A Ukrainian schoolgirl has been denied a British visa while her pet guinea pigs are allowed to cross the border.
Nataliia Zavhorodnia, 15, could be forced back to the war zone alone next month if the Home Office does not approve her entry to Scotland where she has been matched with a family in Hamilton.
The teenager fled the Russian invasion along with her aunt Millena Kornieieva, 34, whose visa has been approved, reports the Daily Record.