Debbie Jackson

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Brain surgery took my childhood memories - will new op make me forget my fiance? Debbie JacksonWeronika SomervilleWeronika Somerville lost all her childhood memories after brain surgery when she was 14 years oldWhen 14-year-old Weronika Somerville woke up from brain surgery to remove a tumour, she didn't recognise the people in her hospital room. On the way to a post-op scan, a medic started to talk to her.

Mar 26, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Debbie Jackson |Morgan Spence

The Royal High School in Edinburgh is installing "screaming" vape detectors in toilets to tackle the problem.

Feb 7, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Debbie JacksonBbc Scotland |Debbie Jackson

Taylor Swift has brought a new global audience to the sport of American football. Swifties can't get enough of seeing their idol in the NFL stands supporting her partner Travis Kelce, but other young women are deeper into the game. One group of women in Lanarkshire don't want to watch the sport from the sidelines though - they want to be on the field. The East Kilbride Pirates are one of only two women's American Football teams in Scotland which compete in the National Women's Football League.

Feb 2, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Debbie Jackson

William Brown had never been convicted of a crime and should never have been in prison. The only "offence" the 16-year-old was guilty of was to be born into an unstable life. But the teenager would die behind bars after taking his own life at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in October 2018 - just 48 hours after he had arrived. Few people knew who William was until a fatal accident inquiry began in January into his death and that of Katie Allan, 21.

Nov 29, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Aileen Clarke |Debbie JacksonBbc Scotland |Debbie Jackson

A Friday night out in Glasgow - good banter and a live band - was brought to a shocking end when a Police Scotland helicopter dropped out of the sky and onto the roof of the pub. Hundreds of flowers were laid in the street opposite the wreckage of the Clutha bar in the days that followed - and alongside them lay a guitar. Its owner echoed the hopes of a broken-hearted city with the message written on it in bold black marker "may your music, love and laughter live on".