A Midlothian mum has been living separately from her five-year-old daughter for weeks due to safety concerns after finding glass under her council house carpets and a lighter in her bathroom.
Claire Williams moved into her two-bedroom flat in Loanhead just over a month ago and shortly after making the move, discovered several major issues with the condition of the property.
After a group of joiners from Midlothian Council came out to work on minor repairs, they stripped back the carpet to find a smashed beer bottle that her daughter could "easily have stood on", and an old lighter in the bathroom as well as several nails sticking out of the floor.
