Kira Cousins, 23, from Airdrie, Scotland, is said to have tricked her boyfriend and family into believing she was to become a mother, even holding a gender reveal party to celebrate.
Jeff Bradford, 62, from Moray in Scotland, who dismissed a persistent sore throat was left horrified after doctors told him it was throat cancer linked to a common virus associated with oral sex.
BBC Sport charts the remarkable career of Alex McKechnie, who left Scotland to become one of the NBA's top physiotherapists with a reputation of saving basketball careers.