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Kris Gourlay & Fionnuala Boyle

Scots mum forced to live separately from young daughter after moving into 'hellhole flat'

A Scots mum has been forced to live separately from her five-year-old daughter after finding glass under her council house carpets and a lighter in her bathroom.

Claire Williams moved into her two-bedroom flat in Loanhead, Midlothian last month but shortly after relocating, was horrified to find several major issues with the condition of the property.

Safety concerns were raised after a group of council joiners came out to rectify minor repairs in the property. They stripped back the carpet to uncover a smashed beer bottle that her daughter could "easily have stood on", and an old lighter in the bathroom along with several nails sticking out of the floor, reports EdinburghLive.

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