left bloodied after a seagull swooped on her as she left a shop, causing her mother to run away out of fear
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Drivers forks out £300 for car wiring after making 'stomach-churning' discovery
Kanzis Mattu from Glasgow discovered the costly issues with her vehicle five weeks after her Ford Fiesta went in for its MOT when the garage phoned to tell her they found rat droppings and food wrappers in the engine
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Football team to donate all ticket money to Brit mum in coma after holiday fall
Hibernian FC, a team in the Scottish Women's Premier League, said it is going to donate all the money from this weekend's fixture against Motherwell FC to Julie McLaren's family
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Amazon driver 'let himself in' while mum was in bath
Meghan Phillips, 34, from Falkirk, says that she feels "creeped out" and "violated" after an Amazon delivery driver "let himself in" to her home and dropped off a parcel
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Heartbroken family pay tribute to 'loving' and 'humble' grandad killed in fire
Gerry Chalmers, 59, was killed in a house fire in Glasgow yesterday. His nephew Connor Docherty paid tribute to him and said 'everyone loved him' as he was 'humble and genuine'
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Boy, 7, has half of the skin on his head removed after developing ringworm
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE Kayleigh Blair, from Scotland, said her seven-year-old son needed urgent medical treatment after he reportedly contracted ringworm at a barber shop
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Elderly couple lose everything after Storm Babet floods their home
Elderly couple Alec and Betty McDonald had to flee their house so quickly they didn't have time to grab any personal items - including Alec's false teeth
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Huge 25ft whale stranded on UK beach dies despite major rescue mission
A huge whale has sadly died after getting stranded on a Scottish beach despite a major rescue mission to save it. The 25ft mammal was spotted on the South Queensferry coastline near Edinburgh on October 21
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Man wearing pig mask terrorises two women after pouring liquid through letterbox
Riki Burnside, 34, appeared outside an Edinburgh flat at around 1am wearing a rubber pig mask and poured a liquid through their letterbox before later being found carrying a knife, a court heard
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Cruel school TikToks making fun of teachers and vulnerable student taken down
Clips posted to accounts on the video platform that have now been removed appear to be filmed on school grounds, including in the canteen and another in a school corridor
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'My son's dream wedding in Ibiza might not go ahead after luggage blunder'
Claire Milroy, 29, and her husband-to-be Wesley Hampson, 30, splashed thousands to have the Spanish wedding of their dreams surrounded by 30 of their family and friends - but now it may all fall apart
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Dad who woke up unable to get out of bed dies weeks after shattering diagnosis
Tam Coyle, 60, died three months after he was first mistakenly diagnosed with pleurisy before he was later rushed to hospital in agony and doctors discovered he had terminal cancer
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Dad makes miracle recovery from deadly illness after family told to say goodbyes
Freddy White, 45, from Edinburgh has told how he was rushed to hospital and was given a low chance of survival but he was motivated by the fighting talk of his partner and the tears of his son
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'Worst flight ever' for family trapped on Ryanair plane with rowdy stag do
A family travelling from Scotland to the Canary Islands said their flight turned into a 'riot' as a dozen men on a stag do began shouting and swearing while drinking and vaping in plain sight
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Heartbreaking photo shows food bank completely bare as it makes emergency appeal
Demand usually peaks during school holidays because many children miss out on the free school meal they would get during the day, which has a detrimental impact
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Mum books £3k dream holiday only to find hotel is nine-hour drive from airport
The mum-of-two was due to go away on her first holiday in three years to Tenerife in Spain, to find out that the package included quite a long trip from the airport