THE parents of Scottish Manchester bomb victim Laura MacIntyre revealed she is making “remarkable progress” after suffering “horrendous injuries” and “is amazing us every day with her strength and determination” while being treated in hospital.

Michael and Nan MacIntyre said their 15-year-old daughter had now been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk to them.

Laura, from Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, was at the Ariana Grande concert with friend Eilidh MacLeod.

The Castlebay Community School pupils were reported missing after they failed to get in touch with family following the explosion.

It was later confirmed that Eilidh was among the dead, while Laura was found in hospital.

In a statement, Laura’s parents said: “We have been overwhelmed by the love, help and support from everyone. It means so much to us. Laura sustained horrendous injuries. The main worries being head and leg injury.

“She is making remarkable progress. Today she came off the ventilator and is talking and recognising us. She is amazing us every day with her strength and determination.

“We have a long way to go but we are going in the right direction. We are so lucky to have her. The hospital and the staff are amazing.”

The couple added: “We only wish that Eilidh was here too, our hearts and thoughts are with Eilidh’s family.”

Eilidh’s parents said their daughter’s death was “undoubtedly the most difficult time of our lives” in a moving statement praising her and also the emergency services and those who have reached out to them in the wake of the tragedy.

They also spoke of Laura and her family, saying: “We continue to have Laura and her family in our thoughts and pray that she makes a full recovery.”

Meanwhile, police investigating the suicide attack in Manchester were yesterday searching a landfill site on the outskirts of Bury. CCTV footage also emerged which appears to show the bomber, Salman Abedi, shopping at a convenience store.

Anti-terror police raided more homes yesterday as the relentless search for the network behind the suicide bombing continued a week on from the deadly attack.

Early morning raids were carried out at a house in Manchester, along with searches in Chester and Shoreham-by-Sea, on the south coast of England.

A 23-year-old was held in the small seaside town on suspicion of terror offences in the early hours of yesterday morning, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

Violet Mainda, who owns a hairdresser’s salon beneath the flat where he was arrested, said she believed the man who lives there was training or had trained to be a pilot, adding: “He was a normal bloke, very jovial.”

As the police operation continued more questions were being raised about possible security and intelligence blunders surrounding what was known about Abedi.

The Bank Holiday raids followed a flurry of police activity in Manchester over the weekend, with the arrest of a 25-year-old man in Old Trafford and a 19-year-old man in Gorton.

Police have been working round-the-clock since Abedi killed 22 people, seven of them children, and injured more than 100 in the worst terrorist atrocity since the July 7 bombings in 2005. A total of 16 arrests have been made in connection with the attack, although two people have since been released.

It has been reported that MI5 has launched two urgent inquiries into whether it missed the danger posed by Abedi, 22, amid allegations it was warned of his deadly intent.

The domestic security service is said to be investigating whether any glaring errors were made in the handling of intelligence before the attack last Monday night.

Spy chiefs are believed to have held an emergency review in the days after the atrocity, while a separate in-depth inquiry is being conducted to look at the decision-making surrounding his case before the massacre, according to reports.

A senior Whitehall source has previously said Abedi was a “former subject of interest” to the security services. In the wake of the attack it emerged British counter-terror authorities were grappling with 500 investigations into 3000 individuals.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said she would “not rush to conclusions” that agents “somehow missed something”.