Tag: wheelchair

Teacher who suffered through 20 operations in bid to become Miss Pin-up UK

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 28, 2016

A TEACHER who suffered through 20 operations over 16 years due to a rare brain tumour is battling to be crowned Miss Pin-up UK. Yvonne...

Ambulance chiefs spend £3.5m on kit for fat Scots as obesity call outs more than double

Health

Deadline News Journalist - September 24, 2015

AMBULANCE chiefs have been forced to spend an estimated £3.5m on specialist equipment to treat Scots patients weighing up to 70 stone. The move follows...

Teen brain damaged in harbour accident goes ziplining on family holiday

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 21, 2015

A TEENAGER left severely brain-damaged after spending up to 20 minutes face-down in the sea has been able to zipline on a family holiday,...

Crippled dwarf bullock learns to walk again with wheelchair

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - July 20, 2015

A CRIPPLED dwarf bull who faced being put down is learning to walk again using a specially made wheelchair. Duke, who is just half the...

Highland wheelchair man does an “Andy Pipkin”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - July 17, 2015

THIS is the priceless moment the capital of the Highlands provided its answer to Little Britain’s Andy Pipkin. A bemused onlooker caught a video of...