The family of a Scots mum trapped in Sudan with her kids have begged for help as fierce fighting rages on.
Jennifer McLellan, 36, is struggling to stay in contact with her frantic loved ones at home on Islay in the Inner Hebrides as she hunkers down with her husband and four children near capital Khartoum with the sound of gunfire closing in.
The English teacher was last known to be in a house in the suburb of Aj Jaraf after fleeing fighting sparked by a vicious power struggle between the Sudanese Army and a powerful paramilitary force which has killed hundreds and injured thousands.
