Kate Macleod, also known as The Hebridean Mermaid, will explore waters surrounding the Western Isles in a new-series.

A Scots woman says she decided to become a 'real' mermaid after being inspired by her favourite childhood TV programme - and has since spent £1,500 on fins and tails. Kate Macleod, 28, learned to swim ...

A Scots woman says she decided to become a 'real' mermaid after being inspired by her favourite childhood TV programme - and has since spent £1,500 on fins and tails. Kate Macleod, 28 ...

and gorgeous women in aquariums who waved at children and blew kisses. I so badly wanted to be a mermaid, too. I wanted to swim leisurely in the ocean with my glowing, flowing tail trailing behind ...