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Widow faces impossible choice as bereavement payments end

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A widow has told how she was left facing an impossible choice after her husband's death - sell the family home or return to work and put her two sons into full-time childcare. Lorraine Wallace, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, is now campaigning for changes to better support grieving families after her bereavement support payments (BSP) ended. Her husband David was diagnosed with bowel cancer in January 2023 and died 21 months later, aged 44.
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'I got three brain tumours after taking contraceptive injection'

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By Iona Young Verified
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A woman who has been diagnosed with three brain tumours believes they were caused by the birth control drug she took for more than 20 years. Nicola McKay, 53, says she has met dozens of other women with the same tumours who took the Depo-Provera injection over a long period of time. The nurse from the Scottish Highlands is one of about 150 women who are at the early stages of taking legal action against drug manufacturer Pfizer.
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Will our peaceful rural life be destroyed by a huge AI data centre?

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By Iona Young Verified
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Lindsey Charnley and her family moved to peaceful Auchtertool so her children could enjoy a rural childhood. Her youngest son, Teddy, is nine and has had 27 brain operations in the last four years. Noisy environments cause him debilitating pain. But their future in the Fife village is uncertain as plans are underway to build one of the world's largest data centres on the other side of their garden fence.
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